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List of funicular railways

List of funicular railways

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This is a list of funicular railways, organised by place within country and continent. The funiculars range from short urban lines to significant multi-section mountain railways.

A funicular railway is distinguished from the similar incline elevator in that it has two vehicles that counterbalance one another rather than independently operated cars.

Africa

South Africa

Flying Dutchman Funicular

Réunion

  • Saint-Benoît, Takamaka funicular[1] (opened 1968) industrial funicular for Takamaka hydroelectric power stations employees

Saint Helena

Americas

Brazil

  • Niterói, Niterói funicular (1906- closed before 1950s) [2]
  • Paranapiacaba, São Paulo Railway (two lines 1867–1982; now rack operated)
  • Rio de Janeiro:
    • Outeiro da Glória funicular (opened 1942; modernized 2003) [3]
    • Paula Mattos funicular (1877-1926) [4]
  • Salvador:
    • Gonçalves funicular [pt] (opened 1889)
    • Liberdade-Calçada funicular [pt] (opened 1981)
    • Pilar funicular [pt] (opened 1915) replacing a rack railway from 1897
  • Santos, Monte Serrat funicular [pt] (opened 1927) [5]

Canada

View from the Old Quebec Funicular

Alberta

Ontario

Quebec

Chile

Artillería Elevator on Artillería hill, Valparaíso.
Barón Elevator on Barón hill, Valparaíso, Chile
  • Santiago
    • Cerro San Cristóbal (opened 1925)[citation needed]
    • Cerro Santa Lucía (opened 1902, closed 1910)[citation needed]
    • Cerro 18 (opened 2016)
    • Parque de La Infancia Funicular (opened 2012)
  • Valparaíso[8] (see also: Funicular railways of Valparaíso)
    • Arrayán (opened 1905, closed 1964)
    • Artillería (opened 1893)
    • Barón (opened 1906)
    • Bellavista (opened 1897, closed 1955)
    • Concepción (opened 1883)
    • Cordillera (opened 1887)
    • El Hogar (opened 1912, closed 1955)
    • El Peral (opened 1902)
    • Esmeralda (opened 1905, closed 1962)
    • Espíritu Santo (opened 1911)
    • Florida (opened 1906)
    • Hospital Carlos van Buren (opened 1929)
    • La Cruz (opened 1908, closed 1992)
    • Larrain (opened 1906)
    • Las Monjas (opened 1912)
    • Lecheros (opened 1906)
    • Mariposas (opened 1904)
    • Pantéon (opened 1900, closed 1952)
    • Perdices (opened 1932, closed 1962)
    • Placeres (opened 1913, closed 1971)
    • Ramaditas (opened 1914, closed 1955)
    • Reina Victoria (opened 1902)
    • San Agustin (opened 1913)
    • Sant Domingo (opened 1910, closed 1965)
    • Villaseca (opened 1907)
  • Viña del Mar
    • Villanelo (opened 1983)

Colombia

Mexico

Funicular of Guanajuato

Guanajuato

Nuevo León

United States

The Fourth Street Elevator in Dubuque, Iowa
The Johnstown Inclined Plane in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
The Monongahela Incline in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Industry Hills Golf Club funicular in City of Industry, California

Arkansas

California

  • Capitola, Shadowbrook[11] (1958–), single car incline used to access a unique riverfront restaurant that's been in business since 1947.
  • Fairfax (1913–1929)[12][13]
  • Feather River Canyon, Bucks Creek Powerhouse, single car incline used for inspection of water system, now abandoned. Rails still visible on canyon walls.
  • Industry, Pacific Palms Resort, Industry Hills Golf Club funicular (opened 1979; currently closed for maintenance)
  • Los Angeles
    • Angels Flight (opened 1901, closed 1969, moved and re-opened 1996, closed 2001, re-opened 2010, closed 2013, re-opened in 2017)
    • Court Flight (closed), (operated from 1904 to 1943 damaged by fire; razed 1944), now site of Court of Flags.
    • Mt. Washington Railway (1909–1919), Operated in the Highland Park/Mt. Washington neighborhood of L.A., ticket office and powerhouse still exist.
    • Playa del Rey (1901–1909) Two cars ran in a counterbalance configuration from a Los Angeles Pacific Railway stop at the base of the Westchester cliffs to a hotel at the top of the bluff. Legend has it that the two cars were named 'Alphonse' and 'Gaston'.[14]
  • San Francisco
  • Santa Catalina Island, Island Mountain Railway (1904–1918; 1921–1923)
  • Valencia, Six Flags Magic Mountain Honda Express, (original name: Funicular)

Colorado

[17]

Iowa

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

New Jersey

New York

Lower station house of the Park Hill Incline Railway, Yonkers, New York.

North Carolina

  • Fontana Dam turbine hall access on the east side of the Little Tennessee River (technically not a funicular, but an inclined railway a single car with a balance sled which rolls on tracks underneath the cab). No longer operational.[24]
  • Maggie Valley, Ghost Town in the Sky (opened 1961, closed 2002, park reopened 2007, then closed again, incline still not operational)

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Tennessee

Utah

The St. Regis Funicular, St. Regis Deer Valley, Park City, Utah.

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin

Asia

East Asia

China

Anhui
Chongqing
Jiangxi
Shanxi
  • Taiyuan, Ximingkuang Cable Car (西铭矿缆车)

Hong Kong

Peak Tram in Hong Kong

Japan

Car of the Hobashira Cable
Car of the Myoken Cable at the passing loop
Maya Cablecar car
Twin passing loops on the Ikoma Cable line

North Korea

South Korea

Russia

Vladivostok funicular

(Russia is a transcontinental country spanning Europe and Asia. All the funicular railways below are on the East Asian side so are listed here.)

South Asia

India

Haulage in Joginder Nagar

Southeast Asia

Malaysia

Penang Hill Railway

Philippines

Thailand

Vietnam

West Asia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Israel

Carmelit underground funicular

Lebanon

  • Harissa, Funiculaire de Harissa (opened 1965)

Turkey

The country of Turkey is in both Europe and Asia. The border between the two continents is the Bosphorus Strait. All the funicular railways in Turkey are on the European side of the Bosphorus Strait so they are listed under Europe.

Europe

Austria

Hungerburgbahn crossing the river Inn, about 1907
Kreuzeckbahn

Belgium

  • Spa, Funiculaire de Spa [fr]

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

  • Veliko Tarnovo, Trapezitsa fortress (opened 2014)
  • Belchin, Tsari Mali Grad fortress (opened 2013)

Croatia

Czech Republic

Diana Funicular in Karlovy Vary
  • Prague:
    • Petřín funicular (since 1891)
    • Letná funicular [cs] (1891–1916, officially abolished in 1922, in 1926–1935 served as the first Prague escalator)
    • NH Hotel Prague funicular [cs] (since 1996)
  • Karlovy Vary:
    • Diana Funicular [cs] (opened 1912)[39]
    • Imperial Funicular [cs] (subway; opened 1907)[40]
    • Slovenská–Imperial Funicular [cs] (1912–1959)[40]
    • Tři kříže Funicular [cs] (Dreikreuzberg, unfinished, the construction process began 1913 and was interrupted 1914 with World War I, now the intention is actual again)[citation needed]

Finland

  • Turku, Kakolan funikulaari [fi] (2019)

France

Funiculaire de Saint-Hilaire du Touvet

Germany

Standseilbahn Dresden
The Nerobergbahn

Greece

Hungary

Budapest Castle Hill Funicular

Italy

Bergamo Upper City funicular
The Mendel Funicular

Lithuania

Žaliakalnis Funicular Railway

Luxembourg

Malta

Norway

Poland

Portugal

A view of the Bica Funicular as it travels between Rua da Bica de Duarte Belo and Rua de São Paulo

Russia

(Russia is a transcontinental country spanning Europe and Asia. All the funicular railways below are on the European side so are listed here.)

  • Nizhny Novgorod
    • Kremlin funicular [ru] (1896-1926; to be totally rebuilt and re-opened in 2023)
    • Pokhvalinsky funicular [ru] (1896-1927)
  • Sochi
    • Ordzhonikidze Sanatorium funicular [ru] (private) (1952-2010)
    • "Sochinsky" Central Military Sanatorium funicular [ru] (private) [60] (1934-2002; re-opened 2015)
  • Svetlogorsk, Svetlogorsk Funicular[61] (1908-closed 1960s) replaced by a cable car from 1983

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Funicular de Sant Joan

Sweden

Switzerland

(See also article List of funiculars in Switzerland, which tabulates Swiss funiculars in a sortable form.)

Aargau

Bern

Fribourg

Geneva

Glarus

Graubünden

Lucerne

Neuchâtel

Nidwalden

Obwalden

Schwyz

St. Gallen

Ticino

Uri

Valais

Vaud

Zug

Zürich

Turkey

(Turkey straddles the border between Europe and Asia, which passes along the Bosphorus Strait. All the funicular railways below are on the European side of the Bosphorus Strait so are listed here.)

Istanbul Tünel

Ukraine

Kyiv Funicular

United Kingdom

Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway
Bridgnorth Cliff Railway
Hastings East Hill Cliff Railway
Great Orme Tramway

England

Scotland

Wales

Isle of Man

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

See also


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