Kakola Funicular | |
Type: | Inclined lift |
Locale: | Turku, Finland |
Start: | Linnankatu 55b |
Stations: | 2 |
End: | Graniittilinnankatu 3 |
Planopen: | 2018 |
Open: | [1] [2] |
Owner: | The City of Turku |
Tracklength Km: | 0.130 |
Speed Km/H: | 7 |
Map Name: | map_name |
Map State: | uncollapsed |
Coordinates: | 60.4412888888889 0.0117472222222222 |
The Kakola Funicular (Finnish: Kakolan funikulaari; Swedish: Kakolafunikularen) is an inclined lift in Turku, Finland.[3] The lift has been in operation since 2019.[4] [5] Despite its name, the Kakola funicular is not a true funicular, as it does not have a human operator nor a second carriage as a counterweight. It is the first outdoor inclined lift in Finland.
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 "Finnish: jumikulaari", a portmanteau of "Finnish: jumissa" ("stuck") and "Finnish: funikulaari" ("funicular").[8]