The Baku Funicular has been put into service today after a long-lasting renovation.

Axar.az reports citing the Press Service of Baku City Executive Power that over the past period repair works were done at the stations and in the wagons of the funicular, batteries have been replaced with new ones, wagons and other equipment were diagnosed in accordance with the requirements of technical safety regulations, and the funicular is fully prepared for the safe transportation of passengers. The equipment required to eliminate technical problems has been brought from abroad. The workers are provided with new uniforms.

Notably, the Baku funicular was built on the initiative of the State Prize laureate of the USSR, Honored Engineer Alish Lamberansky (1914-1999) and was put into operation on May 5, 1960. In the Soviet times, the carriages of the Baku funicular were prepared by a special order in Kharkov and brought to the capital. Baku Funicular has been repaired twice - in 2001 and 2007.