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The Zagreb Funicular is a railway that runs service every 10 minutes from 6:30 am to 10 pm. The funicular track is 66 metres long, making it the shortest public transport funicular in the world, a trip on it only lasting 64 seconds. The railway is also protected legally as a cultural monument. [17] [18]
The Zagreb Funicular (Croatian: Zagrebačka uspinjača) is the funicular in Zagreb, Croatia, operated by ZET, situated in Tomić Street, connecting Ilica with Strossmayerovo šetalište (Strossmayer promenade) to the north (Gornji Grad). Its 66-metre (217 ft) track makes it one of the shortest public-transport funiculars in the world.
This is a list of funicular railways, organised by place within country and continent. The funiculars range from short urban lines to significant multi-section mountain railways. A funicular railway is distinguished from the similar incline elevator in that it has two vehicles that counterbalance one another rather than independently operated cars.
Transportation in Zagreb, Croatia is mostly dependent on tram and bus as main forms of mass transit, and car as the most common mode of individual travel. The city sports a network of avenues augmented by expressways and suburban highways such as Jadranska Avenue or Zagreb bypass ; along with a 100-years old tram system.
The current location of the airport at Pleso in the south-east of Lučko opened in 1962 with a 2,500 m (8,200 ft) long runway and 1,000 m 2 (11,000 sq ft) terminal. By 1966, Zagreb Airport got a new 5,000 m 2 (54,000 sq ft) state-of-the-art passenger terminal. The runway capacity was lengthened to its current 3,252 m (10,669 ft) in 1974.
Croatian Railways was founded in 1991 from the former JŽ ("Yugoslav Railways") Zagreb Division, following Croatia's secession from Yugoslavia.Its vehicle fleet was initially the one it inherited at the time of the breakup of Yugoslavia.
Tram lines in Zagreb are operated by Zagrebački električni tramvaj (which also operates a single funicular line - mostly for tourist purposes - and a gondola lift system), while the tram lines in Osijek are operated by "Gradski Prijevoz Putnika d.o.o.". Tram network in the capital city of Zagreb is, however, far more extensive than the one in ...
Croatian Railway Museum (Croatian: Hrvatski željeznički muzej) is a specialized technical museum in Croatian capital Zagreb, located on the premises of Zagreb Glavni kolodvor, the main railway station of Zagreb.