List of funiculars
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Great Britain | ||||||||||||
England | ||||||||||||
Region Greater London | ||||||||||||
London , Paul's Walk - Peter's Hill | 0.027 | Millennium Bridge Inclined Lift | ||||||||||
Region Yorkshire and the Humber |
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North Yorkshire County (Location) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Manchester | 1 | 0.045 | electric | 06/06/2002 | URBIS Museum | [4] | ||||||
East England region (county, location) |
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Essex , Southend-on-Sea | 1372 | 1oA | 0.040 | 17th | electric | __. 08.1912 | today | Southend Cliff Railway | Slope 434 ‰ | |||
South East England region (county, location) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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France | ||||||||||||
Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (department, location) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Finistère , Morlaix | Funiculaire du Morlaix | unfinished funicular | ||||||||||
Grand Est Region (department, location) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Seine-Maritime department (place) |
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Penly , nuclear power plant | 0.100 | 88 | 100 | 310 (max) | 1991 | Factory track | ||||||
Le Tréport - terrace | 4th | 07/01/1908 2006 |
1941 today |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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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greatest slope (‰) |
drive | from | to | Operation through |
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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
Place, route | Track width (mm) |
Gl egg se |
Length (km) |
Height lower difference (m) |
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greatest slope (‰) |
drive | from | to | Operation through |
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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 |
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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
Place, route | Track width (mm) |
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Length (km) |
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greatest slope (‰) |
drive | from | to | Operation through |
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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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Length (km) |
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greatest slope (‰) |
drive | from | to | Operation through |
items | Remarks |
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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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greatest slope (‰) |
drive | from | to | Operation through |
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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
Place, route | Track width (mm) |
Gl egg se |
Length (km) |
drive | from | to | Operation through |
items | Remarks |
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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
Place, route | Track width (mm) |
Gl egg se |
Length (km) |
drive | from | to | Operation through |
items | Remarks | |||
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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 | ||||||||
Pennsylvania place, neighborhood, street |
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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 |
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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
(Region) place | Track width (mm) |
Gl egg se |
Length (km) |
drive | from | to | Operation through |
items | Remarks |
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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
Place, route | Track width (mm) |
Gl egg se |
Length (km) |
drive | from | to | Operation through |
items | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 width (mm) |
Gl egg se |
Length (km) |
drive | from | to | Operation through |
items | Remarks |
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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 width (mm) |
Gl egg se |
Length (km) |
drive | from | to | Operation through |
items | Remarks | |||
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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
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 |
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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) |
Gl egg se |
Length (km) |
drive | from | to | Operation through |
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 |
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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 width (mm) |
Gl egg se |
Length (km) |
Height lower difference (m) |
Summit height (m) |
greatest slope (‰) |
drive | from | to | Operation through |
items | Remarks |
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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 (mm) |
Gl egg se |
Length (km) |
Height lower difference (m) |
Summit height (m) |
greatest slope (‰) |
system | from | to | Operation through |
items | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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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- ↑ http://www.eisenbahntunnel.at/inhalt/vb-nummer.html Railway tunnel in Austria, accessed on April 20, 2014
- ↑ http://ooe.orf.at/news/stories/2642933/ Fire brigade was extinguished by cable car, ORF.at from April 20, 2014
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Helmut K. Missbach: Railways in Tyrol. Prehistory - railway construction - operation . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-87943-640-1 , p. 266 .
- ↑ http://www.hows.org.uk/personal/rail/iom.htm
- ↑ http://www.hows.org.uk/personal/rail/iom.htm
- ↑ http://www.hows.org.uk/personal/rail/iom.htm
- ↑ http://www.funiculars.net/line.php?id=241
- ↑ http://www.hows.org.uk/personal/rail/iom.htm
- ↑ Cerro Otto ( Memento from April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )