Mergellina Funicular
The Mergellina Funicular (Italian language, 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. 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 (Naples metro), Line 6 of the Naples Metro. The Chiaia Funicular, Chiaia, Central Funicular, Central and Montesanto Funicular, Montesanto funiculars connect nearby lower are ...
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Funicular
A funicular (, , ) is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep slope. The system is characterized by two counterbalanced carriages (also called cars or trains) permanently attached to opposite ends of a haulage cable, which is looped over a pulley at the upper end of the track. The result of such a configuration is that the two carriages move synchronously: as one ascends, the other descends at an equal speed. This feature distinguishes funiculars from inclined elevators, which have a single car that is hauled uphill. The term ''funicular'' derives from the Latin word , the diminutive of , meaning 'rope'. Operation In a funicular, both cars are permanently connected to the opposite ends of the same cable, known as a ''haul rope''; this haul rope runs through a system of pulleys at the upper end of the line. If the railway track is not perfectly straight, the cable is guided along the track using sheaves – unpowered pulleys tha ...
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Sorrento Funicular
The Sorrento Funicular was a steam-driven, inclined rail system located in the commune of Sorrento, within the Municipality of Naples, Italy — connecting its upper terminus at Sorrento's Hotel Vittoria to the resort's port, several hundred feet below on the Gulf of Naples. The system was designed by Italian engineer Alessandro Ferretti (1851 - 1930), began operating in 1883 and stopped operating approximately three years later. Using only a single passenger car, the system was a funicular in name only, as a funicular by definition counterbalances two cars attached to opposite ends of the same pully-driven cable, operating in concert. History The rail system partially used a tunnel cut into the tufa stone of Sorrento's cliffs by the Romans, precisely to connect the ''Marina Piccola'' (''small marina'') area with the upper town. The inaugural run took place on March 5, 1893. The funicular was 260 meters long, with 170 meters inside the Roman tunnel and the remaining secti ...
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List Of Rapid Transit Systems
These lists of rapid transit systems are sorted by the type of system: * List of tram and light rail transit systems * List of town tramway systems * Medium-capacity rail transport system * List of premetro systems * List of metro systems * List of automated urban metro subway systems * List of monorail systems * List of suburban and commuter rail systems * List of funicular railways See also * List of bus rapid transit systems * List of trolleybus systems * List of airport people mover systems This is a list of automated people mover systems located at airport complexes around the world. These systems are used to transport people from one location within an airport to another. Many different types of people movers are used at airports, ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Rapid transit systems Rapid transit Transport lists ...
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List Of Naples Metro Stations
The following is the list of the 23 stations The recently opened Municipio station is the 22nd station in the system. on the Naples Metro system in Naples, Italy. References Naples Naples . Metro Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to: Geography * Metro (city), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...

Mergellina Station (Naples Metro)
Mergellina is a station of the Naples Metro in Naples, Campania, Italy. The platforms serving Line 2 have been active since 25 September 1925, while the one serving Line 6 has been active since 4 February 2007. The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) and ANM. However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Train services are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. Location Mergellina station is on Corso Vittorio Emanuele, to the south west of the city centre. It is about north of the Mergellina marina, from where the hydrofoils depart for the islands in the Gulf of Naples. History The station was opened on 20 September 1925, upon the inauguration of the Villa Literno–Napoli Gianturco railway. Originally, the station had 5 platforms for passenger services, but since 2009 only platforms 3 and 4 are in operation. Since 20 ...
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San Antonio Station (Naples Metro)
San Antonio station may refer to: * San Antonio station (Caltrain), a Caltrain station in Mountain View, California * San Antonio station (Medellín), a Medellín Metro station in Colombia * San Antonio station (Texas), an Amtrak station in San Antonio, Texas * San Antonio metro station (Mexico City), in Mexico City, Mexico * San Antonio metro station (Panama), in Panama City, Panama *San Antonio Abad metro station, in Mexico City, Mexico *Kukullaga (Bilbao metro) Kukullaga is the southern terminus of line 3 of the Bilbao metro. The station is also served by Euskotren Trena commuter and regional rail services. The station is located in the neighborhood of Kukullaga, in the municipality of Etxebarri, whic ..., Spanish station formerly named San Antonio-Etxebarri See also * San Antonio (other) {{Station disambiguation ...
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Parco Angelina Station (Naples Metro)
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Manzoni Station (Naples Metro)
Manzoni is an Italian surname, and may refer to: People Academics * Antonio Manzoni (1746-1819), Italian surgeon and anatomist from Verona * Jean-Francois Manzoni (born 1961), French and Canadian academic, Dean of the IMD * Luigi Manzoni, Italian professor and grape breeder who created the Incrocio Manzoni family of grapes Arts * Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873), Italian poet and novelist * Giacomo Manzoni (born 1932), Italian composer * Giacomo Manzoni (1840–1912), Italian painter, active and exhibiting in the Veneto * Giuseppe Manzoni (1742-1811), Italian writer and priest from Venice * Ignazio Manzoni (1797–1884), Italian painter, active for many years in Buenos Aires * Piero Manzoni (1933–1963), Italian artist * Ridolfo Manzoni (1675-1745), Italian still-life painter from Castelfranco Sports * Alessio Manzoni (born 1987), Italian footballer * Diego Manzoni (born 1990), Italian former footballer * Gloria Manzoni (born 1998), Italian road and track cyclist * Mari ...
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Grade (slope)
The grade (also called slope, incline, gradient, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the tangent of the angle of that surface to the horizontal. It is a special case of the slope, where zero indicates horizontality. A larger number indicates higher or steeper degree of "tilt". Often slope is calculated as a ratio of "rise" to "run", or as a fraction ("rise over run") in which ''run'' is the horizontal distance (not the distance along the slope) and ''rise'' is the vertical distance. Slopes of existing physical features such as canyons and hillsides, stream and river banks and beds are often described as grades, but typically grades are used for human-made surfaces such as roads, landscape grading, roof pitches, railroads, aqueducts, and pedestrian or bicycle routes. The grade may refer to the longitudinal slope or the perpendicular cross slope. Nomenclature There are several ways to express slope: # as an ''angle'' of inc ...
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COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 are variable but often include fever, cough, headache, fatigue, breathing difficulties, Anosmia, loss of smell, and Ageusia, loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days incubation period, after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected Asymptomatic, do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, Hypoxia (medical), hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure ...
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1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being Mexico in 1986). Teams representing 116 national football associations entered and qualification began in April 1988. 22 teams qualified from this process, along with host nation Italy and defending champions Argentina. The tournament was won by West Germany, for the third time. They beat Argentina 1–0 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, a rematch of the previous final four years earlier. Italy finished third and England fourth, after both lost their semi-finals in penalty shootouts. This was the last tournament to feature a team from West Germany, with the country being reunified with East Germany a few months later in October, as well as teams from the Eastern Bloc prior to the end of the Cold War in 1991, as the Soviet Union and Czechos ...
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