Funicular to Petrin will be closed for next 2 weeks

Posted on 2008-Mar-24 at 03:32 - Post Comment

Residents of Prague and its guests who want to climb on Petrin will be forced to go up there on foot. Since Tuesday 25 March to 12 April is going be hold the cable car repair.

Employees always check funicular in fall and spring. During the revision usually are verified the reliability of the brakes and electrical machinery. Also checked all hotel wagons.

Funicular was built in 1891 to the Jubilee gathering of Czech tourists in Prague hotel. Its opening was held three times. In the first time it was closed due to the First World War and opened in 1932. In 1967, it was closed due to heavy rains, which diluted the land under the rails. Then he opened in 1985.

Currently, cable car route runs 510 meters length and height of 130 meters. In the year carried 1.5 million passengers.