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Budapest Castle Hill Funicular

Funicular linking river level to Buda Castle since 1870.

The Budapest Castle Hill Funicular, or Budavári Sikló, is a funicular railway in Budapest, Hungary, linking Adam Clark Square and the Széchenyi Chain Bridge at river level to Buda Castle. Opened on March 2, 1870, it was the second funicular in Europe, after Lyon's. It has been municipally owned since 1920. Destroyed in the Second World War, it reopened on June 4, 1986.

Quick Facts

Locale
Budapest
Open
2 March 1870
Operator
BKV (Mass Transport Company of Budapest)
Tracks
Double track

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