Funicolare

Plant

Reach the Sanctuary of Montevergine in 7 minutes, using one of the steepest funiculars in Europe.

The system is a funicular of the come and go type, equipped with 2 carriages, each of which can accommodate 60 people.

The ascent mechanism is with a central switch and a single runway, with a single upper pulling rope.

The overall route is 1669,25 meters long.

The car reaches an inclination ranging from 43° of minimum slope to 64° of maximum.

734 mt

Difference

4 M / S

Speed

4040 M

Diameter
Drive Pulley

40 MM

Diameter
Tractor Rope

2

Buildings of
Station

Timetables and Rates

Easter and Easter Monday opening hours

We inform users that on Sunday 31 March and Monday 01 April 2024, on the occasion of Easter and Easter Monday, the Mercogliano - Montevergine Funicular service will operate at the following time:

Sunday 31 March 2024 (Easter)
  • 08,30 – 09,00 – 09,30 – 10,00 – 10,30 – 11,00 – 11,30 – 12,00 – 12,30 – 13,00 last ride.
Monday 01 April 2024 (Easter Monday)
  • 08,30 – 09,00 – 09,30 – 10,00 - 10,30 - 11,00 – 11,30 – 12,00 – 12,30 – 13,00 – 13,30 – 14,15 – 15,00, 15,45 – 16,30 – 17,00 – XNUMX last race.

Timetable in force from 08 January 2024

We inform the User that from 08 January 2024 the Mercogliano – Montevergine Funicular system will be active on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays with the following times:

  • Saturday hours: 08,30 – 9,15 – 10,00 – 10,45 – 11,30 – 12,15 – 13,00 – 13,30 – Last race 14,15pm.
  • Opening hours on Sundays and holidays: 08,30 – 9,00 – 9,30 – 10,00 – 10,30 – 11,00 – 11,30 – 12,00 – 12,30 – 13,00 – 13,30 – Last race 14,15pm. 

For groups of more than 20 units it will be possible, even on weekdays, to use the funicular service, by communicating the reservation in advance on the telephone number 0825 / 789000 - 0825 / 2041    or by email    funicolare@aircampania.it.

 

Rates effective from Saturday 24 June 2023 (for the entire Virginian Year):

· Adult return tickets €5 (previous fare €8).

· Adult single-ride tickets €4 (previous fare €5).

· Reduced return tickets €4 for under 18s, over 65s, residents of Mercogliano and groups of at least 20 passengers (previous fare €5).

Baggage tickets €1 (unchanged).

 

Parking

The parking lot of the Funicular station can accommodate 70 parking spaces and guarantees maximum tranquility and safety thanks to an automatic access control system.

Every day, from hours 8:00 pm 20:00, the cost of parking is € 1 for every hour or part of an hour.

Funicular ticket holders have a special discounted rate of € 1 for the whole day.

Every day, from hours 20:00 pm 8:00, the cost of parking is € 1 for the entire period.

The History of the Funicular

The idea of ​​creating a funicular-driven car traveling on a route that connected Mercogliano with Montevergine came from Abbot Guglielmo De Cesare, who imagined a fast connection to visit the Mamma Schiavona monastery and enjoy the lush mountain landscape. The work in 1882 quickly reached two-thirds of completion, but subsequently suffered severe delays in completion.

We have to wait until 1926 when the successor of Abbot De Cesare, Don Ramiro, set up a company called "Partenion" which on 25 April of the same year began work on the construction of the departure station.

In 1929 the company was taken over entirely by the Benedictine Community which, under the name of Società Immobiliare Irpina (SII), obtained the fifty-year concession for the operation of the plant with effect from 17 July 1931.

On 23 June 1956 Abbot Anselmo Tranfaglia inaugurated the funicular.

Even before the expiry of the concession, in November 1973, the Ministry of Transport ordered the closure of the year due to the increasingly evident deterioration of the structure.

The high management costs meant that in the first months of 1976 there was the transfer of the operating concession from the Irpinia Real Estate Company to the Atripalda-Avellino-Mercogliano Filovia, a publicly managed regional transport company of Avellino, which closed the plant for work until May 23, 1981.

At the expiry of the fifty-year agreement, the Campania Region purchased the company (which at the same time had taken on the name of SpA Funicolare Montevergine) as the Consorzio Servizi Publici di Trasporti Urbano and Extraurbano of Avellino and subsequently, with resolution 6810 of 1 October 1986, entrusted to the same management of companies in the sector, including the funicular.

On 16 January 1988 the Region established the unification of the Funicular Company (which ceased its independent activity) with that of the extra-urban services.

The plant still represents the flagship of the AIR CAMPANIA company.