Belleville funicular tramway

Tags: Railway Line.

The Belleville funicular tramway (French: tramway funiculaire de Belleville) was a cable car which from 1891 to 1924 connected the Place de la République in Paris to the Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Belleville on a hill in the Belleville quarter. It has since been demolished.It was a hybrid of a tramway and a funicular similar to the famous San Francisco cable car system (started 1873) it was replaced in 1935 by Paris Métro Line 11 running on the same route.

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closing date

1924-07-18

closing year

1924-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

line length (μ)

2044.0, 2325.0

location

Belleville (commune), France

number of tracks

1

opening date

1891-08-25

opening year

1891-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

owner

Ville de Paris

route end

%C3%89glise_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_de_Belleville

route start

Place de la République

speed limit (kmh)

10.8, 12.6

type

Cable car (railway)

latitude

48.8726

longitude

2.3791