In the Swiss Alps, the Stoosbahn funicular opened in late 2017 to replace a 1933 rail line. Its main job was moving residents and workers between the valley and the car-free mountain village of Stoos.

It looks like a string of giant hamster wheels, but the world's steepest funicular railway is being hailed for its revolutionary design. (CNN) — It looks like a string of giant hamster wheels, but the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lisbon is mourning 16 people who were killed in a crash of a picturesque hillside streetcar popular with tourists on Wednesday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At least 16 people were killed and several injured after the carriage of a funicular – a type of railway that travels up and down ...

The yellow Gloria funicular veered off a steep stretch of tracks Wednesday evening Investigators probing the fatal derailment of one of Lisbon's famous funicular trains released early details Thursday ...

(CNN) — At least 16 people were killed and several injured after the carriage of a funicular – a type of railway that travels up and down steep slopes – derailed in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon on ...

Portugal releases first details of 16 killed in funicular crash Levi FERNANDES, Thomas CABRAL AFP Sep 4, 2025 Updated Sep 5, 2025 0 PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA The yellow Gloria funicular veered off a ...