Six months on, Glória funicular victims still awaiting compensation
Yesterday came news that one of the ‘tourist attraction’ funiculars closed since the Glória tragedy six months ago would be reopening next month. Today comes the much more relevant information
One of Lisbon’s iconic funiculars – closed since Glória tragedy – reopens next month
Lisbon’s Graça funicular – out of service since the tragedy that killed and injured passengers last year – will reopen “in April” after a technical inspection has confirmed its good
Inspections, victim support ongoing three months after Glória funicular tragedy
Three months after the Glória funicular catastrophe in Lisbon in which 16 people – mainly tourists – died and many others were injured, technical inspections of all lifts and funicular
Investigators quiz maintenance company responsible for fated Glória funicular
The legal representative of the Portuguese company contracted by Carris – Lisbon’s public transport operator – to provide maintenance services on the fated Gloria funicular (and other similar modes of
Funicular report: PS Socialists demand resignation of Carris management
Socialist Party councillors on Lisbon City Council are demanding the resignation of Carris management, following the conclusions of the GPIAAF preliminary report on the Glória funicular tragedy which caused the
“Not fit to take passengers”: interim report on funicular tragedy in which 16 people died
An interim report, which stresses that this is not the moment to apportion blame, has revealed that the cable connecting the two cabins of the Glória funicular/ elevator which gave
Lisbon Socialists call for “clarification on falsehoods, omissions and inconsistencies” in relation to Glória funicular tragedy
PS Socialists in Lisbon City Council have submitted a request for an extraordinary meeting to obtain ‘clarification on falsehoods, omissions and inconsistencies’ in relation to the Glória funicular tragedy almost
PJ returns to site of Glória tragedy
Over two weeks since the deadly crash of the Glória funicular in Lisbon, PJ police were back at the site where 16 people lost their lives, and 22 more were
Seriously injured parents of German child rescued from funicular tragedy return to Germany
The seriously injured parents of the little German boy rescued from the wreckage of the funicular horror almost two weeks ago have been discharged from hospitals here, and transferred to
Lisbon funicular tragedy “will be obligatory topic in upcoming local election debates”
Yesterday it was the possibility that Lisbon’s Glória funicular – which crashed so devastatingly last week, killing 16 people – was open to sabotage; today it is “the choice of