The line descends from the monastery, and the upper terminus of the Montserrat Rack Railway, on a continuous curve to a lower station that gives access, via a path, to Santa Cova, a shrine lower down the mountain.
[1] The funicular has the following technical parameters:[1][2] Although the line operates two cars, in normal service only one carries passengers, whilst the other simply acts as a counterweight.
[1] The line originally opened in 1929 and was passed to the FGC in 1986.
It was renovated in 1991 with the retention of its original stepped and wooden bodied cars.
When the line reopened in 2001, new panoramic cars, similar to those already in use on the nearby Funicular de Sant Joan, were provided.