The town centre of Grasse is perched on a hillside approximately 300 m (980 ft) above sea level and 75 m (246 ft) above the town's railway station with service from Cannes.
In 1938, the Cannes-la-Bocca to Grasse Railway Line [fr] suspended passenger service resulting in the closure of the railway station and the funicular which was subsequently dismantled.
[1] In 2005, passenger service resumed to a rebuilt Grasse Railway Station.
A proposal announced in 2010 would have seen a new funicular line constructed by 2013 with 4 stations and a length of 570 m (1,870 ft) for a total cost of €40 million.
[1][2] By 2018, the project had gone back to the planning stage without any construction having occurred after significant community opposition and €16 million spent on feasibility studies.