Hotel Montana funicular, Funicular railway at Hotel Montana in Lucerne, Switzerland.

The Hotel Montana funicular is an inclined lift in Lucerne running 85 m from Haldenstrasse on the shore of Lake Lucerne up to the entrance of the Art Deco Hotel Montana on Adligenswilerstrasse. It climbs 38 m at an average incline of 50%, using a single car and a 2,390 kg counterweight on its own track. Intermediate stops serve the floors of the SHL Schweizerische Hotelfachschule Luzern.

Built between 1912 and 1914, the funicular opened alongside the Hotel Montana. From the start it used a single car and a 2,390-kilogram counterweight on its own track. In 1913 a concession was sought from the Swiss Federal Assembly to open it to the public; it was later run under a cantonal concession. It was shut down in 1987 and fully rebuilt by Garaventa as an inclined lift by 1988.

The funicular links Haldenstrasse to the entrance of the 4-star Art Deco Hotel Montana, opened together with the original lift around 1912–1914. Its intermediate stops open onto floors of the SHL Schweizerische Hotelfachschule Luzern, the Swiss hotel management school housed in the building, so the ride also serves students.

The journey from the base to the hotel entrance takes about 60 seconds, and the funicular runs daily to serve guests and their luggage. When visiting, plan to arrive with reasonable luggage since the system is designed primarily for hotel guests.

The German Wikipedia calls it the least known funicular in Switzerland. Its single car is balanced by a 2,390-kilogram counterweight running on its own track, and since the 1988 rebuild intermediate stops serve the floors of the SHL hotel management school.