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Funicular<\/h1>\n<\/div>
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The funicular is located five hundred metres from the (E35\/A2) Lugano-Sud motorway exit and 5 minutes from the Paradiso railway station. It offers convenient parking and its panoramic cars convey passengers to the summit in just 12 minutes. Additional parking is available in the municipal car park 50 meters from the funicular departure station.<\/p>\n

The funicular operates from morning to evening, with half-hourly departures. In summer, the last departure is at 11 pm (timetable<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n

The funicular offers disabled access.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Functional description of the site<\/h3>\n

The railway is 1660 m in length and divided into two sections of 830 m, each of differing gradients. The first section (section 1) has a gradient of up to 37% and the second section (section 2) up to 61%. Given these differing gradients, the two carriages have different construction features but both offer the same capacity (60 + 1 person) and travel in opposite directions to and from the middle station, without ever crossing. The carriages travel alongside one another on even track at the Lugano-Pazzallo middle station for approx. 10 metres.<\/p>\n

Since the construction of the site in July 1888, the drive unit and engine room have been based at the middle station so that the station is accessible from the road to make it easier to change carriages.<\/p>\n

The track is not electrified and the two carriages are linked via a single steel towing cable of 1800 m in length and 33 mm in diameter which powers the railway.<\/p>\n

This configuration is currently unique in railways of this kind. The engine room is also fitted with a hydrostatic diesel auxiliary unit which ensures the operation of the railway at reduced speed in the event of a power outage.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Useful information<\/h2><\/div>
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For information and questions<\/h3>\n

Funicolare Monte San Salvatore SA
\nVia delle scuole 7 \/ CP 442
\nCH-6902 Lugano-Paradiso<\/p>\n

+41 91 985 28 28<\/strong><\/a>
\ninfo@montesansalvatore.ch<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Links and downloads<\/h3>\n

Timetable and fares<\/strong><\/a>
\nHow to arrive<\/strong><\/a>
\nTechnical data (PDF)<\/strong><\/a>
\nGeneral Brochure (PDF)<\/strong><\/a>
\nVideo Bridge Restoration 2021<\/strong><\/a>
\nVideo New Funiculars 2024<\/strong><\/a>
\nVideo rail replacement 2025<\/strong><\/a>
\nWebcam<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4519,"parent":5572,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5566","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montesansalvatore.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montesansalvatore.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montesansalvatore.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montesansalvatore.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montesansalvatore.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5566"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.montesansalvatore.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9503,"href":"https:\/\/www.montesansalvatore.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5566\/revisions\/9503"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montesansalvatore.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montesansalvatore.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montesansalvatore.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}