Funicular de Santa Cova

The Funicular de Santa Cova, or Santa Cova funicular railway, is a funicular railway at Montserrat, near Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. The line descends from the monastery, and the upper terminus of the Montserrat Rack Railway, to the Santa Cova cave.

The funicular has the following technical parameters:cite web | url = http://www.seilbahntechnik.net/lifte/2630/datas.php | title = Lift-Database : Montserrat : Santa Cova | publisher = Lift-World.info | accessdate = March 5 | accessyear = 2007 ]

*Length: "262 metres"
*Height: "118 metres"
*Maximum Steepness: "56.5%"
*Cars: "2"
*Capacity: "60 passengers per car"
*Configuration: "Single track with passing loop"
*Travel time: "2.5 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 the Montserrat Rack Railway and the Funicular de Sant Joan funicular railway on Montserrat Mountain, together with two other funicular railways and a significant suburban railway system in and around Barcelona.

References

External links

* [http://www.cremallerademontserrat.com/ Official website of the Montserrat Rack Railway and associated funicular railways] (in Catalan, Spanish, English and French)
* [http://www.trenscat.com/montserrat/stacova_ct.html Photographic description and map of the line from Trens de Catalunya] (in Catalan)