The Upper Barrakka lifts opened in December 2012, linking the Grand Harbour to the Upper Barrakka Gardens and Valletta city centre. It is located on the original site where its predecessor, which was dismantled in 1983, operated between 1905 and 1973. There are two lifts, which are 58 metres high, and can carry twenty-one people at a time. The journey takes around twenty-five seconds, making it the quickest way into the city from the Valletta Waterfront.

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