Valparaíso

Valparaíso

Valparaíso is a city and commune of Chile, center of its third largest conurbation and one of the country's most important seaports and an increasing cultural center in the Southwest Pacific hemisphere. The city is the capital of the Valparaíso Province and the Valparaíso Region...

 in Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

 has had up to 26 working funicular railways - most are now inactive, as of 2009 fewer than 10 are in active use
The funicular railways were mainly constructed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Table

This table is of known funicular railways in Valparaiso, also known as elevators (In Spanish Los Ascensores de Valparaiso)

Number from west	Name	Hill name	Date opened	Date closed	notes
03	Arrayán	Cerrosto Domingo	1905	1964
02	Artillería	Cerro Artillera	1893
25	Barón	Cerro Lecheros	1906
13	Bellavista	Cerro Bellavista	1897	1955
09	Concepción	Cerro Concepcion	1883
06	Cordillera	Cerro Cordillera	1886
21	El Hogar		1912	1955
08	El Peral	Cerro Concepcion	1900	1902
10	Esmerelda		1905	1962
14	Espíritu Santo		1909	1911
15	Florida		1906		|
00	Hospital Carlos van Buren
18	La Cruz		1908	1992
23	Larrain	Cerro Rodriguez	1903
17	Las Monjas		1912		aka Monjas
24	Lecheros		1906
16	Mariposa	Cerro Mariposa	1913
12	Pantéon		1900	1952
05	Perdices	Cerro Arrayan	1932	1962
26	Placeres		1913	1971
20	Ramaditas		1914	1955
11	Reina Victoria		1902	1903
07	San Agustin		1913
04	Sant Domingo	Cerrosto Domingo	1910	1965
01	Villaseca	Cerro Artillera	1907
00	Villanelo		1984		Viña del Mar Viña del Mar Viña del Mar , is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Its long stretches of white sandy beaches are a major attraction for national and international tourists. The city is Chile's main tourist attraction. Known as "La Ciudad Jardín" , Viña del Mar is a Chilean Municipality located...

External links

• http://www.funiculars.net/funiculars.php?sok=valparaiso&pos=0
• http://ascensoresvalparaiso.org