Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in Western Europe - older than Rome, older than Paris. The Portuguese capital sits on seven hills overlooking the Tagus River, and its cobblestone streets, ...

Oct. 21 (UPI) --A preliminary report released Tuesday about last month's deadly crash of one of Lisbon's famed funiculars found that an unapproved underground cable snapped just before the incident.

(CNN) — A cable that broke in September’s deadly funicular crash in Lisbon was not certified to carry people and failed to meet the operator’s specifications, according to interim findings from ...

LISBON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Lisbon's city council has tasked a team of experts with designing a new mechanism to ensure the safety of the Gloria funicular railway that had a deadly crash last week and ...

(CNN) — A preliminary investigation indicates that a connecting cable broke before Wednesday’s deadly funicular crash in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon that killed at least 16 people and injured ...

The College of Charleston confirmed on Friday that one of its instructors was among the 16 people killed in the crash of the popular funicular railway in Lisbon on Wednesday, which shocked Portugal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At least 16 people were killed and several injured after the carriage of a funicular – a type of railway that travels up and down ...

(CNN) — At least 16 people were killed and several injured after the carriage of a funicular – a type of railway that travels up and down steep slopes – derailed in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon on ...

Lisbon — Two days after Portugal's worst-ever electric streetcar crash killed 16 people and left more than 20 others from across the globe injured, authorities in Lisbon said Friday that they had ...