Central funicular (Italy)

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Central Funicular
Overview
Native name	Funicolare Centrale
Status	in use
Locale	Naples, Italy
Stations	4
Service
Type	Funicular
Operator(s)	1975–95: ATAN 1995–2001: ANM 2001–13: Metronapoli 2013 to date: ANM
History
Opened	1928 (1928)
Technical
Line length	1.234 km (0.767 mi)
Track gauge	1,200 mm (3 ft 11+1⁄4 in)
Route map Piazza Fuga (Vanvitelli, Line 1) Petraio Corso Vittorio Emanuele Augusteo

The Central Funicular (Italian: Funicolare Centrale), is one of four funiculars in the public transportion system of Naples, Italy. The system is a true funicular: an inclined railway with two passenger cars, connected via cables, operating in concert.

Inaugurated in 1928, the Central Funicular of Naples is one of the most used funicular railways in the world, and carries over 10 million passengers per year.^[1]

The Central Funicular connects its upper terminus in Vomero with its lower terminus at Via Toledo near Galleria Umberto via four stations: Piazza Fuga, Petraio-Via Palizzi (accessing the Vomero Petraio), Corso Vittorio Emanuele (Napoli), and Augusteo at Piazzetta Duca d'Aosta. At Piazza Fuga, the Central Funicular station is adjacent to Piazza Fuga, near Piazza Vanvitelli, where there is a connection to both Vanvitelli station, on Line 1 of the Naples Metro, and to the Chiaia Funicular.

The Montesanto Funicular is a short walk to the northeast. A fourth funicular, the Mergellina Funicular, connects the two further areas of Posillipo Alto and Mergellina. A now defunct system, the Sorrento Funicular, operated nearby from 1883 to 1886.