The Funicular Railway Upper City - Lower City (Italian: ''Funicolare Città Alta''), is a

funicular railway A funicular (, , ) is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep slope. The system is characterized by two counterbalanced carriages (also called cars or trains) permanently attached to opposite en ...

line in the city of

Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Com ...

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. It connects the historic core of ''Città Alta'' (the suspended fortified city of Bergamo built up on a hill) with the '' Città Bassa'', the financial lower city. Built in 1887, it is one of the two funicular lines serving the city of Bergamo; the other being the Bergamo - San Vigilio funicular.

Features

The twin track funicular railway of Bergamo owns a peculiarity: the tracks have different lengths (right 240 m and left 234 m). The difference in height is 85 meters, with a maximum gradient of 52%. The lower funicular station, located at 271 meters m.s.l. is served by the ATB bus network, as well as the one at the high city, which is 356 meters m.s.l. The journey time is 2 minute. The lower station is called

Lower Town Lower Town (also spelled "Lowertown" (french: la Basse-Ville) is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Vanier Ward in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to the east of downtown. It is the oldest part of the city. It is bounded by Rideau Street to the south, ...

of Bergamo (Italian: '' Città Bassa di Bergamo''), the upper being Bergamo Upper Town (Italian: '' Città Alta di Bergamo)''.

References

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