Top of the World
The Castle d'Albertis-Montegalletto elevator è is a special public transportation system in Genoa that combines a funicular type system with an elevator type system; It is a unique system in the world that can travel a 300-meter stretch like a funicular and then turn into an elevator and climb vertically the 70-meter difference in height.
Let's take a step back, in 1929 a private company built the most imposing elevator among those in public service made in Genoa, which connects Via Balbi and the Piazza Principe Station with the Castello D'Albertis area, maintains the lowest prices compared to public service, and in Genoa this è a sensitive topic, and there is no shortage of users. After several modernizations, the plant was absorbed by Amt in 1976, which kept it in operation until 1995.
At this point Amt, after thinking about it for a few years, designs and builds a unique plant in the world that adds the application of the most advanced technologies in rope traction to the use of the technical components characteristic of cable cars and elevators to achieve maximum reliability. The result è an integrated installation: the horizontal funicular system travels through the tunnel at a speed of 4.5 m. per second, the vertical system transports the elevator for 1.16 m. per second.
