{"id":46113,"date":"2022-08-20T18:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=46113"},"modified":"2022-08-19T19:44:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T18:44:04","slug":"around-the-world-in-tramsish-bom-jesus-do-monte-funicular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=46113","title":{"rendered":"Around the World in Trams(ish): Bom Jesus do Monte Funicular"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a little bit different for \u201cAround the World in Trams\u201d as instead of a traditional tram or light rail system we feature a funicular which operates in Portugal.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Bom Jesus do Monte Funicular runs in Braga, Portugal and connects the upper town of Braga with the Shrine and heads up 116 metres on standard gauge tracks. There are two tracks (one for each direction) with each car being 7 metres long and 2 metres wide. They can carry 30 seated passengers and eight standees. It runs on water counterbalancing and is the oldest funicular in the world to be operated using this method. As with most funiculars it\u2019s a quick trip taking between two and four minutes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_46114\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=46114\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46114\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46114\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46114\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1-braga-km-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1-braga-km-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1-braga-km-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1-braga-km-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1-braga-km.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the cars at the upper station with a mosaic on the platform.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_46115\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=46115\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46115\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46115\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46115\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2.braga-km-413x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2.braga-km-413x550.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2.braga-km-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2.braga-km.jpg 968w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A close-up view of the cable as water pours into the car in preparation for the counter balancing to get it down to the bottom.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_46116\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=46116\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46116\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46116\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46116\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3.braga-km-413x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3.braga-km-413x550.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3.braga-km-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3.braga-km.jpg 968w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wheel which starts the process of flowing the water.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_46117\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=46117\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46117\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46117\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46117\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/4.braga-km-413x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/4.braga-km-413x550.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/4.braga-km-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/4.braga-km.jpg 968w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking up from the lower station.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_46118\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=46118\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46118\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46118\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46118\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5.braga-km-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5.braga-km-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5.braga-km-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5.braga-km-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5.braga-km.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to the lower station. (All Photographs by Kate Meeson)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a little bit different for \u201cAround the World in Trams\u201d as instead of a traditional tram or light rail system we feature a funicular which operates in Portugal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[63],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46119,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46113\/revisions\/46119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}