Kakola Funicular | |
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![]() Kakola funicular arriving at Linnankatu | |
Overview | |
Owner | The City of Turku |
Locale | Turku, Finland |
Coordinates | 60°26′28.64″N22°14′42.29″E / 60.4412889°N 22.2450806°E |
Termini |
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Stations | 2 |
Service | |
Type | Inclined lift |
History | |
Planned opening | 2018 [1] |
Opened | 24 May 2019 [2] [3] |
Technical | |
Track length | 0.130 [3] km (0.081 mi) |
Operating speed | 7 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]
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]