 In 1914, the Companhia de Carris was expropriated by the municipal council, resulting in the municipality exploiting the tourist transport.A campaign of restoration was carried out in 1946 using materials derived from the dismantling of a Mount Train, in the city of Funchal, on the island of Madeira.But, by the 1970s-1980s, the funicular passed to the responsibility of the Confraria do Bom Jesus do Monte.