Tags: Railway Line.
The Monte San Salvatore funicular or Funicolare Monte San Salvatore is a funicular railway near the city of Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The line links a lower station in the Lugano suburb of Paradiso with an upper station at the summit of the Monte San Salvatore. The top yields a 360° panorama with views of the city Lake Lugano Monte Generoso and the Italian enclave of Campione.The line was built in 1890 and originally used an Abt rack rail for braking.
