The funicular, known as Elevador da Gloria, is harnessed by steel cables and goes up and down a steep downtown hill. It can carry more than 40 people, seated and standing, and is commonly used by ...

At least 16 people were killed and several injured after the carriage of a funicular – a type of railway that travels up and down steep slopes – derailed in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon on ...

Some 15 people have died after the Gloria funicular railway car in Lisbon, Portugal, derailed and crashed on Wednesday local time. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates.

At least 15 people are dead after a funicular cable railway went out of control and crashed in the centre of Lisbon.

The company operating the capital's funiculars says it's investigating claims the vehicle was given the all-clear on the day of the crash.

Initial findings reveal the whole incident happened in just 50 seconds, with the funicular crashing at a speed of 60 kilometres an hour.

Cordoned off by police, the crumpled wreckage of the yellow-and-white streetcar known as Elevador da Glória was still on the road early Thursday.

It is unclear what caused the crash in which 16 people died and more than 20 were injured, including many foreign nationals.

A three-year-old German boy was pulled alive from the wreckage of a tram carriage in Lisbon after it derailed and crashed into the side of a hotel on Wednesday. The boy’s father died in the disaster ...

At least 16 people were killed and several injured after the carriage of a funicular – a type of railway that travels up and down steep slopes – derailed in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon on ...