List of funiculars

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A funicular is a rail-bound means of transport that is moved with the help of a cable pull. Since they can easily overcome great differences in height on their own route, funicular railways are often mountain railways , but there are also systems that use flatter routes such as the mini-metro system and the cable-liner-shuttle system as cable cars in public transport in city traffic.

List of funiculars

Legend:

Tracks - type of layout:

  • 1mA ... 1-track with turnout
  • 1oA ... 1-track without a switch
  • 1kA ... 1-track no information whether with or without a turnout
  • 1/2 ... 1-track to the siding, 2-track to the mountain station
  • 2 ... 2-track
  • 3SA ... 3 rails and turnout

Pitch:

  • (max) ... maximum
  • (with) ... middle
  • (min) ... minimal

Germany

Place, route Track
width
(mm)
Gl
egg
se
Length
(km)
Height
lower
difference
(m)
Summit
height
(m)
greatest
slope
(‰)
system from to Operation
through
items Remarks
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Baden , Mercury 1000 1mA 1.192 370 657 540 (max) electric 08/16/1913 today Merkurbergbahn
Bad Herrenalb 1000 0.117 46 398 637 (max)
277 (min)
electric 05/16/1998 December 31, 2012 Falkenburgbahn Inclined elevator
Freiburg in Breisgau 1200 1oA 0.262 73 398 22 ° (max) electric 07/19/2008 today Schlossbergbahn Inclined elevator , [1]
Heidelberg , Kornmarkt– Molkenkur (Lower Mountain Railway) 1000 1mA 0.455 173 276 Water
electric
03/30/1890 today HSB Heidelberg mountain railway 1907 Conversion from water ballast to electrical operation
Heidelberg , Molkenkur - Königstuhl (Upper Mountain Railway) 1000 1mA 0.975 261 550 electric 06/01/1907 today HSB Heidelberg mountain railway
Kaiseringen , train station - Heuberg military training area 600 2 2.4 Steam engine 1912 1921 Kaiseringen funicular Non-public operation, part of a light rail line
Karlsruhe - Durlach 1000 2 0.330 water 05/01/1888 1966 Turmbergbahn
Karlsruhe - Durlach 1000 1mA 0.315 100 362 (max) electric 08/25/1966 today TD Turmbergbahn
Künzelsau , mountain railway 1000 1mA 1.034 170 404 330 (max) electric 03/10/1999 today Künzelsau funicular
Stuttgart , Südheimer Platz - forest cemetery 1000 1mA 0.536 85 382 282 (max) electric 10/30/1929 today SSB Stuttgart funicular
Bad Wildbad 1000 1mA 0.756 291 530 (max)
370 (min)
electric 05/23/1908 today Summer mountain railway
Bad Wildbad , Clinic Dr. Rommel 1000 1971 Inclined elevator
Bavaria
Hirschau , Monte Kaolino 1956 Monte Kaolino Railway
Berchtesgaden , salt mine
Bad Reichenhall 1000 1909 1920 Reichenhall funicular
Kochel , Walchensee power plant 1000 0.310 1924 Factory track
Leoni - Rottmannshöhe 1897 1919
Hesse
Affolderner See (near Edersee ), Peterskopf 1435 0.917 290 455 (max) 06/08/1983 today E.ON Peterskopfbahn Opened as a works railway in 1929
Wiesbaden , Neroberg 1000 3SA 0.438 83 241 260 (max)
190 (with)
water 09/25/1888 today ESWE Nerobergbahn One of the last water ballast tracks
Willingen , mill head 1000 1kA 0.310 electric drum drive 2001 today Mühlenkopfschanze funicular
Lower Saxony
Bad Pyrmont , Hercules statue - Bomberg 775 1.0 about 1. Gasoline
2. Gas
05/15/1895 1925 Bombergbahn
North Rhine-Westphalia
Dortmund - Hohensyburg 1000 1mA 0.487 electric 09/10/1903 1915 from 1923 demolition
Hürth-Knapsack , inclined elevator A, RBW - RHEINBRAUN 900 2 0.450 64 1925 05/25/1963 Maschinenfabrik Buckau R. Wolf, 14.3% gradient
Hürth-Knapsack , inclined elevator B, RBW - RHEINBRAUN 900 2 0.340 54 1925 January 18, 1975 Maschinenfabrik Buckau R. Wolf, 16.0% gradient
Rhineland-Palatinate
Andernach , Krahnenberg 1000 1mA 0.514 145 335 (max) water 10/11/1895 1944 Krahnenbergbahn dismantled in 1947
Bad Ems , Malberg 1000 2 0.520 260 545 (max) water 06/05/1887 1979 Malbergbahn still present as a monument (ruin)
Bad Ems , center - Bismarckhöhe 1000 1mA 0.220 132 780 (max) electric 09/19/1979 today Kurwaldbahn
Koblenz –Laubach– Rittersturz 1000 1mA 0.408 93 electric 06/02/1928 10/25/1959 Rittersturzbahn Gradient of 27.6%
Saarland
Saarbrücken , quarry loading station - Eschberg quarry 1000 1oA 0.506 water 1895 1926 Eschberg funicular Remnants of track still exist under paths and bushes
Saxony
Dresden - Loschwitz , Körnerplatz - Weißer Hirsch (Bergbahnstraße) 1000 0.547 99 215 284 (max)
169 (with)
steam 10/26/1895 1909 Dresden funicular railway
Dresden - Loschwitz , Körnerplatz - White Deer 1000 1mA 0.547 electrical (250 V direct current) 1909 today DVB Dresden funicular railway
Dresden , Lingnerpark ( Körnerweg ) - Lingnerschloss 1000
825
2 0.090 40 165 577 (max)
577 (with)
electrical (200 V direct current) 1908 1916 Lingnerschloss funicular different gauges for passenger cars and counterweight cars
Erdmannsdorf - Augustusburg 1000 1mA 1,237 168 461 201 (max)
135 (with)
electrical (250 V direct current) 06/24/1911 today Erdmannsdorf – Augustusburg cable car Rebuilt in 1973
Freital - Zauckerode 1987 (at the latest) Zauckerode funicular Funicular in the coal plant
Saxony-Anhalt
Wendefurth , Wendefurth dam , power station 1250 1oA 0.260 103 458 520 (max)
452 (with)
electrical (290 V direct current) 04/16/1968 today Wendefurth funicular
Zeitz , Freiligrathstrasse - Wendenstrasse 1435 2 0.305 46 325 (max)
108 (with)
steam 08/05/1877 12/13/1959 Zeitz funicular first funicular in Germany, sixth in Europe
Wolfschacht of Mansfeld AG, 7. – 8. Sole (underground) 1000 2 0.750 1933 ~ 1953
Wolfschacht of Mansfeld AG, 8. – 9. Sole (underground) 1000 1mA 0.760 1934 1953 around
Schleswig-Holstein
Altona / Elbe (from 1866 Prussian, previously Danish) 2 0.210 Pferdegöpel, from 1849 with steam engine 1845 1879 Altona-Kiel Railway Altona Harbor Railway
Heligoland 1890 1939 Cable car for light railroad trains between Unterland and Oberland
Thuringia
Hohenwarte II pumped storage plant 1250 1oA 0.693 299 532 725 (max)
490 (with)
electrical (500 V direct current) 02/10/1964 today Hohenwarte funicular
Oberweißbach 1800 1mA 1.351 323 664 250 (max)
239 (with)
electrical (400 V three-phase alternating current) 1922 February today DB Oberweißbacher Bergbahn

Austria

Place, route Track
width
(mm)
Gl
egg
se
Length
(km)
Height
lower
difference
(m)
Summit
height
(m)
greatest
slope
(‰)
drive from to Operation
through
items Remarks
Carinthia
Flat flat 1mA 4,827 electric __. 10.1997 Gletscherexpress (Mölltal Glacier) Tunnel track
Großglockner , Pasterze - Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe 1mA 0.212 electric 09/15/1963 today Pasterzenbahn
Heiligenblut electric 1987 Fleißalm tunnel lift
Kolbnitz , Tratten - Kreuzeck 1000 1mA 1.280 606 1211 750 (max) electric 10/09/1974 today Draukraft tourism Kreuzeckbahn
Kolbnitz , Zandlach - Schütter 1000 1oA 1.185 567 820 (max)
550 (with)
electric __. 03.1950 today Draukraft tourism Reisseckbahn , Section 1.
Kolbnitz , Schütter - trough 1000 1oA 1,260 535
480 (with)
electric __. 06.1953 today Reisseckbahn , Section 2.
Kolbnitz , Trog - Schoberboden 1000 1oA 1.130 495
490 (with)
electric __. 03.1954 today Reisseckbahn , Section 3.
Lower Austria
Annaberg , Wienerbruck power station , material funicular 2000 1oA 0.380 220 electric 1954 today non-public works railway, northeast of the KrW
Upper Austria
Gmunden , inclined elevator quarry 19 ?? Hans Hatschek AG funicular railway non-public works railway
Hallstatt 1mA 0.548 1924 Salzbergbahn
Spital am Pyhrn , Wurzeralm 1435 1mA 2.937 electric 07/15/1978 today Hinterstoder Wurzeralm Bergbahnen AG Wurzeralmbahn 3 tunnels above the turnout, winter + summer season; Flatbed truck transported a fire engine in 2014
Salzburg
Bad Hofgastein 1200 1mA 1.251 459 1302 485 electric 09/15/1964 2018 Schlossalmbahn
Kaprun 0.257 1952 Kaprun summit lift
Kaprun 946 4,050 * 1535 2446 500 03/23/1974 11/11/2000 Kaprun glacier lift 2 * of which 3300 m in the tunnel, out of service after fire
Kaprun , Lärchwand inclined lift 3600
8200
1oA 0.820 431 1640 810 (max) electric 1941
1952
Lärchwand inclined elevator renovated in 1971 and 1982, very wide track, high payload, carries a bus across
Kaprun , inclined elevator Möllpumpwerk 2340 0.154 1954 non-public works railway
Kaprun , inclined elevator Limbergstollen - East 650 0.400 1952 non-public works railway
Kaprun , inclined elevator Limbergstollen - West 880 0.186 1955 non-public works railway
Kaprun , inclined lift Limberg tunnel 800 0.923 583 1547 830 1949 non-public works railway, tunnel section, renovated in 1969
Kaprun , Kapruner Winkel - Maiskogel summit 1600 1,440 755 1540 632 1943 Maiskogel inclined elevator non-public works railway, renovated in 1969
Salzburg , old town - Hohensalzburg fortress Water (ballast) 07/30/1892 1959 SETG Salzburg fortress railway
Salzburg 1040 1mA 0.196 97 600 electric 04/16/1960 today Salzburg fortress railway
Salzburg , Nonnberg Monastery - Hohensalzburg 1300, (from 1951: 1435) 1oA 0.190 80 535 670 Muscle
(horses,
convicts)
electric
1460


1910
today Tear pull no publicly usable railway, world's oldest preserved funicular
Styria
Graz 1000 3SA 0.210 109 599
Electric steam
11/25/1894
04/12/1900

October 2nd / 3rd, 1960 (?)
Schlossbergbahn with Riggenbach rail for brake gear
Graz 1000 1mA 0.210 electric June 9/10, 1961 02/29/2004 Schlossbergbahn new track with Abt switch, new wagons
Graz 1000 1mA 0.210 electric 08/01/2004 today Holding Graz Linien Schlossbergbahn new cars with glass roof on chassis from 1961
Tyrol
Ellmau - Hartkaiser 1435 2,316 705 1524 450 11/30/1972 04/05/2015 Hartkaiserbahn
Hochzirl 1000 1mA 0.260 75 1000 300 (const) electric 1925 ~ 1960 Connection between the train station and Hochzirl hospital
Axamer Lizum - Hoadl summit 1435 1mA 2.105 762 2334 540 December 20, 1975 Axamer Lizum Aufnahmungs AG Olympic track
Innsbruck , Saggen - Hungerburg 1000 1mA 0.839 292 860 550 electric 09/10/1906 December 2005 Innsbruck transport company Hungerburgbahn (1906-2005) renovated in 1930 and 1957, line closed, Inn bridge + viaduct listed as a historical monument
Innsbruck , Congress - Hungerburg 1440 1mA 1,838 288 857 electric December 2007 today Hungerburgbahn 2 tunnels, completely new and much longer with the exception of the mountain station + 100 m in front
Kufstein , city ​​center (Festungsneuhof) - Kufstein Fortress Kaiser Maximilian panorama train
St. Anton am Arlberg - Gampen 1435 1mA 0.1435 538 1814 484 02/02/1973 2001 Arlberg mountain railways Kandahar Railway
Seefeld in Tirol - Rosshütte 1200 1mA 2.469 516 1751 372 December 20, 1969 Rosshüttenbahn
St. Leonhard in the Pitztal 1000 1mA 3,786 1111 2840 December 23, 1983 Pitztaler Gletscherbahn Tunnel track
Serfaus 1oA 1.280 20th 5 electrical (950 V alternating
current)
December 14, 1985 Komperdell GmbH cable car Serfaus village railway underground air-cushion cable car
Vorarlberg
Latschau - Matschwitz 1000 1oA 1,312 525 1520 713 (max)
493 (with)
163 (min)
electric 1954 1995 Golmerbahn
Matschwitz - Grüneck 1000 1mA 1.224 370 1890 399 (max)
241 (with)
149 (min)
electric 1954 1995 Golmerbahn
Partenen - Trominer 1000 1mA 1.453 700 1730 856 (max)
554 (with)
electric 1928 1994 Vermuntbahn
Vienna
Döbling , Donauwarte - Leopoldsberg 1895 2 0.975 242 396 373 Steam
engine
1873 1876 Austrian mountain railway
company
Cable car to the Leopoldsberg
Haltertal near Rieglerhütte - Sophienalpe 1200 2 0.610 108 477 250 Steam
engine
1873 1881 Georg Sigl Cable car to the Sofienalpe

Switzerland

Northern Europe

Place, route Track
width
(mm)
Gl
egg
se
Length
(km)
Height
lower
difference
(m)
Summit
height
(m)
greatest
slope
(‰)
system from to Operation
through
items Remarks
Denmark
Altona / Elbe (Danish until 1866, then Prussian / Germany) 2 0.210 Pferdegöpel, from 1849 with steam engine 1845 1879 Altona-Kiel Railway Altona Harbor Railway
Norway
Bergen city ​​center - Fløyen 1000 1mA 0.844 302 320 488 electric January 15, 1918 today Fløibanen
AS
Fløibanen
Rjukan , Gaustatoppen
Tyssedal (built for power plant construction) 600 2 0.960 430 860 electric 1911 (2012) Mågelibanen modernized 1988, open wagons (status 2007)
Sweden
Stockholm , Hazeliusporten - Skansen 1000 1mA 0.107 340 07/21/1897 1959 Skansen's Bergbana
Stockholm , Skansen 1000 1mA 0.196 34.6 73.9 247 electric 04/18/1973 today Skansen's Bergbana
Stockholm , Liljeholmen , Nybohovsbacken 45 1 0.230 37 04/05/1964 Storstockholms Lokaltrafik Nybohovshissen
Stockholm , Skarholmen today Skärholmens bergbana
Åre , Torget – Fjällgaarden 1000 1mA 0.792 158 556 03/10/1910 today
Nacka , Nacka beach Nacka beach bergbana

Northwest Europe

Place, route Track
width
(mm)
Gl
egg
se
Length
(km)
Height
lower
difference
(m)
Summit
height
(m)
greatest
slope
(‰)
system from to Operation
through
items Remarks
Great Britain
England
Region Greater London
London , Paul's Walk - Peter's Hill 0.027 Millennium Bridge Inclined Lift
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
North Yorkshire County
(Location)
Saltburn-by-the-Sea 37 1870 1883 Cliff Hoist Dismantling in 1883
Saltburn-by-the-Sea 1435 2 0.063 37 Water
electric
06/28/1884
from 1924

today
Saltburn Cliff Lift Gradient 710 ‰, [2]
Scarborough , South Sands-City 1435 2 0.077
Electric steam
08/01/1881
1910
1910
today
Central Tramway Cliff Lift Gradient 57.8%
Scarborough , Peasholm Gap - North promenade 1981 2 0.051 electric 1930 __. 09.1996 North Cliff Lift Gradient 57.8%
Scarborough , South Sands - Esplanade 1435 2 0.087 Water
electric
07/06/1875
1947
1947
today
South Cliff Lift first funicular in Great Britain, automatic from 1997, 63% gradient
Scarborough , South Sands - Grand Hotel 2287 2 0.031 electric 08/05/1929 2007 Saint Nicholas Cliff Lift Gradient 114%
Scarborough , North Sands - Queens Parade 1219 2 0.087 water 08/08/1878 1887 Queen's Parade Cliff Lift
York , Leeman Road - Railway Museum 2013 National Railway Museum Inclinator
West Yorkshire County
(Location)
Shipley - Saltaire 508 2 gas 05/18/1895 Shipley Glen Cable Tramway
Shipley - Saltaire 508 2 oil 1915 Shipley Glen Cable Tramway
Shipley - Saltaire 508 2 0.400 143 electric 1928 today Shipley Glen Cable Tramway
Wakefield , National Coal Mining Museum 686 1 electric 10/22/1990 today [3]
North West England region
(county, location)
Manchester 1 0.045 electric 06/06/2002 URBIS Museum [4]
East England region
(county, location)
Essex , Southend-on-Sea 1372 1oA 0.040 17th electric __. 08.1912 today Southend Cliff Railway Slope 434 ‰
South East England region
(county, location)
Berkshire , Windsor , Legoland Windsor Resort Legoland Hill Train old name: Windsor Safari Park Funicular
East Sussex , Brighton , Devil's Dyke from Devil's Dyke Steep Grade Railway
East Sussex , Hastings , East Hills 1524 2 0.081 water 04/09/1903 1976 East Hill Cliff Railway (1903-1976) Gradient: 780 ‰
East Sussex , Hastings , East Hills 1524 2 0.081 electric 1976 today East Hill Cliff Railway steepest funicular in Great Britain
East Sussex , Hastings , West Hills 1829 2 0.152 52 water 08/28/1891 1924 The Hastings Passenger Lift Company Gradient: 330 ‰
East Sussex , Hastings , West Hills 1829 2 0.152 1924 1971 West Hill Cliff Railway
East Sussex , Hastings , West Hills 1829 2 0.152 electric 1971 today
Kent , Broadstairs , 1600 1oA 0.037 electric 1901 1991 Broadstairs Cliff Railway right in the tunnel, [5]
Kent , Folkestone , The Leas Lift water 1885 Leas Lift
Kent , Margate , (Cliftonville Lido) 1524 1 0.021 electric 1913 197_ Margate Cliff Railway [6]
South West England region
(county, location)
Cornwall , St. Michael's Mount St. Michael's Mount Tramway private U-SSB for goods
Cornwall , Lizard Point , The Lizard Lifeboat Station 2438 Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Cornwall , Padstow Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Cornwall , Sennen , Sennen Cove 690 1 electric private, [7]
Devon , Lynton - Lynmouth 1143 3SA 0.263 water 04/07/1890 today Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway one of the last water ballast tracks
Devon , Torquay , Babbacombe - Oddicombe Beach 1727 0.219 04/01/1926
1951
194_
today
Babbacombe Cliff Railway
Dorset , Bournemouth , East Cliff 1676 2 0.052 electric 04/16/1908
Dorset , Bournemouth , West Cliff 1676 2 0.044 electric 08/01/1908 Gradient 704 ‰
Dorset , Bournemouth , Southbourn 1676 or 1727? 2 0.039 electric 1935 Slope 671 ‰
Somerset , Bristol , Hotwells - Clifton 1435?
965
2 0.137 61 water 03/11/1893 10/01/1934 Clifton Rocks Railway Slope 450 ‰
West Central Region
(county, location)
Shropshire , Bridgnorth 1067 2 0.061 water 07/07/1892 1943 The Bridgnorth Castle Hill Railway Company Limited Bridgnorth Cliff Railway
Shropshire , Bridgnorth 1067 2 0.061 34 640 electric 05/09/1944 today Bridgnorth Cliff Railway
Wales
(region, place)
Gwynedd , Blaenau Ffestiniog 610
914
Battery
 ?
1972
1979
today Llechwedd Slate Caverns Miners' Tramway
Deep Mine
only the lower line is an SSB, accessed via the Miners' Tramway
Conwy , Llandudno , lower part 1067 1/2 261 electric wire 07/31/1902 today Great Orme Tramway partially a cable road track
Conwy , Llandudno , upper part 1067 1mA 100 electric wire 07/08/1903 today Great Orme Tramway partially a cable road track
Ceredigion , Aberystwyth 1474
1435
0.237 130 Water
electric (from 1921)
08/01/1896
1921

today
Constitution Hill, Aberystwyth Aberystwyth Electric Cliff Railway
Swansea , Swansea 1435 1898 1903 Constitution Hill Railway
Powys , Machynlleth , Center for Alternative Technology 1600
1676
2 00.53 30th water 1992 today Center for Alternative Technology Railway Slope 570 ‰
South Wales , Ebbw Vale 1992 1992 Ebbw Vale Garden Festival Ebbw Vale Garden Festival Funicular
Scotland
Cairn Gorm 2000 1mA 1,950 462 1097 electric 12/24/2001 today Cairngorm Mountain Limited Cairngorm funicular 350 m in the tunnel, the highest lift in the UK, replaced chairlift
Isle of Man
Douglas , Pier - Douglas Head 1219 2 0.137 1900
1949
194_
1954
Douglas Head Cliff Railway
Douglas , Promenade - Falcon Cliff 1219 2 0.066 1887 1896 The Falcon Cliff Hotel Lift Private
Douglas , Promenade - Falcon Cliff 1524 1 0.037 electric 1937 1990 Falcon Cliff Lift public
Port Soderick , the beach 1219 2 0.055 1898 1939 Port Soderick Beach Funicular dismantled between 1947 and 1949
Laxey - Browside 1524 2 0.076 water 1890 1906
St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Jamestown - Ladder Hill (Fort) 2 0.282 183 86.4% 1829 1871 Ladder Hill Railway Jacob's ladder (St. Helena) [8]

Western Europe

Benelux

(Region) place Track
width
(mm)
G
e i
s e
Length
(km)
drive from to Operation
through
items Remarks
Belgium
spa 2 TEC [9]
Luxembourg
Luxembourg 1435 2 0.2 electric 2017 today CFL Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg funicular free use

France

Place, route Track
width
(mm)
Gl
egg
se
Length
(km)
Height
lower
difference
(m)
Summit
height
(m)
greatest slope
(‰)
drive from to Operation
through
items Remarks
France
Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes
(department, location)
Puy-de-Dôme , Mont-Dore 1000 1mA 0.607 175 1245 560 (max) 06/20/1898 today Funicular du Capucin electrified from the start
Loire , Saint-Marcel-de-Félines 1.936 03/15/1833 Funicular de Biesse
Haute-Savoie , Evian-les-Bains - Neuvecelle 1000 1mA 0.750 125 500 250 (max) electric 1907
June 21, 2002
__. 09.1969
today
Ville d'Evian-les-Bains 6 stops (5 still in operation)
Haute-Savoie , Thonon-les-Bains , port - center 1mA 0.23 46 210 (with) electric 1888 today RATP Electrified in 1956, automated in 1990
Isère , Saint-Hilaire du Touvet , Montfort - Les Gaudes 1000 1mA 1,480 689 947 830 (max)
160 (min)
electric 07/19/1924 today
Isère , Oisans , Les Deux Alpes Funiculaire Dome Express
Isère , Grenoble , Minatec 0.250 Funicular in the science complex
Métropole de Lyon
(place, street)
Lyon , Rue Terme - Croix-Rousse 1435 0.489 70 160 06/03/1862 December 31, 1967 Conversion into a road tunnel
Lyon , Croix-Paquet - Croix-Rousse 1435 0.512 04/12/1891 07/03/1972 from December 6, 1974 as a rack railway , line C of the Lyon Metro
Lyon , Saint-Paul - Fourvière 1435 0.514 December 6, 1900 December 25, 1937
Lyon , Saint-Jean - Saint-Just 1435 1mA 0.822 91 04/08/1878 today Funiculars in Lyon 1901–1978 in operation as a rack railway
Lyon , Saint-Jean - Fourvière 1330 1mA 0.431 116 10/06/1900 today up to 1970 1000 mm
Department of Savoie (Savoyen)
(Place)
Bourg-Saint-Maurice , train station - Les Arcs 1mA 2,885 810 1618 390 (max) 02/23/1989 today Paradiski Arc-en-ciel funicular replaced cable car
Tignes , Perce-Neige 1200 3.484 932 3032 300 (max)
180 (with)
1989 today Grande Motte glacier
Val-d'Isère , La Daille - Rocher de Bellevarde 1200 1mA 2,294 892 2689 530 (max) electric 1987 today STVI Funival 1720 m in the tunnel, 580 m on a bridge, up to 43.2 km / h
Region Bourgogne Franche-Comté
(department, location)
Doubs , Besançon , La Mouillère - Brégille 1000 1mA 0.423 73 240 (max)
220
electric 06/29/1913 03/11/1987 Ville de Besancon electrified from the start
Region Bretagne
(department, location)
Finistère , Morlaix Funiculaire du Morlaix unfinished funicular
Grand Est Region
(department, location)
Haute-Marne , Langres , Parking Sous Bie - rampart 1000 1 0.026 electric 04/27/1995 Funiculaire panoramique Sous-Bie [10]
Haute-Marne , Langres , Parking des Marronniers - rampart 1000 1 0.079 electric 04/27/1995 Fniculaire panoramique Sous-Bie
Meurthe-et-Moselle , Nancy 750 0.229 48 314 290 electrical
440 V direct
current
1905 1914 Société anonyme du funiculaire électrique de la Cure d'Air Funiculaires Nancy
Region of Hauts-de-France
(department, place)
Aisne , Laon , Gare - Hôtel de Ville 1kA 1.4 100 130 (max)
20 (min)
04-02-1989 27-08-2016 Compagnie de transports urbains du pays de Laon (CTPL) 1 Funiculaires Laon
Oise , Beauvais , Center - Saint Jean planned for 2017
Region Île-de-France
(department, place)
Hauts-de-Seine , Meudon 1400 1mA 0.183 52 300 (max)
300 (min)
steam 1893 1934 Funiculaire de Bellevue
Paris , Montmartre 2 steam 1875 1882 Construction line for the Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre ; Text with illustrated source [11]
Paris , Montmartre 2 0.108 36 373 water 07/13/1900 10/31/1931 Funicular de Montmartre
Paris , Montmartre 2 0.115 37 118 370 electric 02/02/1935 today RATP Funicular de Montmartre
Region Normandie
(department, location)
Seine-Maritime department
(place)
Penly , nuclear power plant 0.100 88 100 310 (max) 1991 Factory track
Le Tréport - terrace 4th 07/01/1908
2006
1941
today
Le Havre , Rue Gustave Flaubert - Rue Félix Faure 1435 1mA 0.343 77
Electric steam
1890
1946
1972
1944
1969
today
CGFT Le Havre funicular electric from 1911, short tunnel
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
(department, place)
Pyrénées-Atlantiques , Eaux-Bonnes 3SA 1965 2012 Eaux-Bonnes funicular Destroyed in 2012 by attempted transport without a counterweight. Source: Le plan incliné des EAUX-BONNES The EAUX-BONNES incline plane (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France)
Pyrénées-Atlantiques , Pau 1000 1mA 0.103 26th 206 300 (max) 1908
1978
1970
today
Ville de Pau Pau funicular
Gironde , Arcachon 1000 2 0.035 1000 1911 1948 Arcachon funicular
Occitania region
(department, location)
Lozère , Hures-la-Parade , Meyrueis , Aven Armand 1mA 0.208 electric 1963
Hérault , Saint-Bauzille-de-Putois , Grotte des Demoiselles 900 1mA 0.157 electric 1931
Aveyron , Millau 1oA electric 1992
Hautes-Pyrénées , Barèges 1oA 1937 Funiculaire de Bareges-Tourmalet
Hautes-Pyrénées , Lourdes , Pic du Jer 1000 1mA 1,100 473 950 560 06/17/1900 today Lourdes funicular two tunnels (65 and 70 m), a viaduct
Haute-Garonne , Luchon , EDF Portillon 800 1938 today
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
(department, location)
Alpes-Maritimes , Cannes district Californie - Pezou 0.85 1928 1966 Société immobilière de Paris et du littoral Funiculaire de Super-Cannes
Bouches-du-Rhône , Marseille , Notre-Dame de la Garde 2 84 water 1892 1967 Dismantling 1974

Southwest Europe

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Spain
Asturias region
Bulnes 2.227 402 585 2000 today Funicular de Bulnes
Basque Country region
Bilbao , Nervión 0.770 226 450 electric 07.10.1915 today Bilbao funicular railway
Valle de Trápaga , 1200 1mA 1.198 342 electrical (450 V three-phase current) 1925 today EuskoTren Funicular de Larreineta
San Sebastian - Igueldo 1000 0.312 151 579 electric 08/25/1912 Funicular de Igueldo
Cantabria region
Santander , Río de la Pila - General Dávila 1oA 07/11/2008 today Funicular de Río de la Pila
Catalonia region
Barcelona , Plaça del Doctor Andreu - Tibidabo 1000 1,130 275 257 electric 01/29/1901 Funicular del Tibidabo
Barcelona , Peu del Funicular / Vallvidrera Inferior - Vallvidrera Superior 1000 1mA 0.736 158 289 electric 10/03/1906 today Funicular de Vallvidrera drives fully automatically
Barcelona , Montjuïc 1000 0.758 76 180 electric October 24, 1928 Funicular de Montjuïc
Gelida , train station - city 1000 0.884 110 196 220 electric __. 11.1924 today FGC Funicular de Gelida
Montserrat (mountain) 1000 1mA 0.503 248 electric 09/01/1918 FGC Sant Joan funicular
Montserrat (mountain) 1000 1mA 0.262 118 electric 12/22/1929 FGC Santa Cova funicular
Madrid region
San Lorenzo de El Escorial , Valle de los Caídos 0.272 121 280 Funicular del Valle de los Caídos
Portugal
North region
Braga , Elevador do Bom Jesus 1435 2 0.274 116 water 03/25/1882 today Elevador do Bom Jesus one of the last water ballast tracks
Porto , Praça da Batalha - Praça da Ribeira 0.281 61 550 electric 06/04/1891 Funicular dos Guindais 90 m in the tunnel
Viana do Castelo Santa Luzia 1mA 0.650 160 electric 07/02/1923 Elevador de Santa Luzia
Central Region
Viseu (Portugal) 0.400 64 160 electric 09/25/2009 Funicular de Viseu
Lisbon country region
Nazaré (Portugal) 1000 0.318 steam 07/28/188 1963
Nazaré (Portugal) , center - Sítio da Nazaré 1000 0.318 134 electric 1968 today Elevador da Nazaré 50 m in the tunnel
Lisbon city region
Lisbon , Lavra 900 2 0.182 42 250 electric 04/19/1884 today Funiculars in Lisbon , Ascensor da Lavra
Lisbon , Gloria 900 0.265 steam 10/24/1885 today Ascensor da Glória
Lisbon , Gloria 900 0.265 48 180 electric 1914 today Ascensor da Glória
Lisbon , Rua de São Paulo, Bica 900 0.260 45 191 06/29/1882 today Ascensor da Bica

Southern Europe

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Italy
region Abruzzo
Ortona train station - city 1000 0.131 55 504 1891 1943
Aosta Valley region
Saint-Vincent Borgo - Terme 1000 2 0.232 62 270 (max) 07/19/1900 today Comune di Saint Vincent Funicolare di Saint-Vincent
Region Emilia-Romagna
Salsomaggiore Terme - Montecucco 1000 0.700 90 200 1898 1912
Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Trieste , (Piazza Oberdan -) Piazza Scorcola - Vetta Scorcola (- Opicina ) 1000 1mA 0.799 160 260 1928 today TT, Trieste Trasporti SpA Trieste – Opicina railway line 1902 to 1928 rack railway
region Calabria
Catanzaro Sala - Piazza Roma 1435 0.950 274 STAC
Catanzaro , Piazza Roma - Sala 1435 0.678 155 281 electric 1998 today Ferrovie della Calabria Funicolare di Catanzaro new funicular
Campania region
Avellino Province
Mercogliano - Montevergine 1000 1mA 1.669 724 591
660 (max)
06/23/1956
1981
1973
today
Autoservizi Irpini SpA Montevergine funicular
Metropolitan city of Naples
Capri , Marina Grande - Piazza Umberto 1000 0.750 136 1907 today SIPPIC SpA renovated in 1914 and 1958
Naples , Montesanto - Morghen 1435 1/2 0.825 168 230
Electric steam from 1901
05/30/1891 today Metropolitana di Napoli Funicolare di Montesanto
Naples , Augusteo - Piazza Fuga 1435 1mA 1,234 1704 130 electric 10/28/1928 today Metropolitana di Napoli Funicolare Centrale Cabins with a capacity of 450 people.
Naples , Parco Margherita - Cimarosa 1435 1mA 0.536 161 290 (middle) Steam, electric from 1900 10/15/1889 today Metropolitana di Napoli Funicolare di Chiaia originally track system 2, then operated as 1/2 until 1976
Naples , Mergellina - Manzoni 1000 1mA 0.570 147 160 (middle)
460 (max)
electric 05/24/1931 today Metropolitana di Napoli Funicolare di Mergellina
Naples , Vesuvius 0.820 388 631 (max) 06/06/1880
1903
1900
March 1944
Società Ferrovia e Funicolare Vesuviana -SFFV- Funicolare vesuviana Monorail until 1900, conventional funicular from 1903, destroyed in a volcanic eruption in 1944, summit: 1175
Lazio region
Valle Oscura - Rocca di Papa ? ?
Valle Vergine - Rocca di Papa ? ?
Liguria region
Genoa , Porta de Portello - Via Bertani 1150 1mA 0.357 54 74 153 (middle)
170 (max)
electric 1892
1901
today Azienda Mobilità e Trasporti SpA -AMT- Funicolare Sant'Anna
Genoa , Zeccha - Righi 1000 1mA 1.428 279 292 199 (middle)
350 (max)
electric 1894 today Azienda Mobilità e Trasporti SpA AMT Funicolare Zecca-Righi
Genoa , Via Balbi - Corso Dogali 850 0.236 72 95 2004 today Azienda Mobilità e Trasporti SpA AMT Ascensore Castello d'Albertis-Montegalletto
region Lombardy
Bergamo Province
Bergamo , Città Bassa - Città Alta 1000 2 0.240 85 356 520 09/20/1887 today Azienda Trasporti Bergamo -ATB- Bergamo- Città Alta
Bergamo , Porta Sant'Alessandro - San Vigilio 1000 0.630 90 459 220 (max)
110 (min)
08/27/1912
1991
1976
today
Azienda Trasporti Bergamo -ATB- Bergamo- San Vigilio
San Pellegrino Terme - Vetta 1000 0.712 120 550 1909 1988 FSP
Bergamo Province
Como - Brunate 1000 1.075 493 440 (middle)
551 (max)
1894 today Azienda Trasporti Milanesi SpA -ATM- Como – Brunate funicular lower 130 m in the tunnel
Santa Margherita - Lanzo d'Intelvi 1000 1.475 607 660 09/28/1907 09/19/1977
Province of Sondrio
Campodolcino - Motta 1400 1.406 639 510 today SkiArea Valchiavenna -SAV-
Riva Gittana - Regoledo 900 2 0.225 204 574 1890 1960 Funicolare Riva Gittana-Regoledo
Varese Province
Varese , Vellone - Santa Maria del Monte 1000 1mA 0.384 167 798 565 (max)
405 (min)
electric __. 06.1911
2000
1953
today
Società Varesina per Imprese Elettriche -SVIE- Funicolare del Sacro Monte
Varese , Vellone - Tre Croci 1000 1mA 0.870 401 1032 560 (max)
416 (mid)
electric 1911 1953 Società Varesina per Imprese Elettriche -SVIE- Funicolare del Campo dei Fiori
Varese , Masnago - Colle Campigli 1000 1mA 0.182 50 450 292 (max)
270 (middle)
electric __.__. 1911 1944 Società Varesina per Imprese Elettriche -SVIE- Funicolare del Kursaal
region Piedmont
Biella Piano - Biella Piazzo 950 0.176 56 340 12/06/1885 today Azienda Trasporti Automobilistici delle Province di Biella e Vercelli SpA -ATAP- Biella funicular
Mondovì water 10/12/1886 Mondovi funicular
Mondovì 1435 1mA 0.551 137 370 (max) electric December 23, 1926 today Mondovi funicular
Sicily region
Palermo (Rocca) - Monreale 1000 1,100 120 electric 02/11/1900 1946 Società Sicula Tramways e Omnibus
Taormina electric?
Tuscany region
Certaldo 0.129 44 1999 today Funicolare di Certaldo
Livorno -Ardezza - Monte Nero (Livorno) 1000 0.656 111 184 08/19/1906 today Azienda Trasporti Livornese Montenero funicular
Montecatini Terme - Alto 1000 1mA 1.055 234 385 06/04/1898 today Steam, electric from 1921 Funicolare di Montecatini [12]
Region Trentino-Alto Adige
Abbey - Star - Gran Risa 1 0.067 electric 1997 Ferata Gran Risa
Bozen , Südbahnhof - Virgl 1000 1mA 0.342 700 (max) electric 11/20/1907 1976 Virglbahn Replacement by aerial cableway
Bozen , Gries - Guntschna 1000 1mA 0.350 186 670 (max) electric 08/12/1912 March 31, 1963 Guntschnabahn
Kaltern - Mendel Pass 1000 1mA 2,370 855 1363 630 electric October 19, 1903
2009
2004
today
SAD Mendelbahn
St. Christina in Val Gardena , Cësa Ruacia - Pramauron (Col Raiser) 1200 1.244 142 100 04/12/2004 today GRE Gardena Ronda Express whole route in the tunnel
Ortisei in Val Gardena - Rasciesa 2122 468 (max) 2010 today Funicolare Rasciesa
Ridnaun - Schneeberg (South Tyrol) 1874 1967 Material web of a mine, today the South Tyrolean Mining Museum
Lasa quarry 2600 1,000 483 500 1929 today LM Lasa marble run
Umbria region
Orvieto train station - Piazza Cahen 1160 1mA 0.580 157 281 water 07.10.1888 02/28/1970

Cable car technology almost completely demolished in 1970 and rebuilt in 1990

Orvieto train station - Piazza Cahen 1160 1mA 0.580 157 281 electric 1990 today Azienda Trasporti Consorrziali SpA -ATC- Orvieto funicular
region Veneto
Verona , banks of the Adige - Castel San Pietro 1941 1944
Malta
Saint Julian's Hotel Valentina Hotel Valentina Funicular

East Central Europe

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Lithuania
Kaunas , Aleksotas 1000 1mA 0.142 electric December 06, 1935 today UAB Autrolis Aleksoto funicular
Kaunas , Žaliakalnis 1200 1mA 0.140 electric 08/05/1931 today UAB Kauno liftai Žaliakalnio funicular
Vilnius , Lietuvos nacionalinis muziejus - Gediminas Tower 1oA 0.071 electric 2003 today Lietuvos nacionalinis muziejus Inclined elevator Gedimino kalno
Poland
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship , Eylau - Fresh Lagoon water 1844 Oberland Canal
Krynica-Zdrój (584 m) - Góra Parkowa (732 m) 0.642 148 720 260 December 8, 1937
Zakopane , Walowa Góra (823 m) - Gubałówka (1122 m) 1.298 299 1123 299 December 20, 1938
Gmina Czernichów ( Powiat Żywiecki ), Międzybrodzie Żywieckie (450 m) - Żar (Beskid Mały) (750 m) 1,300 12/20/2003
Gdynia , Kamienna Góra 0.096 04/07/2015
Czech Republic
Karlsbad , Imperial 1000 0.127 1907 today completely underground
Carlsbad , Diana 1000 0.437 166 656 432 1912
1960
1988
-
1986
today
Reconstructed in 1960 and 1988
Karlsbad , Slovenská – Imperial 1000 0.126 1912 1959
Carlsbad ,
Tri kríže (Three Cross Mountain)
Funiculars in Karlovy Vary under construction 1913–1914, unfinished
Kyselka ( Gießhübl-Sauerbrunn ), Jindřichův dvůr ( Heinrichs Hof ) - Lázeňske divadlo ( spa theater ) Kyselka funicular
Prague- Petrín 1000 0.397 104 298 292 water 07/25/1891 1932 Petřín funicular up to 1932 track width 1000 mm
Prague- Petrín 1435 1mA 0.510 130 324 295 electric 1932
1985
1965
today
Petřín funicular Reconstructed in 1985
Prague -Letná 1000 2 0.110 38 370 Water
electric
May 31, 1891
1903
1903
1916
Letná funicular Reconstructed in 1903
Prague , Mozartova 261/1 550 1oA 0.156 51 256 100% electric 1996 Cable car of the NH Hotel Prague Hotel Mövenpick, 2012 change of name to NH Hotel
Slovakia
Starý Smokovec - Hrebienok ( High Tatras ) 1000 1mA 2.019
1.953
254
246
1280
155
149
electric 12/17/1908
02/18/1970
1967
today
Starý Smokovec – Hrebienok funicular Reconstructed in 1970
Hungary
Budapest , Clark Ádám tèr - Szent György tèr (Castle Hill) 1435 2 0.095
0.101
48
51
577
600

Electric steam
March 2nd, 1870
1986
1944
today
Budavári Sikló Reconstructed in 1986

Southeast Europe

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Slovenia
Ljubljana , main market square - castle 1oA 0.117 69.7 12/28/2006
Croatia
Zagreb Tomić Street - Strossmayerovo šetalište ("Strossmayer Promenade") 1200 2 0.66 30th 522 steam 04/23/1893 1934 Zagreb funicular
Zagreb Croatian: Zagrebačka uspinjača 1200 2 0.66 30th 522 electric 1934 today Zagrebački električni tramvaj Zagreb funicular reconstructed in 1934 and 1974
Romania
Comandau
Greece
Athens , Lykavittos 1000 1mA 0.210 electric 1952 today
Turkey
Istanbul , Beyoglu Galata 2 0.607 steam January 17, 1875 1971 Tunnel
Istanbul , Beyoglu 1mA 0.573 electric 1971 today Tunnel
Istanbul , Beyoglu electric 2006 today Fünik pupil Kabataş – Taksim

Eastern Europe and former CIS countries

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Ukraine
Kiev , Podil - Upper Town 1200 1mA 0.238 electric 05/07/1905 today Kyivpastrans Kiev funicular
Odessa 1000 1mA 0.120 electric 06/08/1902 today Odessa funicular railway
Russia
Svetlogorsk (Rauschen) 1mA i. B. 1954
Nizhny Novgorod , Pochvalinsky 1mA water 07/15/1896 19__
Nizhny Novgorod , Kremlin 1mA water 07/15/1896 19__
Sochi , Ordjonikidze sanatorium 1270 1mA 0.353 __.__. 1952
Sochi , Voroshilov sanatorium 1270 1mA 0.396 __.__. 1930
Vladivostok 1mA 0.180 electric __. 05.1962 today
Azerbaijan
Baku 1mA electric ~ 1960
Georgia
Tbilisi , Vilnius Square - Pantheon - Mtatsminda 1000 1mA 0.503 267 727 33 ° electric 03/27/1905 today Mtatsminda Park Tbilisi funicular June 21, 2000 to January 30, 2013 out of service.

North America

Canada

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Alberta
Edmonton 1908 1913 Edmonton Incline Railway
Ontario
Hamilton (Ontario) 1895 1936 Edmonton Incline Railway from 1906 as "Wentworth Street Incline Railway", demolished in 1949
Niagara Falls , Whirlpool Rapids Bridge 1876 1934 Whirlpool Rapids Incline replaced by the "Great Gorge Trip" elevator, called "Great Gorge Adventure" from 1989 and now "White Water Walk"
Niagara Falls , Whirlpool Rapids Bridge 1869 1889 Leander Colt Incline The Whirlpool Rapids Incline stood nearby
Niagara Falls , Clifton Hill - boat launch 0.050 electric 1894 1990 Maid of the Mist Incline since 1973 Original name: Clifton Incline (1894–1973), available in 2005, replacement by 4 elevators
Niagara Falls , Horseshoe Falls 1850 2 0.052 electric 10/08/1966 Falls Incline Railway also called "Horseshoe Falls Incline", [13]
Port Stanley 2 189_ 190_ [14]
Quebec
Montreal , 1st section: George-Étienne-Cartier-Monument - Mont Royal Mountain Foot
2nd Section: Mountain Foot - Mount Royal Park
steam 1879 1918 Funiculaire du Mont Royal Dismantling in 1920
Montreal , Olympic Stadium , tower base - upper deck 0.266
Québec , 16 Rue Petit-Champlain 2? 0.064 Water
electric
11/17/1879
1907
1907
today
Funiculaire du Vieux-Québec Height: 59 meters
Montmorency case 1oA 1901 1959 Funiculaire des chutes Montmorency [15]

United States

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Alaska
Ketchikan Creek Street Funicular Tram
Arkansas
Marble Falls , Dogpatch USA 1971 1993 Dogpatch Funicular Tram former amusement park between Harrison and Jasper, Arkansas
Colorado
Cañon City , Royal Gorge 0.453 1931 Royal Gorge Incline highest gradient: 781 ‰, difference in altitude 280 m, renovated: 1973
Manitou Springs , Colorado 1,600 1903 Manitou Incline highest gradient: 680 ‰, difference in altitude 610 m, renovated: 1908 and 1958
Golden , South Table Mountain, Colorado 1912 1920
Golden , Lookout Mountain (Colorado) 1912 1920
Florida
Orlando 1800 1mA 0.676 01-07-2014 Hogwarts Express (Universal Orlando Resort)
Iowa
Dubuque , 512 Fenelon Place 0.090 07/25/1882 today Fenelon Place Elevator Company Fourth Street Elevator
Dubuque Eleventh Street Elevator closed
California
Capitola 1972 2014 i. B. Shadowbrook restaurant Hillevator lift
Dana Point , beach-hill 0.055 2009 City of Dana Point Strand Beach Funicular
Fairfax, California 1913 1929 Mount Lowe Railway
Los Angeles , Downtown Los Angeles , Hill Street 762 1mA 0.091 1901
1996
2010
1969
2001
today
Angels Flight
los Angeles 2 0.055 December 31, 1901 October 20, 1943 Court Flight
Los Angeles , Highland Park district, Mount Washington 1067 3SA 05/24/1909 01/01/1919 Mount Washington Railway
Los Angeles , Industry , Dwight D Eisenhower Course 1mA 0.122 __. 01.1981 Industry Hills Incline Funicular for golfers
Mount Lowe 0.991 189? 1938 Mount Lowe Railway
Santa Clarita , Valencia , Six Flags Magic Mountain Orient express Original name: Funicular
Santa Catalina Island , amphitheater - mountain top 1904 1923 Santa Catalina Island Incline Railway
Santa Catalina Island , Amphitheater - Pebble Beach 1904 1923 Santa Catalina Island Incline Railway
North Fork Feather River , Bucks Creek Powerhouse December 31, 1901 October 20, 1943 Court Flight Works railway, dismantled (2014)
Mount Tamalpais Mount Tamalpais Gravity Railroad [16]
Massachusetts
Quincy , Bunker Hill Monument 4.8 horse 07-Oct-1826 Granite Railway
Michigan
Grand Rapids , John Ball Zoological Garden 2012 (August) [17]
Kalamazoo , Western Michigan University , campus 1908 1949 university Western State Normal Railroad
Minnesota
Duluth 1891 1939 7th Avenue West Incline Railway
Duluth (in West Germany) 1889 1916 Duluth Belt Line Railway
Missouri
Branson , Marvel Cave, Silver Dollar City 1957 2014 i. B.
New Jersey
Hoboken , Paterson Plank Road - Ferry Street 1873 Hoboken Elevated Wagon Lift closed
Weehawken , Weehawken Ferry 1957 2014 i. B. Eldorado Elevator
Weehawken , Hackensack Plank Road - West Hoboken (now Union City ) 1873 Weehawken Elevated Wagon Lift closed
West Orange , Weehawken Ferry 2438 2 2 1892 1902 Orange Mountain Cable Company Mountain railways on Orange Mountain
New Hampshire
Goffstown - South Uncanoonuc Mountain 1mA 0.725 electric June 8, 1907 1941 Uncanoonuc Incline Railway maximum gradient: 35 percent, overhead line operation
new York
Beacon 914 0.469 1902 (May) 1978 Mount Beacon Incline Railway mean gradient: 65%, maximum gradient: 74%
Niagara Falls , Prospect Point Park 2 Water
electric
1845 1907 Prospect Park Incline Railway Dismantling in 1908, replacement by elevators (1910–1960), from 1961 Prospect Point Park observation tower
Palenville, New York - Catskill Mountain House 914 1mA 2.134 steam 08/07/1892 1918 Otis Elevating Railway Difference in altitude: 497 m, mean gradient: 12%, maximum gradient: 34%
Yonkers 1894 1937 Park Hill Incline
North Carolina
Maggie Valley, North Carolina , Ghost Town in the Sky 1961 2002 Railway in the amusement park
Fontana Dam 2014 aB Railway on the Little Tennessee River dam
Ohio
Cincinnati , Mount Adams 1435 2 0.288 1872 1948 Mount Adams Incline
Cincinnati , Mount Auburn Historic District 1872 1898 Mount Auburn Incline
Cincinnati 1876 1926 Bellevue Incline
Cincinnati 1892 1923 Fairview Incline
Cincinnati , Price Hill 4th 1874 1943 Price Hill Incline
The funicular on Price's Hill, circa 1906
Pennsylvania
place, neighborhood, street
Altoona 1mA 0.088 Horseshoe Curve Funicular
Ashley 1837 1948 Ashley Planes
Beaver Falls , Patterson Heights 1895 1927 Patterson Heights Incline
Gallitzin Allegheny Portage Railroad
Johnstown 2440 2 0.273 Steam (until January 1912)
electric
06/01/1891 CamTran Johnstown Inclined Plane Height difference: 153 m, gradient: 709 ‰
Jim Thorpe
(founded as "Mauch Chunk")
1067 2 Mount Pisgah plane Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway
Summit Hill 1067 2 Mount Jefferson tarpaulin Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway
Pittsburgh 1887 1892 Bellevue Incline
Pittsburgh , South Shore at Arlington Avenue - Mount Washington at Haberman Avenue 0.411 electric
from 1918
1890 06/21/1964 Castle Shannon Incline
Pittsburgh , Mount Washington: Bailey Avenue at Haberman Avenue - Mount Washington: Warrington Avenue at Haberman Avenue steam 08/20/1892 1919 about Castle Shannon South Incline
Pittsburgh , Perry Hilltop (south) Strauss Street at Metcalf Street - Perry Hilltop: Irwin Avenue at Chautauqua Street 1895 1905 Clifton Incline (Pittsburgh)
Pittsburgh , South Shore: Carson Street - Mount Washington: Grandview Avenue at Oneida Place 1524 0.244
Electric steam
1877 today Duquesne Incline Difference in altitude: 122 m, incline 30 degrees
Pittsburgh , 2nd Avenue at Tenth Street Bridge - Bluff Street at Magee Street 3048 0.805 1882 1906 Fort Pitt Incline Difference in altitude: 114 m
Pittsburgh 914? 1877 HB Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad , railways at Becks Run and Streets Run
Pittsburgh , South Side Flats: Bradish Street between 11th and 12th Streets - Allentown: Brosville Street at Warrington Avenue 2743 0.806 1890 December 3rd, 1960 Knoxville Incline dismantled in 1960
Pittsburgh , South Shore: Carson Street at Smithfield Street Bridge - Mount Washington: Grandview Avenue at Wyoming Street 1524 2 0.194
Electric steam (from 1935)
05/28/1870 today Monongahela Incline Difference in altitude: 113 m, incline: 35 degrees 35 minutes
Pittsburgh , South Shore: Carson Street at Smithfield Street Bridge - Mount Washington: Grandview Avenue at Wyoming Street 3034 2 0.194 1883 1935 Monongahela Freight Incline
Picture from 1905. The Monongahela Freight Incline is to the left of the original runway.
Pittsburgh , South Side Flats: Freyburg Street at 12th Street - South Side Slopes: Warrington Avenue at Mount Oliver Street 0.488 1871 05/25/1951 Mount Oliver Incline Difference in altitude: 115 m
Pittsburgh , McKees Rocks, Island Avenue - Norwood Place 1801 1923 Norwood Incline
Pittsburgh -Fineview: Federal Street at Henderson Street - Meadville Street at Catoma Street 1877 1899 Nunnery Hill Incline had curve
Pittsburgh , Strip District: Spring Way at 17th Street - Hill District: Arcena Street at Ledlie Street 1883 1953 Penn Incline
Pittsburgh- Perry Hilltop: North Charles Street at Nublock Street - Yale Street at Ridgewood Street 1889 1900 Ridgewood Incline
Pittsburgh , South Side Flats: Josephine Street near Greeley Street - South Side Slopes: Salisbury Street between Fernleaf and Sterling Streets 2 0.610 1886 1935 St. Clair Incline Plane Company St. Clair Incline Difference in altitude: 76 m
Pittsburgh -Troy Hill: Ohio Street - 1733 Lowrie Street at Froman Street 0.113 18th 19th Troy Hill Incline Incline: 47%
Pittsburgh , Carson Street - Bailey 1016 0.260 before 1871 05/01/1912 Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Plane
West Elizabeth , Coal Mine - Monongahela River Walton's coal incline
West Elizabeth , Coal Mine - Monongahela River O'Neil and Company Incline
Tennessee
Chattanooga , St. Elmo-Point Park 1435 1mA 1,600
Electric steam after 1911
11/16/1895 today Lookout Mountain Incline Railway maximum gradient: 727 ‰
Utah
Park City , St. Regis Deer Crest Resort 2008 2014 i. B.
Virginia
Fairfax County , Huntington , Underground Station 1983 today Huntington Metro Station Funicular
Roanoke 1435 0.060 08/10/1910 1929 Mill Mountain Incline
Wisconsin
Milwaukee , Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum

Central America

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Mexico
Guerrero State , Acapulco , Hotel Puerto Arturo
Guanajuato State , Guanajuato
Nuevo León State , García (Nuevo León) , Grutas de Garcia ? 2003 Feeder to a tourist attraction (entrance to a cave system), height difference 750 meters, replaced by a cable car in 2003, [18]
Puerto Rico
Las Croabas , Annex 1 1166 1945 about
Las Croabas , Annex 2 1166 1969
Las Croabas , Annex 3 1166 1969
Fajardo (Puerto Rico)

South America

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil

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Argentina
La Rioja Province , Chilecito , Christ Redeemer Portezuelo 1 0.125 14-08-2012 today Height difference: 20 meters, [19]
Province of Río Negro , San Carlos de Bariloche , Cerro Otto 2007
Bolivia
La Paz , Funicular Kusillo 0.048 2003 today Inclined elevator to the Kusillo Museum , height difference 38 meters, gradient 76%. Highest funicular in the world ( 3600  m )
Brazil
State of Bahia
Salvador da Bahia , Elevador Lacerda 1873 later name: Elevador Antônio de Lacerda
Salvador da Bahia, Elevador Taboão 1865 1961
Salvador da Bahia, Gonçalves 1435 0.113 1874 today Electrified in 1909, height difference 57 meters, train was originally supposed to be called "Isabel", which is still irritating today
Salvador da Bahia, Pilar 1000 0.073 1897 today electrified 1915, break in operation 1984–2006, difference in altitude 46 meters, maximum gradient 78%.
Salvador da Bahia, Liberdade district 1981
Salvador da Bahia, Graça district, Barra 0.124 1873 electrified in 1906
State of Paraná
Foz do Iguaçu 0.040 about 1985 existed in 1977, closed in 1985
State of Rio de Janeiro
Niterói , Plano Inclinado do Colégio Salesiano em Santa Rosa 1907 1916
Rio de Janeiro , Copacabana , Lagoa
Rio de Janeiro , Copacabana , Pavão Pavãozinho back in operation since November 11, 2002
Rio de Janeiro , Cosme Velho , Rua Rûmania semi-public
Rio de Janeiro , Plano Inclinado da Glória 1942 today
Rio de Janeiro , Plano Inclinado de Santa Teresa 1887
Rio de Janeiro , Lagoinhas, Equitava housing estate.
Rio de Janeiro , Usina, Colégio Regina Coëlhi
Rio de Janeiro , Penha district, I Out of service
Rio de Janeiro , Penha district, II 2003 Operation since October 5, 2003
Rio de Janeiro ,
Botafogo district, São João Batista cemetery
semi-public
Rio de Janeiro ,
Botafogo district, Favela Dona Marta
Upper 3 stations opened in 2007
State of São Paulo
Caieiras 1883 Transport ropeway
Cubatão ,
Henry Borden hydroelectric power station
Power station
Santos , Funicular Nova Cintra 1902 1922
Santos , Monte Serrat funicular 1000 1mA 0.250 1927 Height: 120 meters
Santos - Jundiaí , Serra do Mar , Serra do Mar Incline Paranapiacaba funicular Conversion to a rack railway, the earlier systems "Old Sierra Incline" and "New Serra Incline" were replaced, section Santos - São Paulo railway, operation with 3000 V direct current

Chile

Place, route Lower station Upper station Name of the hill Track
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Curicó Cerro Condell 2012
Santiago Parque Metropolitano de Santiago Cerro San Cristóbal 1mA 0.485 1925 Incline: 45 degrees
Santiago Cerro Santa Lucíal 1902 1910
Valparaíso Calle Bustamante Calle Almirante Riveros Arrayán 2 1907 1971 Arrayán
Valparaíso Plaza Wheelwright Paseo 21 de Mayo Artillery 2 12/29/1892 in operation Private Artillery 1 Difference in altitude 80 m, gradient 27.5 degrees
Valparaíso Plaza Wheelwright Paseo 21 de Mayo Artillery 1906 Out of service Artillery 2 out of order since December 2013
Valparaíso Avenida España Avenida Diego Portales Baron 2 1909 in operation city Baron Water, later electricity
Valparaíso Calle Condell Calle Héctor Calvo Bellavista 1899 1970 Bellavista
Valparaíso Calle Prat Paseo Gervasoni Concepción 09/01/1883 in operation state Concepción
Valparaíso Calle Serrano Plaza Eleuterio Ramírez Cordillera 1886 in operation state Cordillera
Valparaíso Calle Jorge Ossandón Calle Antofagasta Delicias 1925 1961 Delicias
Valparaíso Plaza de Justicia Paseo Yugoslavo Alegre 2 1901 in operation city El Peral
Valparaíso Calle Esmeralda Paseo Atkinson Concepción 1905 1948 Esmeralda
Valparaíso Calle Aldunate Calle Rudolph Bellavista 1911 2010 state Espíritu Santo
Valparaíso Avenida España Avenida Diego Portales Baron 1902 1911 Ferroviario
Valparaíso Carrera street Calle Marconi Florida 1907 2009 Private Florida
Valparaíso Avenida Francia Calle Federico Varela La Cruz 1906 1990 La Cruz
Valparaíso Calle Luis Cousiño Avenida Alemania Las Cañas 1925 1980 Las Cañas
Valparaíso Calle Eusebio Lillo Paseo Hermanos Clark Larraín 1909 2010 Private Larraín
Valparaíso Calle Eusebio Lillo Calle Lecheros Lecheros 0.096 1908 2007 city Lecheros Difference in altitude: 35 m, incline 58 degrees
Valparaíso Calle Gaspar Marín Paseo Barbosa Mariposas 1906 2009 Private Mariposas
Valparaíso Calle Casablanca esquina Canciani Pasaje Ascensor Merced 1914 1915 Merced
Valparaíso Avenida Baquedano Calle Bianchi Monjas 1912 2009 Private Monjas
Valparaíso Plazuela Ecuador Calle Dinamarca Panteón 1901 1952 Panteón
Valparaíso Avenida Perdices Camino Cintura Perdices 1931 1968 Perdices
Valparaíso Avenida Diego Portales Avenida Los Placeres Placeres 1913 1952 Placeres
Valparaíso Calle Almirante Simpson Calle Latorre Polanco 1916 in operation city Polanco
Valparaíso Avenida Santa Elena Calle Ramaditas Ramaditas 1914 1941 Ramaditas
Valparaíso Calle Elías Paseo Dimalow Concepción 0.040 1903 in operation city Reina Victoria Difference in altitude: 30 m
Valparaíso Calle Tomás Ramos Calle Canal Cordillera 1913 in operation city San Agustin
Valparaíso Hospital San Juan de Dios Hospital San Juan de Dios El liter 1898 1906 San Juan de Dios
Valparaíso Calle Cajilla Cayocopíl Street Santo Domingo 1910 1974 Santo Domingo
Valparaíso Central courtyard of the Carlos Van Buren Hospital Upper part of the Carlos Van Buren Hospital El Liter 1932 in operation Private Van Buren
Valparaíso Avenida Antonio Varas Pedro León Gallo Playa Ancha 1913 2005 Private Villaseca
Viña del Mar 1984 Villanelo

Colombia, Peru, Venezuela

Place, route Track
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Colombia
Bogotá , Monserrate 1000 0.820 1929 today Height difference 454 m, greatest slope 805 ‰
Peru
Lima , Barranco 1896 ? Feeder to the beach, converted into an inclined elevator in 1930, closed (exact date unknown), length was 100 meters, the difference in height 60 meters, canceled
Lima , Chorrillos 1875 1881 Feeder to the beach, destroyed in the saltpeter war
Machu Picchu , hydroelectric power station (Central Hidroélectrica Machupicchu), 0.320 Power station railway, height difference 200 meters
Venezuela
Mérida - Río Chama (Venezuela) 3,000

Africa

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South Africa
Cape Town , Cape of Good Hope , Cape Point 1mA 0.585 87 214 160 electric 1996 today Flying Dutchman

Asia

Japan

(Region) place Track
width
(mm)
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items Remarks
Japan
region Chūbu
Toyama Prefecture , Tateyama 1067 0.8 electric 1969 Tateyama Kurobe Kanko Kurobe funicular Difference in altitude: 373 m
Toyama Prefecture , Tateyama 1067 1.3 electric 1954 Tateyama Kurobe Kanko Tateyama funicular Difference in altitude: 487 m
Shizuoka Prefecture , Kannami 1435 0.3 electric 1956 Izuhakone Tetsudō Jukkokutōge funicular Difference in altitude: 101 m
region Kantō
Tokyo Prefecture , Ōme , Mitake 1049 1.0 electric 1934 Mitake Tozan Tetsudō Mitake mountain railway Difference in altitude: 424 m
Tokyo Prefecture , Hachiōji , Takao 1067 1.0 electric 1927 Takao Tozan Dentetsu Takao mountain railway Height difference: 271 m, steepest railway line in Japan (608 ‰)
Ibaraki Prefecture , Tsukuba , Tsukuba 1067 1.6 electric 1925 Tsukuba Kankō Tetsudō Tsukuba funicular Difference in altitude: 495 m
Kanagawa Prefecture , Hakone , Gora - Onsen 983 1.2 electric 1922 Hakone Tozan Tetsudō Hakone Tozan Cable Car Height difference: 214 m, maximum gradient: 200 ‰
Kanagawa Prefecture , Isehara , to Mount Ōyama 1067 0.8 electric 1931 Ōyama Kankō Dentetsu Ōyama funicular Difference in altitude: 276 m
Kinki region
Hyogo Prefecture , Kobe , Nada Ward , Rokkō 1067 1mA 1.7 electric 1932 Rokkō funicular Difference in altitude: 493 m
Hyogo Prefecture , Kobe Skylator actually an elevator
Hyogo Prefecture , Kobe , Nada Ward , Maya 1067 1kA 0.9 electric 1925 Kobe City Urban Development Maya funicular Height difference: 312 m, 1 tunnel (157 m)
Hyōgo Prefecture , Kawanishi , to Mount Myōken 1435 1mA 0.6 electric 1925 Nose Dentetsu Myōken funicular
Kyōto Prefecture , Kyōto , Sakyō-ku , to Mount Kurama 800 1kA 0.2 electric 1957 Kurama-dera Kurama-dera funicular Difference in altitude: 29 m
Kyoto Prefecture , Miyazu 1067 0.4 electric 1927 Tango Kairiku Kōtsū Amanohashidate funicular Difference in altitude: 130 m
Kyōto Prefecture , Sakyō-ku , to Enryaku-ji 1067 1.3 electric 1925 Keifuku Denki Tetsudō Eizan funicular Difference in altitude: 561 m
Kyoto Prefecture , Yawata , to the Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū 1067 1kA 0.4 electric 1926 Keihan Denki Tetsudo Otokayama funicular Difference in altitude: 82 m
Nara Prefecture , Ikoma , Toriimae - Hōzanji 1067 2 0.9 electric 1918 Kinki Nippon Tetsudo Ikoma funicular 1st section, height difference: 146 m,
first commercial funicular in Japan
Nara Prefecture , Ikoma , Hōzanji - Ikoma-Sanjō 1067 1.1 electric 1929 Kinki Nippon Tetsudo Ikoma funicular 2nd section, difference in altitude: 322 m
Osaka Prefecture , Yao , to the Chōgo Sonshi-ji 1067 1kA 1.3 electric 1930 Kinki Nippon Tetsudo Nishi-Shigi funicular railway Difference in altitude: 355 m
Osaka Prefecture , Yao , to the Chōgo Sonshi-ji 1983 Kinki Nippon Tetsudo Higashi-Shigi funicular railway
Shiga Prefecture , Ōtsu , to Enryaku-ji 1067 2.0 electric 1927 Hieizan Tetsudo Sakamoto funicular Difference in altitude: 484 m
Wakayama Prefecture , Kōya , to Kōya-san 1067 1kA 0.8 electric 1930 Nankai Denki Tetsudō Koyasan funicular Difference in altitude: 330 m
Kyushu region
Fukuoka Prefecture , Kitakyushu 1067 1.1 electric 1957 Sarakurayama Tozan Tetsudō Sarakurayama funicular Difference in altitude: 440 m
Oita Prefecture , Beppu 1067 0.3 electric 1929 Okamoto MFG Beppu-Rakutenchi funicular Height difference: 122 m, maximum gradient: 558 ‰
Shikoku region
Kagawa Prefecture , Takamatsu 1067 1mA 0.7 electric 1931 Shikoku Kēburu Yakuri funicular Difference in altitude: 167 m, overhead contact line
Tōhoku region
Aomori Prefecture , Sotogahama , Cape Tappi - Seikan Tunnel 914 1kA 0.8 electric 1988 Seikan Tunnel Museum Seikan tunnel Tappi Shakō Line

Rest of Asia

Place, route Track
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China
Chongqing
Hong Kong , Hong Kong Island , Central - Victoria Peak 1520 1mA 1,365 368 510
Electric steam
05/30/1888
1926

today
Peninsula Hotels Peak Tram In 1989 the system was automated, [20]
Hong Kong , Ocean Park Hong Kong
Hong Kong , Sha Tin District, Sha Tin Po Fook Hill Ancestral Hall
Jiangxi Province
Jiujiang , Lushan-Sandiequan 2002 [21]
India
Maharashtra State , Bhira (150 km from Mumbai) Bhira Hydroelectric Project Power station
Maharashtra State , Bhivpuri Road
Tamil Nadu State , Palani Palani Murugan temple
Israel
Haifa , Kikar Paris (Pariser Platz) - Gan Halem 1980 1mA 1.8 268 1956
1992
1986
today
Ha Carmelit Haifa ltd. Carmelite completely underground [22]
Lebanon
Harissa 2 Funiculaire de Harissa [23]
Malaysia
George Town - Penang Hill 1000 1mA 0.907 319 electric 10/21/1923 today Penang Hill Railway 1st section
George Town - Penang Hill 1000 1mA 1,313 electric 1977 today Penang Hill Railway 2nd section (Penang Hill Railway) ( Bukit Pendera , 830 m)
George Town - Penang Hill 1924 today Keretapi Bukit Pendera (Penang Hill Railway) ( Bukit Pendera , 830 m) [24]
North Korea
Paektusan 1.1 today Paektusan funicular
Pakistan
Khojak tunnel 1676 1mA 1888 1891 Khojak Rope Inclines [25]
Incline # 1 1676 0.402 138 2212 35% Khojak Rope Inclines
Incline # 2 1676 0.433 173 40% Khojak Rope Inclines
Incline # 3 1676 1.204 148 10-14% Khojak Rope Inclines
Incline # 4 1676 1.433 115 8-13% Khojak Rope Inclines
Thailand
Province of Chiang Mai City Chiang Mai Wat Phra That Doi Suthep
Province Phetchaburi , Phra Nakhon Khiri Historical Park
Province Songkhla , City Songkhla Khao Tang Kuan

Australia / Oceania

Place, route Track
width
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Australia
New South Wales , Katoomba , inclined elevator 1067 1oA 0.415 206 1280 electric 1885 Scenic World Katoomba Scenic Railway
New Zealand
Wellington , Lambton Quay - Kelburn 1000 2
2
1mA
0.628 120 179 Steam
electric
electric
1902
1933
1979
1933
1978
today
Wellington Cable Car Ltd Wellington Cable Car since the renovation in 1979 only single track with a siding, since December 2000 Wellington Cable Car Museum

See also

Web links

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  1. http://www.eisenbahntunnel.at/inhalt/vb-nummer.html Railway tunnel in Austria, accessed on April 20, 2014
  2. http://ooe.orf.at/news/stories/2642933/ Fire brigade was extinguished by cable car, ORF.at from April 20, 2014
  3. http://www.ff-spital.at/2014/04/19/brand Einsatz-auf-der-wurzeralm/ Fire deployment on the Wurzeralm, FF Spital am Pyhrn, images 3 + 4 + 16, accessed on April 20, 2014
  4. Helmut K. Missbach: Railways in Tyrol. Prehistory - railway construction - operation . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-87943-640-1 , p. 266 .
  5. http://www.hows.org.uk/personal/rail/iom.htm
  6. http://www.hows.org.uk/personal/rail/iom.htm
  7. http://www.hows.org.uk/personal/rail/iom.htm
  8. http://www.funiculars.net/line.php?id=241
  9. http://www.hows.org.uk/personal/rail/iom.htm
  10. Cerro Otto ( Memento from April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )