Overview

• Authorities now put the toll at 16 dead and 21 injured after the Elevador da Glória derailed near Avenida da Liberdade around 6:15 p.m.
• Portugal’s public prosecutor, transport accident investigators and operator CARRIS have opened inquiries, with officials earlier signaling a preliminary technical report would be issued Friday.
• Firefighters reported a detached haulage cable and witnesses described a loss of braking, though officials say it is too early to confirm the cause.
• Victim identifications are underway across multiple nationalities; Portuguese police said three British nationals are among the dead, and union SITRA named brake operator André Jorge Gonçalves Marques as a victim.
• Lisbon suspended its other funiculars for inspections and declared mourning as the historic line, a major tourist draw since 1885, remains shut.