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Monte Railway

former railway line in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Place Railway Line Q1029540
Monte Railway
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Facts

12 properties

Identity

Instance of
railway line, rack railway[4]

Location

Country
Portugal[3]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Funchal[2]

Population and size

Length
+3.9[10]
More facts +8
Date of official closure
April 1943[11]
Date of official opening
July 16, 1893[9]
Has part(s)
Restaurante Esplanade[5]
Rack system
Riggenbach rack system[14]
State of conservation
demolished or destroyed[12]
State of use
decommissioned[13]
Terminus
Funchal, Terreiro da Luta[6][7]
Track gauge
1000 mm track gauge[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Monte Lift en Monte Railway en Monte train de Caminho de Ferro do Monte es Ferrocarril del Monte fr Chemin de fer de Monte pt Comboio do Monte pt Elevador do Monte ru Железная дорога Монте
🔖 Identifiers · 1
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/123589s9

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
rack railway, railway line
Country 1
Portugal
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Funchal
Terminus 1
Funchal
Track gauge 1
1000 mm track gauge
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Summary

Monte Railway is a railway line[1].

Related Entities

Portugal

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    State of use → decommissioned
    State of conservation → demolished or destroyed
    Has part(s) → Restaurante Esplanade
    Terminus → Funchal, Terreiro da Luta
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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