Funicular de Sant Joan

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The Funicular de Sant Joan, or Sant Joan funicular railway, is a funicular railway at Montserrat, near Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. The line connects the monastery, and the upper terminus of the Montserrat Rack Railway, with the summit of the mountain.

The funicular has the following technical parameters:^[1]

• Length: 503 metres
• Height: 248 metres
• Maximum Steepness: 65.2%
• Cars: 2
• Capacity: 48 passengers per car
• Configuration: Single track with passing loop
• Travel time: 6 minutes
• Track gauge: 1 metre
• Traction: Electricity

The line is operated by the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government Railways, FGC), who also operate the Montserrat Rack Railway and the Funicular de Santa Cova funicular railway on Montserrat Mountain, together with two other funicular railways and a significant suburban railway system in and around Barcelona.

[edit] References

1. ^ Lift-Database : Montserrat : San Joan. Lift-World.info. Retrieved on March 5, 2007.

[edit] External links

• Official website of the Montserrat Rack Railway and associated funicular railways (in Catalan, Spanish, English and French)
• Photographic description and map of the line from Trens de Catalunya (in Catalan)