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Barcelona Funiculars & Cableways
Including Montserrat


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This page shows images of the funiculars and cableways of Barcelona and the surrounding areas, particularly at the monastery at Monserrat.




 

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Barcelona Funiculars & Cableways
Including Montserrat


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Tibidabo Funicular

The Tibidabo Funicular was opened on October 29, 1901 with a length of 1152 metres. The funicular railway, built in 1901, was the first of its kind in Spain. The system is single track with a single passing place at Apeadero Observatorio, where there was originally a third station.

The funicular has featured in a huge number of postcards issued since its opening, a selection of which are shown below, along with more recent digital images.




Tibidabo Funicular - Postcards of Lower Station
Estacion Inferior

Tibidabo Funicular - Postcards of the Lower Station (Estacion Inferior)
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Tibidabo Funicular in 2013 - the Lower Station (Estacion Inferior)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 7th July 2013
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Tibidabo Funicular - Postcards of Lower Section
Estacion Inferior to Apeadero Observatorio

Tibidabo Funicular - Postcards of the lower section (Estacion Inferior to Apeadero Observatorio)
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Tibidabo Funicular in 2013 - Lower section from the lower station to the crossover
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 7th July 2013
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Tibidabo Funicular - Postcards of Intermediate Station
Apeadero Observatorio

Originally the the Funicular had an intermediate station at Apeadero Observatorio, at the top end of the passing loop. The original building was tall and narrow, but it was later widened.

Tibidabo Funicular - Postcards of the intermediate station (Apeadero Observatorio)
The original tall narrow building

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Tibidabo Funicular - Postcards of the intermediate station (Apeadero Observatorio)
The enlarged building

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Tibidabo Funicular - Postcards of Upper Section
Apeadero Observatorio to Estacion Superior

Tibidabo Funicular - Postcards of the Upper Station (Estacion superior)
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Tibidabo Funicular in 2013 - Upper section from crossover to the summit
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 7th July 2013
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Tibidabo Funicular - Postcards of Upper Station
Estacion Superior

Tibidabo Funicular - Postcards of the Lower Station (Estacion Superior)
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Tibidabo Funicular in 2002

Tibidabo Funicular in 2002
I thought the trains were just covered in graffiti but in fact were done as school projects - they have since been repainted
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1st September 2002

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Telefèric del Port
Montjuic-Barcelona Port Cable Car

The Telefèric del Port is a cable car which starts at the Miramar station situated halfway down the hill of Montjuïc at an altitude of 57m, passes through the peak of Torre Jaume I which is 107m high and ends at the top of Torre Sant Sebastià at 86 m, from where an elevator descends to the streets of Barcelona. The ride offers a fine view over Barcelona, the nearby Plaça del Portal de la Pau with the Columbus Monument, Port Vell with its Balearic ferries and the World Trade Centre, and Barceloneta with its Mediterranean beaches. The tramway normally makes a short stop at Torre Jaume I, allowing passengers to wander around the platform of this tower which was the world's highest aerial lift pylon until 1966. However, the central Torre Jaume I has been closed on my two 2009/2011 visits whilst the lifts are being refurbished.

The aerial tramway was intended to be an attraction at the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition, a World's fair. To this end, the Air Rail San Sebastian-Miramar, S.A. was incorporated and obtained the royal licence to build and operate the tramway. The manager of the project was Juan Rodriguez Roda. The towers were designed by the architect Carles Boigas and executed by Material para Ferrocarriles y Construcciones S.A.. The aerial tramway was built by Bleichert, at that time a company with a worldwide reputation which had just completed the Aeri de Montserrat. However, the size of the project was underestimated and the aerial tramway was opened only on 12 September 1931.

Initially, the aerial tramway consisted of two sections with two cars each. The cabins travelled from the terminal stations to Torre Jaume I and back, however, there was only one haul rope for the total length which moved all four cabins.

All hopes for a commercial success of the venture were annihilated in the Great Depression and in the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). Torre Jaume I was used as a look-out and a machine gun post. The aerial tramway was heavily damaged and reduced to the structures of the towers rusting away. One of the two surviving cabins was transferred to Aeri de Montserrat which started to operate again in 1940. There were discussions to demolish the installation completely. Eventually, Friedrich Gründel, Bleichert's chief engineer during the construction, succeeded in establishing Teleféricos de Barcelona, S.A.. In 1960, Torre Sebastià reopened with a new restaurant at its top, followed two years later by Torre Jaume I. 1963, the aerial tramway reopened with only two cabins which travelled along the total length and through the top of Torre Jaume I. After Mr. Gründel's death, the ownership changed several times, commercial results diminished and the technical status deteriorated. The authorities had already decided to close the installation, when in 1996, Barcelona decided to redevelop Port Vell and to build the World Trade Centre. In this context, the aerial tramway was also renovated and it reopened in 2000. (Ref: Wikipedia)



The Telefèric del Port at Barcelona
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 30th October 2011
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Montjuic Funicular

The Funicular de Montjuïc, or Montjuïc funicular, is a funicular railway in the city of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. The line is largely in tunnel and connects the Barcelona Metro Parallel station with the hill of Montjuïc and the various sporting and other facilities there. The funicular uses the same fares as the metro and is listed on maps as part of the metro network. It is operated by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB), which also operates most of the metro lines. The line was opened in 1928, in order to serve the International Exhibition of 1929. It was extensively reconstructed in 1992, in order to cope with traffic to and from the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys and other facilities used for the 1992 Summer Olympics, situated on the Montjuïc hill. The funicular is one of three in Barcelona, the others being the Funicular de Vallvidrera and the Funicular del Tibidabo, although neither of these is operated by the TMB. (Ref: Wikipedia)

    Length: 758 metres
    Height: 76 metres
    Maximum Steepness: 18%
    Cars: 2x 3-car train sets
    Capacity: 400 passengers per train set
    Configuration: Single track with passing loop
    Journey time: 2 minutes
    Maximum speed: 10 metres per second
    Track gauge: 1.2 metre
    Traction: Electricity
Montjuic Funicular
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 30th October 2011
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Montserrat Funiculars & Cableways

Santa Maria de Montserrat is a Benedictine abbey located on the mountain of Montserrat, in Monistrol de Montserrat, in Catalonia, Spain. Montserrat, whose name means serrated mountain, is 48 kilometres (approx 30 miles) west of Barcelona, and can be reached by road, train or cable car. Two further steep funiculars run from the monastery, one to further up the mountain and one down. It hosts the Virgin of Montserrat, and the Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat, a publishing house, one of the oldest presses in the world still running, with its first book published in 1499.

1: Cremallera de Montserrat
Main public transport access to the monastery is the Cremallera de Montserrat (Montserrat Rack Railway), which is a mountain railway line which runs from Monistrol de Montserrat Station, on the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) line from Barcelona-Plaça d'Espanya station to Manresa


2: Aeri de Montserrat
The Aeri de Montserrat is an aerial cable car which provides one of the means of access to the Montserrat mountain and abbey. The line runs from the monastery to the station of Montserrat-Aeri, on the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) line from Barcelona-Plaça d'Espanya station to Manresa.


3: Funicular de Sant Joan
The Funicular de Sant Joan connects the monastery, and the upper terminus of the Montserrat Rack Railway, with sacred sites, walking trails and viewpoints higher up the mountain. With a maximum gradient of 65%, it is the steepest funicular in Spain.


4: Funicular de Santa Cova
The Funicular de Santa Cova descends from the monastery, and the upper terminus of the Montserrat Rack Railway, on a continuous curve to a lower station that gives access, via a path, to Santa Cova, a shrine lower down the mountain.




 Cremallera de Montserrat
The Cremallera de Montserrat (Montserrat Rack Railway), is a mountain railway line which runs from Monistrol de Montserrat Station to the mountain-top monastery of Montserrat.

A line on this route was originally opened in 1892 using Swiss steam rack locos. Competition arrived in 1930, in the form of the Aeri de Montserrat, an aerial cable car that also carries passengers to the monastery. A narrow road also reaches the monastery. After poor financial results and an accident in 1953, the rack railway line was closed on May 12, 1957. However over time the Aeri and road became unable to handle the increasing number of visitors to the monastery. After many years of planning, a program began to rebuild the rack railway in 2001, and the line re-opened in its modern form on June 6, 2003. In its first 12 months of operation, the new Montserrat Rack Railway carried 462,964 passengers.


The line is 5 km (3.1 miles) long and has a rail gauge of 1 metre. The first 1 km (0.6 mi) of the line, between Monistrol and the only intermediate station at Monistrol Vila, is operated by conventional adhesion. The remainder of the line is operated as a rack railway using the Abt system, overcoming a height difference of 550 m (1,804 ft) with a maximum gradient of 15.6%. The line is electrified with an overhead supply at 1500 V DC.

The line is operated by the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC).  (ref: Wikipedia)


Cremallera de Montserrat - Postcards of the steam-operated railway
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Cremallera de Montserrat - Postcards of the revived electric railway
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 Aeri de Montserrat

The Aeri de Montserrat is an aerial cable car which provides one of the means of access to the Montserrat mountain and abbey.

The line runs from the monastery to the station of Montserrat-Aeri, on the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) line from Barcelona-Plaça d'Espanya station to Manresa. The FGC also operates the Montserrat Rack Railway, which provides an alternative access to the mountain and abbey, and two funicular railways on the mountain, the Funicular de Sant Joan and the Funicular de Santa Cova.  (ref: Wikipedia)


Postcards of the Aeri de Montserrat
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 Funicular de Sant Joan

The Funicular de Sant Joan is a funicular railway at Montserrat, near Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. The line connects the monastery, and the upper terminus of the Montserrat Rack Railway, with sacred sites, walking trails and viewpoints higher up the mountain. With a maximum gradient of 65%, it is the steepest funicular in Spain.

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 la Santa Cova funicular railway on Montserrat Mountain, together with two other funicular railways and a significant suburban railway system in and around Barcelona.

The line was originally built in 1918, and modified to increase capacity in 1926. In 1986 it passed to the FGC, who modernised it in 1997, providing new panoramic cars with transparent roofs. (ref: Wikipedia)


Technical details:-
   Length: 503 m (1,650 ft)
   Height: 248 m (814 ft)
   Maximum steepness: 65.2%
   Cars: 2
   Capacity: 60 passengers per car
   Configuration: Single track with passing loop
   Travel time: 6 minutes
   Track gauge: 1
   Traction: Electrical


  

Postcards of the Funicular de Sant Joan
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Images of the Funicular de Sant Joan
Photo: ©2013 Martin Grant

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 Funicular de Santa Cova

I have found only one postcard of the Funicular de Santa Cova so far, publishers preferring the more spectacular Funicular de Sant Joan.

The Funicular de Santa Cova 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, on a continuous curve to a lower station that gives access, via a path, to Santa Cova, a shrine lower down the mountain.

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.

The line originally opened in 1929 and was passed to the FGC in 1986. It was renovated in 1991 with the retention of its original stepped and wooden bodied cars. Unfortunately one of these was damaged by floods in 2000, as was the lower station. When the line reopened in 2001, new panoramic cars, similar to those already in use on the nearby Funicular de Sant Joan, were provided. Although the line operates two cars, in normal service only one carries passengers, whilst the other simply acts as a counterweight. (ref: Wikipedia)

Technical details:-
   Length: 262 m (860 ft)
   Height: 118 m (387 ft)
   Maximum steepness: 56.5%
   Cars: 2
   Capacity: 90 passengers per car
   Configuration: Single track with passing loop
   Travel time: 2.5 minutes
   Track gauge: 1
   Traction: Electrical


  
Postcard of the Funicular de Santa Cova
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Postcard of the shrine for Santa Cova
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Postcard of the view from Santa Cova back up to the monastery
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