It connects the Pombaline downtown (at the Restauradores Square) with the Bairro Alto (Garden/ Overlook of São Pedro de Alcântara), operated by Carris.

[citation needed] In 1875, a concession was granted the Nova Companhia dos Ascensores Mecânicos de Lisboa to construct a tram along the Calçada da Glória.

[1] The completed lift was inaugurated on 24 October 1885, initially run by a water-powered counterweight system, and replaced with a steam-powered mechanism by 1886.

[1] In 1912, the Nova Companhia dos Ascensores Mecânicos de Lisboa (NCAML) signed with the Municipal Council of Lisbon a contract that allowed them to electrify the lines.

The DRLisboa proposed the expansion of the classification to a building on Travessa do Fala-Só and rectification of the law, which was approved on 7 January 2003 by IPPAR.