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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sergio Goncalves

Lisbon to create new mechanism to ensure safety after deadly funicular crash

A person that wished to remain anonymous, places a painting showing a funicular with one driver and fifteen passengers, by the downtown stop of the Gloria funicular, a tourist streetcar that derailed and crashed, in Lisbon, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Lisbon's city council has tasked a team of experts with designing a new mechanism to ensure the safety of the Gloria funicular railway that had a deadly crash last week and will remain closed until its revamp, a city official said on Monday.

"We must guarantee maximum security," the council's Vice President, Filipe Anacoreta Correia, told reporters, adding the country needed to be reassured that this was the case before the cable car could reopen.

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