 The funicular closed in 1976 after an accident that injured several employees of the operating company, and did not reopen again until April 1983.The line was closed again in August of the same year, as a result of flood damage, and did not reopen until November.The Bilbao departure point of the funicular is just north of Zubizuri bridge, on the right bank of the River Nervion, within walking distance of the Guggenheim Museum.