The Graça Funicular, one of Lisbon’s most important transportation —and tourism — hubs, has reopened, this time under the full responsibility of the transportation company CARRIS.
An Independent Technical Commission has finally validated all necessary structural conditions of the facility following months of rigorous inspection, allowing the renovated funicular to operate every day of the week, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Priority: ensuring total safety
The reopening of this mode of transportation, which runs theGraça-Mouraria route, more specifically from Largo da Graça (next to the Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen Viewpoint) to Rua dos Lagares, comes seven months after the terrible tragedy at the Elevador da Glória.
What now guarantees the safety of this funicular— as will be the case with the reopening of other facilities of this type that are still awaiting evaluation or currently under evaluation— is the technical validation that presented a report based on three pillars:
- Support from experts
- International benchmarking
- European Compliance
According to Rui Lopo, chairman of the board of directors of CARRIS,
Inaugural trip on April 30
The Graça Funicular, recognized for its architectural value, is a means of transportation of great importance to the city, serving as a factor of social integration between Mouraria and Graça, two of the capital’s most historic neighborhoods.
As for travel costs, holders of the Passe Navegante can use this service, while occasional passengers can purchase a ticket on board for €4.30 (includes round-trip fare).
Also noteworthy are the areas surrounding this transport route, with the adjacent hills set to undergo landscaping work in the coming months, making them more beautiful and pleasant for all passengers to see.
It should be noted that this is the first of all the elevators and lifts in our city to receive a positive assessment , and the rest are also currently being evaluated by this Independent Technical Commission.
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