Lisbon, Oct 20, 2025 (AFP) - Lisbon cable cars ordered out of service after deadly crash: report

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2025-10-20

An official inquiry called Monday for all Lisbon cable cars to be kept out of service for urgent modifications after a deadly crash in September that it blamed on a defective cable. The September 3 crash when the funicular came off the rails and hurtled into a building left 16 dead. The official inquiry's preliminary report said Lisbon's cable cars cannot resume operating until they can guarantee they have braking systems "capable of immobilizing......

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