Teleférico do Jardim Botânico da Madeira, Cable car system in Funchal, Portugal
The Teleférico do Jardim Botânico da Madeira is a 2005 aerial lift running 1,603 metres from the Madeira Botanical Garden across the Ribeira de João Gomes valley to Monte. Its twelve six-seat cabins travel the nine-minute route on a single-cable loop with seven pylons, rising 220 metres.
The cable car was inaugurated in 2005, linking the Madeira Botanical Garden in Funchal with Monte. Its top station stands at Largo das Babosas, beside the Monte Gardens, where passengers can transfer on foot to the upper terminal of the Funchal city cable car. The rack railway Monte train, closed in 1943, once served the same area.
The lift is run by MTA - Transportes Alternativos da Madeira. At the Monte end, the top station at Largo das Babosas sits beside the Monte Gardens and links on foot with the upper terminal of the Funchal city cable car, near the site of the Monte rack railway closed in 1943.
The cable car covers 1,603 metres in about nine minutes, rising 220 metres on seven pylons. The base station is at the Madeira Botanical Garden; the top station at Largo das Babosas in Monte connects on foot with the Funchal–Monte cable car and lies near the former Monte rack railway station, closed in 1943.
The top station stands at Largo das Babosas beside the Monte Gardens, where passengers can walk to the upper terminal of the Funchal city cable car. The rack railway station of the Comboio do Monte, closed in 1943, is also nearby.
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