Factbox-Lisbon's historic Gloria cable railway


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  • Thursday, 04 Sep 2025

View of the site of the accident after Gloria funicular railway, a popular tourist attraction, derailed and crashed, resulting in multiple casualties, according to authorities, in Lisbon, Portugal, September 4, 2025. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

(Reuters) -At least 17 people were killed and more than 20 injured when a car on Lisbon's Gloria funicular railway line crashed after it derailed in one of the Portuguese capital's deadliest public transport accidents.

Authorities are investigating the cause of the accident.

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