Mergellina Funicular

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Mergellina Funicular
Overview
Native name	Funicolare di Mergellina
Status	In operation
Locale	Naples, Italy
Stations	5
Service
Type	Funicular
Operator(s)	1975–95: ATAN 1995–2001: ANM 2001–13: Metronapoli 2013 to date: ANM
History
Opened	1931 (1931)
Technical
Line length	0.55 km (0.34 mi)
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Route map Manzoni Parco Angelina San Gioacchino Sant'Antonio Mergellina

The Mergellina Funicular (Italian: Funicolare di Mergellina), is one of four operating 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.

Opened in 1931, the Mergellina Funicular is Naples' fourth and most recent funicular.^[1]

The funicular connects its upper terminus in the Posillipo Alto neighborhood with its lower terminus in Mergellina via five stations: Manzoni, Parco Angelina, San Gioacchino, San Antonio and Mergellina. Unlike Naples' other three funiculars with upper terminals near Piazza Vanvitelli in Vomero, the Mergellina line is located farther to the northwest. It runs uphill from the marina at Mergellina Sanazzarro to Manzoni, close to the Line 6 of the Naples Metro.

The Chiaia, Central and Montesanto funiculars connect nearby lower areas of Naples to the high neighborhood of Vomero. A now defunct system, the Sorrento Funicular, operated nearby from 1883 to 1886.