WORLD EUROPE • 3 MIN READ
Historic Lisbon train derails in deadly crash at tourist hotspot

UPDATED 3 HR AGO
By Laura Sharman, Max Saltman, Maddie Araujo, Eve Brennan, Giovanna Van Leeuwen

Lisbon, Portugal — The first light over Lisbon revealed the shattered remains of the Gloria funicular, its distinctive yellow carriages in ruins after it derailed and crashed on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and injuring 21.

Since 1885, the cable railway has carried locals and visitors up and down a few hundred meters of a steep cobbled street that links Restauradores Square, a lively plaza commemorating Portugal’s independence from Spain, to the Bairro Alto district.

But on Wednesday, just as the evening rush hour was starting, one of its two cars derailed and plummeted down the street before crashing into a building, local media reported.

Footage showed frantic rescue efforts as some passengers were pulled from one of the destroyed cars while others clambered through the windows of another further down the track amid heavy smoke.

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A police officer walks past the remains of the wrecked Gloria funicular derail site in Lisbon, Portugal, on Wednesday. (Horacio Villalobos/Getty Images)

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This is a developing story and will be updated.