The funicular, known as Elevador da Gloria, is harnessed by steel cables and goes up and down a steep downtown hill. It can carry more than 40 people, seated and standing, and is commonly used by Lisbon residents and loved by tourists.

At least 16 people were killed after the Glória funicular, one of the city’s most popular tourist attractions, crashed.

Flags flew at half-staff in Lisbon on Thursday after at least 17 people were killed and 21 injured in a crash of a hillside funicular railway.