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Lisbon Team Working on “Maximum Safety” After Funicular Tragedy

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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…

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Mission team to study the new technology system of the Higher Glory, in Lisbon, is composed of five techniques from the Engineers' Order, IS and LNEC. See the names

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The group will have two specialists from the National Laboratory of Civil Engineering, two from the Order of Engineers and one from the Technical Higher Institute.

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After the funicular accident with 16 dead, experts look at the rope exchange six years ago. Has a new material played a role in the rope interior? And l on the rails?

The funicular accident in Lisbon (Portugal) killed sixteen people, including a man who had left his seat to a surviving woman.

With this temporary solution from Carris, the continuity of the connection between the city center and Bairro Alto is assured. Carris announced that the 51E – Glória route entered service today, running to Largo do Carmo. This route was created as a temporary alternative to the Glória Funicular, currently out of service due to the accident on September 3rd that killed 16 people. The new route connects Restauradores and Bairro Alto, providing acc…

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Travel Tomorrow broke the news in on Wednesday, September 10, 2025.
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