Kakola Funicular

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Kakola Funicular
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Kakola funicular arriving at Linnankatu
Overview
OwnerThe City of Turku
Locale Turku, Finland
Coordinates 60°26′28.64″N22°14′42.29″E / 60.4412889°N 22.2450806°E / 60.4412889; 22.2450806
Termini
  • Linnankatu 55b (lower station)
  • Graniittilinnankatu 3 (upper station)
Stations2
Service
Type Inclined lift
History
Planned opening2018 [1]
Opened24 May 2019 (2019-05-24) [2] [3]
Technical
Track length0.130 [3]  km (0.081 mi)
Operating speed7 km/h (4.3 mph)

The Kakola Funicular (Finnish : Kakolan funikulaari; Swedish : Kakolafunikularen) is an inclined lift in Turku, Finland. [4] The lift has been in operation since 2019. [1] [5] Despite its name, the Kakola funicular is not a true funicular, as it does not have a human operator [2] nor a second carriage as a counterweight. It is the first outdoor inclined lift in Finland. [3]

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The lower station
The upper station Turun Funikulaari upper end.jpg
The upper station
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Interior of the carriage

Technical problems

The funicular has suffered from numerous technical difficulties throughout its lifetime, with downtimes extending sometimes to weeks. [6] On average it has suffered a problem of some sort every six days, and been halted a total of 130 times during the first two years of its operation. [7] Because of its excessive downtimes and technical problems, the funicular has gained the nickname "jumikulaari", a portmanteau of "jumissa" ("stuck") and "funikulaari" ("funicular"). [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Funikulaarin avajaiset siirtyvät toukokuun lopulle – osa työstä jouduttu teettämään uudelleen". Turun sanomat (in Finnish). 29 March 2019. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  2. 1 2 "Turun funikulaari onkin vinohissi". Tekniikka&Talous (in Finnish). 23 May 2019. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  3. 1 2 3 "Funikulaari". Turku.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  4. ↑ "Funicular". Turku.fi. Archived from the original on 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  5. ↑ "Kakola Funicular Stations". Finnish Architecture Navigator. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  6. ↑ "Turun funikulaari liikkuu taas! Rinnehissi ehti olla poissa käytöstä 23 päivää". Yle uutiset (in Finnish). 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  7. ↑ Mikael Piippo (2021-07-09). "Bergbanan i Åbo krånglar stup i kvarten" (in Swedish). Hufvudstadsbladet.
  8. ↑ "Turun funikulaari täyttää kaksi vuotta – kysyimme turkulaisten mielipidettä "jumikulaarista", joka hajoaa keskimäärin joka kuudes päivä". Yle uutiset (in Finnish). 24 May 2021. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
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