Artxanda Funicular Ride | Bilbao (Spain)

The Artxanda funicular, one of the two funicular railways in the Bilbao region, began operating in 1915 connecting the central area of Bilbao with Mt. Artxanda, a venue of entertainment and leisure at the time.
Service was reinstated in 1938 following the Spanish Civil War during which the funicular railway was damaged. The funicular was closed after an incident in 1976. The whole infrastructure of the funicular was thereafter rebuilt and was reopened in 1983. The catastrophic flooding of Bilbao in August of the same year forced the funicular to be closed till November 1983.
Line length: 770 m
Altitude difference (base and upper station): 226 m
Max. slope: 45 %
One-way trip duration: ca 3 min
Departures every 15 min