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On Sun, 2 Apr 2017 23:59:30 +0100, Basil Jet
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On 2017\04\02 18:26, wrote:

The Funicular dos Guindais in Porto next to lower deck of the Ponte

In 2015 road works encroached on the area of the lower station, how
they affected it I don't really know but the funicular got altered to
a single cabin with a counter weight,

Surely it's more likely that encroachment on the central passing loop
would force a change rather than encroachment on one of the termini.

I must admit I could not see how anything done at the terminus could
affect one cabin and not the other seeing how they share the same
single track below the loop especially as the counterweight just
appears to be the chassis of a cabin with the passenger compartment
removed.
The site I got the information from that it was roadworks affecting it
was this one.
http://www.altrinchamfc.co.uk/opofunic.htm

My own personal theory and without further evidence that is all it is,
was that the roadworks around the lower terminus made access awkward
and by reducing services by 50% it discouraged some passengers or the
numbers dropped anyway. Either way it gave the operators a chance to
remove a cabin and do some work on it.

Yes, that makes sense.

Because the incline is not at a constant slope the cars have a self
leveling mechanism so perhaps they did some maintenance on it.

Yup, the tilting cars must need more maintenance than most funiculars.