The new funicular will be composed of 2 cars of 70 passengers with a capacity of 800 passengers per hour. It will take 7 minutes to go from Breo to Piazza.
The old funicular of Mondovi
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The new funicular will be composed of 2 cars of 70 passengers with a capacity of 800 passengers per hour. It will take 7 minutes to go from Breo to Piazza.
The old funicular of Mondovi
The twin towers will be the highest towers in the world with 514.8 meters!
Each tower has a helical edge which turns around the tower at a 180° angle like a DNA structure.
A funicular will run inside the helical edge, it is composed of two rotating ‘capsules’ which can transport 20 passengers each. It will take 6′ to reach the top of the tower.
If this project wins the competition, the funicular will be the steepest inclined lift with a 420% slope!
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In 2004, the town council of Le Tréport decided to build an automatic lift on behalf of the site of the old funicular but thru one of the twin tunnels.
The inclined lift will be used by the clients of a pay and display car park which will be built on the top of the cliff.
The first works started on February 3rd, 2005. The objective of these first works is to consolidate the cliff to prevent falling rocks.
In 1902, the first funicular was climbing to the top of the cliff thru two parallel tunnels.
In the 60s, the twin tunnels were shortly used by an aerial cable way.