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Lisbon plans to replace the entire Gloria funicular after deadly crash

From Der Standard · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Lisbon plans to completely replace the Gloria funicular, which has remained out of service since a cable broke and killed 16 people in summer 2025.
  • Carris president Rui Pedro Gaspar Lopo said the city intends to build a new system while preserving the historic location.
  • An international tender for construction is scheduled for 2027.

Lisbon plans to replace its famous Gloria funicular rather than rebuild the system involved in a crash that killed 16 people in summer 2025.

The funicular has remained out of service since a cable broke, causing the deadly accident in the Portuguese capital. Nearly a year later, the city announced that it would replace the railway completely.

We are planning a new system, not a reconstruction

— Rui Pedro Gaspar LopoThe Carris president described the city’s plan to replace the funicular after the fatal crash.

“We are planning a new system, not a reconstruction,” Carris president Rui Pedro Gaspar Lopo said Monday. He added that the future railway would be new, while its historic location would remain unchanged.

An international tender for construction is expected to be launched in 2027.

The future railway will be new, but the location will remain historic

— Rui Pedro Gaspar LopoLopo said the replacement would preserve the historic setting.
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Originally published by Der Standard in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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