Chattanooga’s famous Incline Railway open again after repair work

The Incline Railway up Lookout Mountain is St. Elmo’s signature attraction.

The Lookout Mountain Incline Railway reopened Wednesday.

The incline, the steepest passenger railway in the world and one of Chattanooga’s most visited tourist attractions, had been closed since late winter for seasonal repairs and the replacement of a retaining wall near the tracks.

“Over the last few seasons, we have made seasonal repairs to the Incline to maximize the safety of the attraction for the hundreds of thousands of passengers we entertain each year,” Tom Dugan, executive director for CARTA, said in a prepared statement.