Baku Funicular ( az, Bakı funikulyoru) is a

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 ...

system in

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world an ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

. It connects a square on

Neftchilar Avenue Neftchiler Avenue ( az, Neftçilər Prospekti; literally Oil Worker's Avenue) is an arterial road in Baku, Azerbaijan. It begins at the west end of the Bayil district of Baku and continues east until terminating at Javanshir Bridge (formerly Gaga ...

and

Martyrs' Lane Martyrs' Lane or Alley of Martyrs ( az, Şəhidlər Xiyabanı), formerly known as the Kirov Park, is a cemetery and memorial in Baku, Azerbaijan dedicated to those killed by the Soviet Army during Black January 1990 and in the First Nagorno-Karaba ...

. It is the first and remains the only funicular system in the country.

Technical characteristics

* Length of railway track is * It consists of a single-track part and a passing place. * There are two stations; electric and rope drive. * Two coaches – BF-1 and BF-2 are exploited. * Its transportation capacity is 2000 per day. * Maximal speed is . * Interval between departures of coaches is 10 minutes. * Time of train service between stations is 4 minutes. * Working time is from 10:00 to 22:00. * Capacity of a coach is 28 people.

History

The funicular was constructed at initiative of

Alish Lambaranski Alish Jamil oglu Lambaranski (Azeri: ''Əliş Cəmil oğlu Ləmbəranski;'' May 10, 1914 – May 1, 1999) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani statesman and mayor of Baku. Biography Alish Lemberanskiy was born on May 10, 1914, in Lemberan village of B ...

. It was opened in 1960. Tofig Ismayilov has been the director of the funicular since 2006. Funicular has 11 Personnel. In

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

times, it used coaches made in

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine.

Modern funicular

Baku Funicular was repaired several times. It was closed in late 1980s and reopened in 2001. Baku Funicular was capitally repaired in 2001 and 2007. In April 2011, it was again closed for the complete overhaul, and reopened on May 23, 2012. Architect: europroject, Vienna/Austria (Architects A.Mueller/W.Hoffelner/H.Peter). Constructor: GIG projects, Austria The funicular has two stations called “

Bahram Gur Bahram V (also spelled Wahram V or Warahran V; pal, 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭), also known as Bahram Gor (New Persian: , "Bahram the onager") was the Sasanian King of Kings (''shahanshah'') from 420 to 438. The son of the incumbent Sasanian shah ...

” and “Martyrs’ Lane".

References

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