At least 16 people were killed and several injured after the carriage of a funicular – a type of railway that travels up and down steep slopes – derailed in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon on ...

LISBON, Portugal — A national day of mourning began in Portugal on Thursday as the death toll rose to 16 after a popular funicular railway derailed in Lisbon. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

The College of Charleston confirmed on Friday that one of its instructors was among the 16 people killed in the crash of the popular funicular railway in Lisbon on Wednesday, which shocked Portugal ...

A Lisbon resident has given a terrifying account of his narrow escape from the funicular car which killed 16 people on Wednesday evening. Abel Esteves said he thought he was going to die as the ...

The funicular that crashed in Lisbon killing 16 people in early September had a faulty cable, the official inquiry said Monday, recommending the city's vehicles stay out of service until their safety ...

Gelmerbahn in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, is the steepest funicular in Europe. It has an inclination of up to 106% and a 1,028m (3,373ft) long track. It takes you to the Gelmer Valley 1860m ...

LISBON - A cable linking two cabins disconnected shortly before the funicular crash that killed 16 people in Lisbon this week, hours after the cable had passed a visual check, accident inspectors said ...