Funicular dos Guindais

Guindais Funicular
Funicular dos Guindais
General information
Type	Funicular
Location	Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória
Town or city	Porto
Country	Portugal
Coordinates	41°8′27.6″N 8°36′34.2″W / 41.141000°N 8.609500°W / 41.141000; -8.609500
Opened	1891
Owner	Portuguese Republic
Technical details
Material	Granite
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Raoul Mesnier du Ponsard
Renovating team
Architect(s)	Adalberto Dias
Website
http://www.metrodoporto.pt

The Guindais Funicular (Portuguese: Funicular dos Guindais) is a funicular railway in the civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, Portuguese municipality of Porto. It connects the district of Batalha, situated uphill to the north, with Ribeira, by the riverside to the south.^[1] The station in Batalha is by the terminus of the vintage tram line 22 and within walking distance of São Bento station for metro and railway connections. The station in Ribeira is by the Dom Luís I Bridge. It runs alongside the remains of the Fernandine Walls.

The modern funicular opened in 2004 and it runs along the same path of a funicular that briefly operated during the 19th century.