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unusual facts about funicular



Belleville funicular tramway

The infrastructure of the funicular tramway was demolished, the cars were sold for scrap, and for many months were held somewhere in Issy-les-Moulineaux.

Bellevue funicular

In 1891, two businessmen from Meudon (Gabriel Thomas and Paul Houette, a local councillor), agreed to build a funicular to connect the Seine to the heights of Meudon and so to give walkers access to the Forest of Meudon.

Bridgnorth Cliff Railway

The Bridgnorth Cliff Railway, also known as the Bridgnorth Funicular Railway or Castle Hill Railway, is a funicular railway in the town of Bridgnorth in the English county of Shropshire.

Budapest Castle Hill Funicular

This funicular rail was the second in Europe, only Lyon had a similar transportation system at that time.

Flying Dutchman Funicular

It is believed to be the only commercial funicular of its type in Africa, and takes its name from the legend of the Flying Dutchman ghost ship.

Funambule

the Funambule funicular, a funicular railway in the Swiss city of Neuchâtel

Hanayama Funicular

Residents of Hanayama use this funicular to quickly reach the nearby train station.

Kobe City Urban Development

As a part of its sightseeing business, the foundation operates three aerial lifts and a funicular line at Mount Rokkō and Mount Maya.

La Roue

An eye injury forces Sisif to abandon his trade, and he goes to work instead on the funicular at Mont Blanc.

LEAS

Leas Lift, a funicular railway in Folkestone, Kent, England

Mendel Funicular

The funicular was planned by Emil Strub as part of a link to connect Bolzano with the Mendel Pass, by linking to the St. Anton terminus of the Überetsch Railway.

Mill Mountain Incline

The Mill Mountain Incline was a 0.37 mi (0.60 km) funicular, or inclined plane, located on Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia that operated between 1910-1929.

Mount Oliver Incline

The Mount Oliver Incline was a funicular in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Mountain Top yard

Mountain Top's yard was the upper terminal end of the historic Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad's Ashley Planes funicular railways (1st begun 1837) which lifted freight over the steep climb from the Ashley neighborhood in Hazleton and site of a large Transfer yard bypassed by the former trackage of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and leased to the Central Railroad of New Jersey.

Mountain Top, Pennsylvania

Consequently, even though regional railroads are much diminished in scope and influence, Mountain Top yard, once used as a marshaling yard at the top of the Ashley Planes funicular (cable driven) railway, is still an important regional element of the transportation infrastructure connecting Allentown and Philadelphia with points north and west via trackage to several yards in New York State.

National Railway Museum Inclinator

The National Railway Museum Inclinator was a short demonstration funicular railway located inside the National Railway Museum in the English city of York.

Niederhorn

Today the summit can be reached by the Seilbahnen Beatenberg-Niederhorn, a more modern gondola lift that runs from the village of Beatenberg, where it connects with the Thunersee–Beatenberg Bahn, a funicular with connections to the shipping services on Lake Thun.

Norwood Incline

The Norwood Incline was a funicular railway located in McKees Rocks near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

Public transport in Istanbul

Public transport in Istanbul comprises a bus network, various rail systems, funiculars, and maritime services to serve the more than 13 million inhabitants of the city spread over an area of 5712 km².

Richard Tangye

The company was commissioned to design the hydraulic systems for the UK's first funicular cliff railway in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, in 1869.

Transport in Kiev

One more unusual mode of public transportation Kiev has is the funicular, that climbs up the steep right bank of the Dnieper River.

Überetsch Railway

Here the trains only stopped in Eppan, Kaltern and Sankt Anton, near the Mendel Funicular station.

Wellington Cable Car

Despite public protests led by Mayor of Wellington Michael Fowler, the line closed on 22 September 1978 for re-gauging and installation of new steel cars and equipment by Habegger AG of Switzerland, becoming a full funicular.


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