Funicular

A funicular, also called funicular railway or inclined railway, inclined plane, or in the United Kingdom a cliff railway, consists of a system of transport in which cables attach to a tram-like vehicle on rails to move it up and down a very steep slope.

Funiculars of the world

The steepest funicular in the world is the Katoomba Scenic Railway near Katoomba, New South Wales, with a grade of 52°.

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World - Katoomba Scenic Railway - Katoomba, New South Wales

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• Aberystwyth Electric Cliff Railway, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK.
• Allegheny Portage Railroad, Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, USA (Historic Funicular site)
• Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California, United States "The shortest railway in the world"
• Fløibanen, Bergen, Norway
• Bergamo, Italy
• Bridgnorth Cliff Railway, UK.
• Budapest, Hungary
• Cairn Gorm Mountain Railway, Scotland,UK.
• Capri, Italy
• Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, the Incline Railway on Lookout Mountain
• Chongqing, China, for transport of riverboat passengers from pontoon to shore.
• Dresden Standseilbahn, Germany
• Duquesne Incline and Monongahela Incline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, USA
• Falls Incline, Niagara Falls, Canada
• Fourth Street Elevator, Dubuque, IA (also called the Fenelon Place Elevator)
• Fribourg, Switzerland
• Folkestone, England (water-powered), UK.
• Genoa, Italy
• Graz, Schlossbergbahn, Austria
• Guanajuato, Mexico
• Gütschbahn, Lucerne, Switzerland
• Hastings, England, UK.
• Harderbahn, Interlaken, Switzerland
• Haifa, Israel (the Carmelit, underground)
• Heidelberg, Germany, Königstuhlbahn
• Hong Kong Victoria Peak - Peak Tram
• Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA (Run as part of the tourist attaction)
• Istanbul, Turkey (the Tünel, underground)
• Johnstown Inclined Plane, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
• Katoomba Scenic Railway, Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
• Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
• Kiev, Ukraine
• Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy up to Brunate
• Lisbon, Portugal, built on seven hills, is served by three small funiculars
• Llandudno, Wales,UK., the Great Orme Tramway
• Lykavittos, Athens, Greece.
• Lyon, France (first funicular of the world, 1860)
• Marzilibahn, Bern, Switzerland
• Mendelbahn, South Tyrol, Italy, built in 1903
• Montecatini, Italy
• Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain.
• Monserrate (hill), Bogotá, Colombia
• Montserrat (mountain), Catalonia, Spain.
• Montmartre, Paris, France
• Naples, Italy
• Nazaré, Portugal
• Paranapiacaba, Brazil (796 meter)
• Penang Hill, Penang, Malaysia
• Porto, Portugal, has a small funicular service connecting the riverside area of Ribeira to Batalha
• Prague, Czech Republic
• Royal Gorge, Cañon City, Colorado, United States
• Saltburn-by-the-Sea, United Kingdom (water powered)
• Santiago, Chile
• Sochi, Russia
• Quebec City, Canada
• Tibidabo, Barcelona, Spain.
• Tignes (Grande Motte glacier), France
• Valencia, California, at the Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park.
• Vallvidrera, Barcelona
• Valparaíso, Chile
• Viana do Castelo, Portugal
• Vladivostok, Russia
• Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, Thailand
• Wellington, New Zealand (Wellington Cable Car)
• Wiesbaden, Germany (using water as weight to move the cars)
• Zagreb, Croatia

See also: List of funiculars in the United Kingdom, List of funiculars in Switzerland

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List of funiculars in the United Kingdom - List of funiculars in Switzerland

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