The funicular constructed on the right bank of the Nemunas River was officially opened on 6 December 1935.

Special automatic brakes were installed in carriages not to let them run down in case of cable damage.

[2] Authentic traction equipment, including the genuine pre-war wagons, wooden seats, and stop platforms of the funicular are still used.

[3] The funicular climbs from the end of the Vytautas the Great Bridge to the Aleksotas hill from where the panorama of the Old Town of Kaunas can be experienced.

It was included in the Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage Sites of the Republic of Lithuania in 1996.