Genova cog railway, Italy

Genova has three railway lines that climb from the city area up the hills behind, two funiculars and a cog railway:

1. Zecca - Righi. The longest and the one with the best views of the city at the top. The line is 1428 metres long of which the lower 700 metres are in a tunnel. The total rise is 279 metres.

2. Sant'Anna, Piazza Portello - Corso Magenta. This is the smaller funicular; 357 meters long with a rise of 54 metres. The walk back down leads besides a beautiful park next to Piazzo Portello.

3. Principe - Granarolo. The cog railway, above, seen in 1968 in green car livery and recently. The route is 1136 metres long with a rise of 194 metres. The lower station is at Piazza B. Principe, near the central FS station Genova-Principe and the Metro.

More data
Opened: 1901
Average gradient: 16%
Maximum slope: 21.4%
Speed: ​​2 metres/second
Cars: 2 built in 1929
Car capacity: 45 people
Track gauge: 1200 mm
Rack type: Riggenbach
Power supply: 550 Volts