Kakola Funicular
{{Short description|Inclined lift in Turku, Finland}}
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The Kakola Funicular ({{langx|fi|Kakolan funikulaari}}; {{langx|sv|Kakolafunikularen}}) is an inclined lift in Turku, Finland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.turku.fi/en/funicular|title=Funicular|website=Turku.fi|access-date=2023-10-20|language=en|archive-date=2023-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406032341/https://www.turku.fi/en/funicular|url-status=dead}} The lift has been in operation since 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ts.fi/uutiset/4529907|title=Funikulaarin avajaiset siirtyvät toukokuun lopulle – osa työstä jouduttu teettämään uudelleen|website=Turun sanomat|date=29 March 2019 |access-date=2023-10-20|language=fi}}{{Cite web|url=https://finnisharchitecture.fi/kakola-funicular-station-buildings/|title=Kakola Funicular Stations|website=Finnish Architecture Navigator|access-date=2023-10-20|language=en}} Despite its name, the Kakola funicular is not a true funicular, as it does not have a human operator nor a second carriage as a counterweight. It is the first outdoor inclined lift in Finland.
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Technical problems
The funicular has suffered from numerous technical difficulties throughout its lifetime, with downtimes extending sometimes to weeks.{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/a/3-11575015|website=Yle uutiset|title=Turun funikulaari liikkuu taas! Rinnehissi ehti olla poissa käytöstä 23 päivää|date=2 October 2020 |access-date=2023-10-20|language=fi}} On average it has suffered a problem of some sort every six days, and been halted a total of 130 times during the first two years of its operation.{{Cite news |author=Mikael Piippo|title=Bergbanan i Åbo krånglar stup i kvarten|publisher=Hufvudstadsbladet|date=2021-07-09|language=sv}} Because of its excessive downtimes and technical problems, the funicular has gained the nickname "{{lang|fi|jumikulaari}}", a portmanteau of "{{lang|fi|jumissa}}" ("stuck") and "{{lang|fi|funikulaari}}" ("funicular").{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/a/3-11940188|website=Yle uutiset|title=Turun funikulaari täyttää kaksi vuotta – kysyimme turkulaisten mielipidettä "jumikulaarista", joka hajoaa keskimäärin joka kuudes päivä|date=24 May 2021 |access-date=2023-10-20|language=fi}}