Sant'Anna Funicular Railway, Funicular railway in Genoa, Italy

The Sant'Anna funicular is a cable railway in Genoa running 357 metres from Piazza del Portello, at the edge of the historic centre, up to via Bertani near corso Magenta. It climbs 54.18 metres between stations at 20 and 74 metres above sea level, on a 1,200 mm gauge track with a maximum gradient of 17 percent. Two cars of 30 passengers each run at 4 m/s, and maintenance equipment stands at the mid-route crossing.

The funicular opened on 26 November 1891, the oldest cable line in Genoa, and ran on water ballast: the driver filled a tank under the upper car to outweigh the lower one. New safety rules forced closure in October 1978; it reopened in 1980 converted to electric traction. A fire destroyed the upper station on 16 November 1989, and service resumed in July 1991.

The upper station was nicknamed "vaccheria" because in the early 1900s fresh milk from the stables of nearby Villa Acquarone, today Villa Madre Cabrini, was sold there. The lower station sits inside a building, a result of the opening of the Nino Bixio tunnel.

The line runs 357 metres between Piazza del Portello and via Bertani, near the corso Magenta junction, with a 54.18-metre rise and a maximum gradient of 17 percent. A workshop and maintenance installations sit at the midpoint crossing. The lower station is set inside a building, so look for the entrance at street level.

The upper station was long nicknamed "vaccheria" because fresh milk from the stables of nearby Villa Acquarone, today Villa Madre Cabrini, was sold there in the early 1900s. The original wooden and terracotta chalet-style building burned down on 16 November 1989 and was replaced by an open-air terminus.