Funicular de Gelida

The Funicular de Gelida ("Gelida funicular") is a funicular railway in the municipality of Gelida in Catalonia, Spain. The line connects Gelida station, on the RENFE ("Spanish National Railways"), with the town centre of Gelida, which is at a higher level. It was opened in 1924.cite web | url = http://www.trenscat.com/gelida/ | title = Funicular de Gelida | publisher = Trens de Catalunya | accessdate = September 30 | accessyear = 2006]

The funicular has the following technical parameters:cite web | url = http://www.trenscat.com/gelida/ | title = Funicular de Gelida | publisher = Trens de Catalunya | accessdate = September 30 | accessyear = 2006]

*Length: "884 metres"
*Height: "110 metres"
*Maximum Steepness: "22.2%"
*Cars: "2"
*Capacity: "50 passengers per car; 700 passengers per hour"
*Configuration: "Single track with passing loop"
*Maximum speed: "2.5 metres per second"
*Travel time: "8 minutes"
*Track gauge: "1 metre"
*Traction: "Electricity"

The line is operated by the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya ("Catalan Government Railways", FGC), who also operate a significant suburban railway system in and around Barcelona, along with three other funiculars and two rack railways.

References

External links

* [http://www.trenscat.com/gelida/ Photographic description and map of the line from Trens de Catalunya] (in Catalan)
* [http://www.fgc.net/accesible/eng/viatjar/funiculars.htm Funiculars page from FGC website] (in English)