Switzerland has several funicular railways. The most notable is the Stoosbahn – the steepest funicular in the world. It ...

(CNN) — At least 16 people were killed and several injured after the carriage of a funicular – a type of railway that travels up and down steep slopes – derailed in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon on ...

Lisbon's funicular railways have been operating since the 1880s. Here are the facts on how they worked, and what happened when one of them crashed.

David Young, 82, from Holyhead on Anglesey, was among 16 people who died last Wednesday when the Glória funicular derailed ...

The city’s famous Glória railway car crashed on Wednesday evening, leaving 16 people dead and more than 20 injured ...

Local media initially reported that the man had died in front of his son, but police later clarified he was being treated in ...

It is unclear what caused the crash in which 16 people died and more than 20 were injured, including many foreign nationals.

Some funiculars are driverless, but the Glória Funicular typically ... Germany, Italy, Morocco, Spain, Switzerland, and Russia, Margarida Castro Martins, the head of Lisbon's Civil Protection Agency, ...

At least 16 people were killed and several injured after the carriage of a funicular – a type of railway that travels up and down steep slopes – derailed in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon on ...