 On 13 March 2003, a dispatch was issued to classify the funicular as national patrimony.Following three months when the service was stopped for restoration, on 10 July 2006, the funicular returned to service.On 18 October 2012, the decision to classify the funicular transport as a "Monumento de Interesse Público" was issued (Diário da República, Série 2, 202, Announcement 13592/2012).