The equipment will operate daily between 09:00 and 17:00, with extended hours in the coming weeks. The Graça funicular was opened around two years ago and was closed for seven months after the accident with the Glória elevator, having been subject to “technical verification of safety conditions”.
The Graça funicular, in Lisbon, will return to circulation on Thursday and will operate every day, between 9am and 5pm, the company announced this Wednesday. adding that opening hours will be extended in the coming weeks.
“The Graça Funicular can be used by Navegante pass holders. Occasional passengers can purchase the on-board fare, applied to this type of equipment, of 4.30 euros and which allows for two trips”, added the public transport company.
In the statement, the company also indicated that it will test the installation of a “queue management pilot, seeking to give priority access to frequent passengers, holders of the navigation pass”.
After this technical verification, it received the revalidation of the “Exploration License”, recognizing that it meets “all the necessary requirements to be able to operate safely, by the “, said Carris, who manages that funicular.
The Graça funicular was inaugurated about two years ago, in March 12, 202415 years after it began to be built, causing the initial budget to ‘slide’ to 7 million euros.
The Graça funicular, which provides the route between Mouraria and Graça, has a single trackmade up of rails and with only two stopping points at the beginning of each routehaving the capacity to transport a maximum of 14 people per tripwhich lasts about minute and a half.
