Three British nationals among those who died in Lisbon funicular crash

Three British citizens are now known to have died in a funicular crash in Lisbon earlier this week.

The Elevador da Gloria came off its rails during evening rush hour when it was packed with locals and tourists.

Investigators looking into it are releasing preliminary findings today.

The victims also included five Portuguese nationals, two South Koreans and one Swiss person.

Lisbon hosted around 8.5 million tourists last year, and long lines of people typically form for the streetcar's short and picturesque trip a few hundred metres up and down a city street.

"This tragedy... goes beyond our borders," Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said at his official residence, calling it "one of the biggest tragedies of our recent past". Portugal observed a national day of mourning Thursday.