Deadly Portugal funicular crash likely due to problems with cable, report says


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  • Sunday, 07 Sep 2025

FILE PHOTO: Emergency workers remove one of the funiculars, following derailment and crash of the Gloria funicular railway car, a popular tourist attraction, which resulted in multiple casualties, in Lisbon, Portugal, September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo

LISBON (Reuters) -Problems with a cable likely caused a Lisbon funicular railwaypopular with tourists to hurtle down a hill, killing at least 16people and injuring another 22 when it crashed into a building, according to a preliminary report.

The yellow tram-like carriage, which carries people up and down a steep hillside in the Portuguese capital, hit a building after leaving the track on Wednesday, just metres from its twin at the bottom of a steep hill.

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