Vallvidrera Funicular information

Vallvidrera Funicular
Vallvidrera Funicular
	A funicular car with the line's passing loop in the foreground.
Overview
Native name	Funicular de Vallvidrera
Status	Operational
Owner	Generalitat of Catalonia
Locale	Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Barcelona
Termini	Vallvidrera Inferior; Vallvidrera Superior;
Stations	3 (list)
Service
Operator(s)	Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC)
Rolling stock	2 Gangloff funicular cars
Ridership	760,261 passenger journeys (2013)
History
Opened	24 October 1906
Technical
Line length	736.6 m (2,417 ft)
Number of tracks	1 (with an intermediate passing loop)
Character	At-grade
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Electrification	220 V DC third rail
Operating speed	5 m/s (16 ft/s)
Route map
	Legend
	Barcelona–Vallès Line
	to Pl. Catalunya
	Barcelona–Vallès Line
	to Terrassa or Sabadell

The Vallvidrera Funicular (Catalan and Spanish: Funicular de Vallvidrera) is a 736.6-metre-long (2,417 ft) funicular railway in the Barcelona district of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, in Catalonia, Spain. It connects Peu del Funicular station on the Barcelona–Vallès Line with the residential neighborhood of Vallvidrera, in the Collserola mountain range.

Opened on 24 October 1906 (1906-10-24), the funicular has played a key role in the development of Vallvidrera and is the main public transport access to this neighborhood. Although initially privately owned by Ferrocarril de Sarriá a Barcelona (FSB), it was transferred to the Catalan government together with the Barcelona–Vallès Line after FSB's economic collapse. Thus, since 7 October 1979 (1979-10-07), the funicular has been operated by Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC). In 1998, it was entirely rebuilt and upgraded to an automated guideway transit (AGT) system, including the introduction of new rolling stock.

The funicular is integrated as part of the Vallès Metro high-frequency commuter rail scheme.^[3] It runs at a basic interval of 6 minutes on weekdays, less frequently on weekends and public holidays,^[4] with a journey time of 2 minutes and 50 seconds (without considering any intermediate stops).^[3] Besides, it is entirely within fare zone 1 of the Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM) fare-integrated public transport system for the Barcelona metropolitan area.^[5]

^ Gangloff
^ "Memòria de Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya 2013" [2013 Report of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya] (PDF) (in Catalan). Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya; Department of Public Works and Transport. Generalitat of Catalonia. 2014: 62. Retrieved 26 June 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ ^a ^b Borràs, Bernat. "Funicular de Vallvidrera" [Vallvidrera Funicular]. trenscat.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 30 June 2015.
^ "Schedule for the Vallvidrera Funicular" (PDF). Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
^ Integrated Railway Network (PDF) (Map). Autoritat del Transport Metropolità. August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.

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[1] Gangloff

[memoria2013-2] "Memòria de Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya 2013" [2013 Report of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya] (PDF) (in Catalan). Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya; Department of Public Works and Transport. Generalitat of Catalonia. 2014: 62. Retrieved 26 June 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[trenscat-4] Borràs, Bernat. "Funicular de Vallvidrera" [Vallvidrera Funicular]. trenscat.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 30 June 2015.

[5] "Schedule for the Vallvidrera Funicular" (PDF). Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.

[6] Integrated Railway Network (PDF) (Map). Autoritat del Transport Metropolità. August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.

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