Saint-Just funicular
The Saint-Just funicular is one of the two funicular lines still in operation in Lyon. It links the Vieux Lyon – Cathédrale Saint-Jean station to the top of the Fourvière hill. It is operated on a single track with a passing section.
Fourvière line has been modernized in 1970. The 2 vehicles have been replaced, the old ones going in two different museums: one at the Henri-Malartre Automobile museum in Rochetaillée-Sur-Saône and the other on at the Urban, Intercity and Rural Transport museum in Chelles.
Data sheet
| Administrative | |
| Station | LYON |
| Firm number | 690002 |
| Category | FUN-Funiculaire |
| Name | Saint Just |
| Opening year | 1985 |
| Last refurbishment year | 1985 |
| Operator | TCL |
| Main manufacturer | SKIRAIL |
| Authorized up traffic | 3050 p/h |
| Authorized down traffic | 3050 p/h |
| Uphill operating speed | 8.0 m/s |
| Downhill operating speed | 8.0 m/s |
| Technical | |
| Altitude difference | 91.0 m |
| Lower station elevation | 165 m |
| Upper station elevation | 256 m |
| Developed lenght | 783.0 m |
| Horizontal length | |
| Spacing | |
| Maximum gradient (%) | 18 % |
| Average gradient | |
| Theoretical operating speed | 8.0 m/s |
| Theroretical up traffic | 3050 p/h |
| Theoretical down traffic | 3050 p/h |
| Motor cab position | Uphill |
| Cable | |
| Installation year | 2001 (origine 2001) |
| Function | Continuous traction |
| Position | |
| Manufacturer | TREFILEUROPE |
| Ultimate strength (UTS) | 11316.0 DecaN |
| Diameter | 39.5 mm |
| Electrical | |
| Main engine type | Continuous |
| Engine power | 884.0 kW |