 The funicular is made of a wood-paneled coachwork and climbs up from behind the Vytautas the Great War Museum to the Basilica of the Resurrection.It was constructed by engineering firm Curt Rudolph Transportanlagen from Dresden, Germany with electrical equipment from AEG and mechanical parts from Bell Maschinenfabrik, Switzerland.The official opening was on 5 August 1931 with one passenger car, while the second car was only a platform ballasted with stones used to counterbalance the passenger car.