Opicina Tramway
N 45° 41.192 E 013° 47.232
33T E 405561 N 5059935
The Opicina Tramway (Italian: Tranvia di Opicina, Slovene: openski tramvaj, Triestine: Tram de Opcina) is an unusual hybrid tramway and funicular railway in the city of Trieste, Italy
Waymark Code: WMCB81
Location: Friuli–Venezia Giulia, Italy
Date Posted: 08/18/2011
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It links Piazza Oberdan, on the northern edge of the city centre, with the village of Villa Opicina in the hills above.
For most of the journey, the line operates as a conventional, electrically powered tramway, with a mixture of street running and reserved track. On the steepest section of the line, between Piazza Scorcola and Vetta Scorcola, the trams are pushed uphill and braked downhill by a pair of cable tractors that operate on funicular principles.
The line forms part of the network of Trieste Trasporti, the public transport operator for Trieste, and operates as line 2 of that operator. The line operates every 20 minutes from early morning (07:00) to early evening (20:00)
This tram line is the last of Trieste.
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