VALENCIA, Spain. Tramways in Porta de Serrans. Postcard (1930s)

VALENCIA
Tramways in Porta de Serrans.

Postcard published by JDP, Valencia (1930s).

On 23 June 1876, Valencia's first tram, powered by horses, linked the city with its Grau port. The construction work on the first tram infrastructure in Valencia was carried out between 1887 and 1888. The first line that was put into service, on 21 November  1891, connected the Empalme station in Burjassot with Bétera, with a length of 14.7 km. On 7 July1892, the second line was inaugurated, between the current Pont de Fusta and Grau stations, with a length of 5.8 km. The tram network was successively expanded. In 1917, the Compagnie Générale des Tramways de Valence (Spain) Société Lyonnaise, known as La Lionesa, and the Sociedad Valenciana de Tranvías, which had been established on 16 January 1885, merged and the Compañía de Tranvías y Ferrocarriles de Valencia (CTFV) was born. The rise of Valencian trams occurred in the 1940s and 1950s and their decline began in 1957 as a consequence of the great flood that affected the city, and from then on the progressive disappearance of the tram as a means of urban transport began. In 1986 FGV (Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana) began to operate the city's new trams.

Traveler's collection.

WEST HILL LIFT, Hastings, East Sussex, England.

The West Hill Lift is a 150 m (500 ft) long funicular railway that ascends from George Street to Hastings Country Park on West Hill, at a height of 52 m (170 ft) above sea level, providing access to Hastings Castle and St Clement's Caves. It has two carriages with capacity for 16 passengers each. Construction began in 1889 and it opened in 1891. The first operator went bankrupt in 1894 y the Hastings Passenger Lift Company took over and operated the line until 1947, when Hastings Borough Council bought the line. It was converted from a water balanced system to electric operation in 1971. To mark the railway's centenary year, the line was fully refurbished in 1991.

(Source: 1066 Country.)

SANTUARIO DI POMPEI. Pompei, Napoli, Italy

SANTUARIO DI POMPEI
Ricordo [ticket]

The Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei (Italian: Pontificio Santuario della Beata Vergine del Santo Rosario di Pompei) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, Marian pontifical shrine, and Pontifical minor basilica commissioned by Bartolo Longo, located in Pompei, Italy. It is the see of the Territorial Prelature of Pompei. Bartolo Longo started restoring a church in disrepair in October 1873 and promoted a festival in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary. In 1875, Longo obtained a painting of Our Lady of the Rosary from a convent in Naples and raised funds to restore the image so as to locate it in the church. Miracles began to be reported and pilgrims began flocking in droves to the church. Three hundred people of the area pledged a penny a month for the work. Bartolo Longo was encouraged by Giuseppe Formisano, Bishop of Nola, to begin the construction of a larger church—the cornerstone being laid on the 8 May 1876. The church was consecrated on the 7 May 1891 by Cardinal Raffaele Monaco La Valletta, representing Pope Leo XIII.

Gracias a M. Teresa.

RONDA (Andalucía, España). Foto antigua de la estación ferroviaria

RONDA (Andalucía, España). Foto antigua de la estación ferroviaria.
[La primera estación de Ronda se terminó de construir en 1891 en el recorrido de la línea férrea Bobadilla-Algeciras; el viaje inaugural del ferrocarril hasta Ronda tuvo lugar el 7 de septiembre de aquel mismo año, después de que el Ministerio de Fomento de España autorizara la apertura del tramo Bobadilla-Ronda (según Pedro Sierra de Cózar en su ponencia "Ronda y el ferrocarril", presentada en el IV Congreso de Historia Ferroviaria, celebrado en Málaga en septiembre de 2006 con motivo del 150.º aniversario del ferrocarril en Andalucía: http://www.docutren.com/archivos/malaga/pdf/V16.pdf.). Entre las décadas de 1940 y 1950 la estación ferroviaria fue reconstruida, y modernizada posteriormente.]

RONDA (Andalusia, Spain). Vintage photo of the railway station.

RONDA (Andalusia, Espanya). Foto antiga de l'estació ferroviària.

RONDA (Andalousie, Espagne). Photo ancienne de la gare de chemins de fer.

RONDA (Andalusia, Spagna). Foto antica della stazione ferroviaria.

Gracias a Juan Gil.

BVZ ZERMATT-BAHN (Switzerland). Ticket (2003)

BVZ ZERMATT-BAHN (Switzerland). Ticket, 17.08.2003. CHF 17.20.
[Opened in 1891 as the Visp-Zermatt-Bahn (VZ), the BVZ merged on 1 January 2003 with the Furka-Oberalp-Bahn (FO) to form the Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn (MGB).]

BVZ ZERMATT-BAHN (Suiza). Billete, 17.08.2003. CHF 17.20.

BVZ ZERMATT-BAHN (Suïssa). Bitllet, 17.08.2003. CHF 17.20.

BVZ ZERMATT-BAHN (Suisse). Billet, 17.08.2003. CHF 17.20.

BVZ ZERMATT-BAHN (Suiza). Biglietto, 17.08.2003. CHF 17.20.

Traveler's collection.
Merci à Daniel

PRAGUE (Czech Republic). Petřín funicular

PRAGUE (Czech Republic). Petřín funicular [The line was originally opened in 1891, with a length of 383 metres.]

PRAGA (República Checa). Funicular de Petřín [Línea abierta en 1891, con una longitud de 383 metros.]

PRAGA (República Txeca). Funicular de Petřín [Línia oberta l'any 1891, amb una longitud de 383 metres.]

PRAGUE (République Tchèque). Funiculaire de Petřín [Ligne ouverte en 1891, d'una longueur de 383 metros.]

PRAGA (Repubblica Ceca). Funicolare di Petřín [Linea aperta il 1891, lunga di 383 metri.]

Source: Pictures from Prague
(http://picturesfromprague.com/mala-strana/petrin-funicular/)