Budapest Castle Hill Funicular

Budapest Castle Hill Funicular
The Budapest funicular, with Car BS1 "Margit" in the foreground and the Széchenyi Chain Bridge in the background in September 2009
Overview
Status	in use
Locale	Budapest
Coordinates	47°29′52″N 19°2′21″E / 47.49778°N 19.03917°E / 47.49778; 19.03917
Service
Type	Funicular
Operator(s)	BKV (Mass Transport Company of Budapest)
History
Opened	2 March 1870 (2 March 1870)
Technical
Line length	0.095 km (0.059 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	5.4 km/h (3.4 mph)
Maximum incline	31.75°

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. It was destroyed in the Second World War and reopened on June 4, 1986. A feature of the line are the two pedestrian foot bridges which cross above it. These were present when the line opened, were removed in 1900 when the castle's garden was extended, and rebuilt to the original design in 1983.^[1]