Lisbon to design new mechanism ensuring funicular safety after crash

Antonio Costa, ex-ministers accuse Lisbon mayor of lies over funicular tragedy

Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas faces backlash from top Portuguese politicians, including European Council President Costa, for invoking a late minister in his defence after a deadly funicular crash

Lisbon to design new mechanism ensuring funicular safety after crash

Lisbon's city council has tasked a team of experts with designing a new mechanism to ensure the safety of the Gloria funicular railway that had a deadly crash last week and will remain closed until its revamp, a city official said on Monday.

Lisbon to Design New Mechanism Ensuring Funicular Safety After Crash

Lisbon safety team working on “maximum safety” after funicular tragedy

Authorities in Lisbon have created an expert team to work on safety mechanisms at the city’s Gloria funicular railway, where 16 people died and 22 others were injured in an accident on 3 September 2025. City councillors approved the team’s makeup and voted to give the group of municipal technicians, national engineers, regulators, and university academics the right to make the call on whether and when it would be safe to reopen the facility, whi…

MEPs observe a minute of silence for the victims in the Glória elevator

Strasbourg, France, The European Parliament observed a minute of silence today in memory of the victims of the accident at the Glória elevator in Lisbon, also recalling the consequences of the fires in Portugal and the humanitarian situation in Gaza.“Last Wednesday, we were shocked and saddened to learn of the tragic derailment of the Glória funicular elevator in Lisbon, which resulted in 16 deaths and 23 injuries. We send our condolences to the…