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The Budapest Castle Hill Funicular or Budavári Sikló is a funicular railway in the city of Budapest, in Hungary. It links the Adam Clark Square and the Széchenyi Chain Bridge at river level to Buda Castle above. The line was opened on March 2, 1870, and has been in municipal ownership since 1920.
Budapest funicular. The hill rises to a height of 175 metres (574 ft) above sea level on the right bank of the Danube River, part of the Buda Hills, between Gellért Hill and Rose Hill. it is approximately 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) long and 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) wide.
Buda Castle, Matthias Church, Hungarian National Gallery, Castle Hill Funicular, Sándor Palace, Fisherman's Bastion, Gellért Hill, Labyrinth of Buda Castle, Vienna Gate: II. Tomb of Gül Baba, Mechwart Park, Cave of Szemlő Hill, Stalactite Cave of Pál Valley, Lukács Bath III. Óbuda-Békásmegyer: Aquincum Military Amphitheatre, Zichy ...
It was opened in 1849. It is anchored on the Pest side of the river to Széchenyi Square (formerly Roosevelt Square), adjacent to the Gresham Palace and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and on the Buda side to Adam Clark Square, near the Zero Kilometre Stone and the lower end of the Castle Hill Funicular, leading to Buda Castle.
The Budapest Castle Hill Funicular was built in 1868–69, with the first test run on 23 October 1869. The oldest funicular railway operating in Britain dates from 1875 and is in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. [18]
Castle Hill Railway or Castle Hill Funicular may refer to: Castle Hill Funicular (Budapest) , a funicular railway in Budapest, Hungary Castle Hill Railway (Bridgnorth) , a funicular railway in Bridgnorth, England
Gellért Hill best far view to the Danube Bridges, Danube Promenade and Gellért Baths; Danube Promenade view to Buda Castle, Gellért Hill; Sashegy impressive, far view from the top of the Natural Reserve Park to: Gellérthegy, Naphegy, Buda Castle, Danube Promenade. Bus No. 8 to LEJTŐ ÚT and 10 minutes to the end of the Tájék utca.
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