Funicular Accident with Numerous Deaths in Lisbon: National Day of Mourning in Portugal

Rescue teams were on site throughout the evening and night. Among other things, investigators searched for the cause of the accident. The television station SIC reported, citing an eyewitness, that the funicular had "raced down the steep street at full speed" and crashed into a building. "It crashed with brutal force into a building and collapsed like a cardboard box; it had no brakes," the woman said.

The company Carris, which operates public transport in Lisbon, stated that "all maintenance protocols" had been followed - particularly the general maintenance carried out every four years, which was done in 2022, and the intermediate maintenance carried out every two years, which was last done last year. The "Gloria" funicular was put into operation in 1885 and connected to the power grid in 1915.

(APA/Red.)

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