2025 Ascensor da Glória derailment

When

3 Sep 2025

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

38.72° N, 9.14° W

Description

railway accident in Lisbon, Portugal

Deaths

16

Injured

22

Cause

derailment, collision

2025 railway accident in Portugal

At 18:04 WEST on 3 September 2025, a car of Ascensor da Glória, a funicular connecting Bairro Alto and Restauradores Square in Lisbon, Portugal, derailed and crashed, resulting in 16 deaths and 23 injuries. The funicular was popular with tourists, and most of the casualties were foreign nationals. The car at the top of the hill sped uncontrollably downhill before derailing and hitting a building near the bottom.

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