List of funicular railways

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

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

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Africa[]

South Africa[]

Flying Dutchman Funicular
  • Cape of Good Hope, Flying Dutchman Funicular

Saint Helena[]

Americas[]

Brazil[]

Canada[]

View from the Old Quebec Funicular

Alberta[]

Ontario[]

Quebec[]

  • Montreal, Mount Royal Funicular Railway (1884–1918)
  • Quebec City, Old Quebec Funicular (1879–1907) cable, (1907–1945) electric, rebuilt in 1946, in operation to this day.

Chile[]

Artillería Elevator on Artillería hill, Valparaíso.
Barón Elevator on Barón hill, Valparaíso, Chile
  • Santiago
    • (opened 1925)[citation needed]
    • (opened 1902, closed 1910)[citation needed]
    • (opened 2016)
  • Valparaíso[4] (see also: Funicular railways of Valparaíso)
    • (opened 1905, closed 1964)
    • Artillería (opened 1893)
    • (opened 1906)
    • (opened 1897, closed 1955)
    • (opened 1883)
    • (opened 1887)
    • (opened 1912, closed 1955)
    • (opened 1902)
    • (opened 1905, closed 1962)
    • (opened 1911)
    • (opened 1906)
    • (opened 1929)
    • (opened 1908, closed 1992)
    • (opened 1906)
    • (opened 1912)
    • (opened 1906)
    • (opened 1904)
    • (opened 1900, closed 1952)
    • (opened 1932, closed 1962)
    • (opened 1913, closed 1971)
    • (opened 1914, closed 1955)
    • (opened 1902)
    • (opened 1913)
    • (opened 1910, closed 1965)
    • (opened 1907)
  • Viña del Mar
    • (opened 1983)

Colombia[]

Mexico[]

Funicular of Guanajuato

Guanajuato[]

  • Guanajuato City,  : inaugurated in 2001, it joins the theatre Juarez to the monument El Pipila.[5]

Nuevo León[]

Puerto Rico[]

United States[]

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

Alaska[]

Arkansas[]

California[]

  • Dana Point, Strand Beach Funicular (2009–)
  • Fairfax (1913–1929)[9][10]
  • Feather River Canyon, Bucks Creek Powerhouse, single car incline used for inspection of water system, now abandoned. Rails still visible on canyon walls.
  • Industry, , Industry Hills Golf Club funicular (opened 1979; currently closed for maintenance)
  • Los Angeles
    • Angels Flight (opened 1901, closed 1969, moved and re-opened 1996, closed 2001, re-opened 2010, closed 2013, re-opened in 2017)
    • Court Flight (closed), (operated from 1904–1943 damaged by fire; razed 1944), now site of Court of Flags.
    • (1909–1919), Operated in the Highland Park/Mt. Washington neighborhood of L.A., ticket office and powerhouse still exist.
    • Playa del Rey (1901–1909) Two cars ran in a counterbalance configuration from a Los Angeles Pacific Railway stop at the base of the Westchester cliffs to a hotel at the top of the bluff. Legend has it that the two cars were named 'Alphonse' and 'Gaston'.[11]
  • San Francisco
    • Highpoint Terrace, a private funicular serving a complex on Geneva Avenue
    • The "Las Casitas Tram", a private funicular used to serve an apartment complex on Bay Street.[12]
  • Santa Catalina Island, Island Mountain Railway (1904–1918; 1921–1923)
  • Valencia, Six Flags Magic Mountain Honda Express, (original name: Funicular)

Colorado[]

[13]

  • Cañon City, Royal Gorge, (1931–2013)
  • Golden, Lookout Mountain (1912–1920)[14]
  • Golden, South Table Mountain (1912–1920)[14]
  • Manitou Springs, Manitou Incline (1907–1990)
  • Morrison, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Mount Morrison Cable Incline (1909–1914)

Iowa[]

Massachusetts[]

  • Hadley, Mount Holyoke Railroad (1854–1938)
  • Holyoke, Mount Tom Railroad (1897–1938)
  • Provincetown, Pilgrim Monument Inclined Elevator (under construction, 2021)[15]

Michigan[]

Minnesota[]

Missouri[]

  • Branson, Marvel Cave, Silver Dollar City, 218 feet (66 m) long, 500 feet (152.4 m) rise, Curved. (opened 1957, still operational)

New Jersey[]

  • Hoboken, Hoboken Elevated Wagon Lift (1873–1949)
  • Orange (1893–1902)[16]
  • Weehawken
    • Eldorado Elevator
    • Weehawken Elevated Wagon Lift (opened 1873–closed)

New York[]

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

North Carolina[]

  • Fontana Dam turbine hall access on the east side of the Little Tennessee River (a single car with a balance sled which rolls on tracks underneath the cab). No longer operational.[21]
  • Maggie Valley, Ghost Town in the Sky (opened 1961, closed 2002, park reopened May 25, 2007, incline still not operational)

Ohio[]

Pennsylvania[]

Tennessee[]

  • Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain Incline Railway (opened 1895; still operational)

Utah[]

The St. Regis Funicular, St. Regis Deer Valley, Park City, Utah.
  • Park City, The St. Regis Funicular (opened 2009; still operational).[22] [23]

Virginia[]

Wisconsin[]

  • Milwaukee, Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum[citation needed]

Asia[]

East Asia[]

China[]

Anhui
  • Huangshan funicular[24]
Chongqing
Jiangxi
Shanxi
  • Taiyuan, (西铭矿缆车)

Hong Kong[]

Peak Tram in Hong Kong

Japan[]

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

South Korea[]

North Korea[]

  • Paektu Mountain Funicular, Paektu Mountain

South Asia[]

India[]

Haulage in Joginder Nagar
  • Joginder Nagar, Himachal Pradesh is India's highest funicular at 2530 metres (8300 feet) elevation above sea level. It was built in 1930s to carry heavy machinery of Shanan Power House to Barot. It is on one meter gauge. It is a 4-stage network of funicular and horizontal track[31] and has six haulage car stations. The loading capacity of haulage way cars are 15, 10, 5 tons. Higher the capacity, lower the speed. Haulage Way Car or Trolley at Jogindernagar is one of a few funicular railways all over the globe and is considered as an engineering marvel of the 20th century.
  • Bhira and Bhivpuri Road in the state of Maharashtra, the Tata Group operates funicular railways.
  • Tamil Nadu, Palani Murugan temple, Palani Temple Funicular[32]
  • Saptashrungi, Maharashtra, inaugurated on March 4, 2018.

Southeast Asia[]

Indonesia[]

  • Bali

Malaysia[]

Penang Hill Railway.

Philippines[]

Thailand[]

Vietnam[]

West Asia[]

Azerbaijan[]

Georgia[]

Israel[]

Carmelit underground funicular
  • Haifa, Carmelit

Lebanon[]

  • Harissa,

Turkey[]

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

Europe[]

Austria[]

Hungerburgbahn crossing the river Inn, about 1907
Kreuzeckbahn
  • Kolbnitz, Reißeck:
  • Kufstein, Festungsbahn
  • Sankt Leonhard im Pitztal,  [de] (opened 1983)
  • Salzburg:
  • Zauchensee, (opened 2000)
  • Seefeld in Tirol, (opened 1969)
  • Serfaus, U-Bahn Serfaus (opened 1985)
  • Spital am Pyhrn,
  • ,
  • St. Anton am Arlberg, (opened 1972, replaced by monocable gondola in 2000)
  • St. Johann in Tirol, (closed 1987)

Belgium[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina[]

  • Ciglane, Sarajevo

Bulgaria[]

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

Croatia[]

Czech Republic[]

  • Prague:
    • Petřín funicular (since 1891)
    •  [cs] (1891–1916, officially abolished in 1922, in 1926–1935 served as the first Prague escalator)
    •  [cs] (since 1996)
  • Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad):
    •  [cs] (opened 1912)[36]
    •  [cs] (subway; opened 1907)[37]
    •  [cs] (1912–1959)[37]
    •  [cs] (Dreikreuzberg, unfinished, the construction process began 1913 and was interrupted 1914 with World War I, now the intention is actual again)[citation needed]

Finland[]

  • Turku,  [fi] (2019)

France[]

Funiculaire de Saint-Hilaire du Touvet

Georgia[]

Germany[]

Standseilbahn Dresden
The Nerobergbahn

Greece[]

Hungary[]

Budapest Castle Hill Funicular

Italy[]

Bergamo Upper City funicular
The Mendel Funicular

Lithuania[]

Žaliakalnis Funicular Railway
  • Kaunas:
  • Vilnius, Gediminas Hill Funicular Railway (opened in 2003)

Luxembourg[]

Malta[]

Norway[]

Poland[]

Portugal[]

A view of the Bica Funicular as it travels between Rua da Bica de Duarte Belo and Rua de São Paulo
  • Braga, Bom Jesus Funicular (Portuguese: Elevador do Bom Jesus do Monte),
  • Lisbon:
    • Bica Funicular (Portuguese: Elevador/Ascensor da Bica),
    • Glória Funicular (Portuguese: Elevador/Ascensor da Glória)
    • Lavra Funicular (Portuguese: Elevador/Ascensor do Lavra)
  • Porto, Guindais Funicular (Portuguese: Ascensor dos Guindais,)
  • Nazaré, Nazaré Funicular (Portuguese: Ascensor da Nazaré)
  • Viana do Castelo,  [pt] (Portuguese: Elevador de Santa Luzia)
  • Viseu,  [pt] (Portuguese: Funicular de Viseu)

Russia[]

Vladivostok funicular

Romania[]

Slovakia[]

Slovenia[]

Spain[]

Funicular de Sant Joan

Sweden[]

Switzerland[]

Gurtenbahn
Marzilibahn
Allmendhubelbahn
Parsennbahn
Metro Alpin
Polybahn
Seilbahn Rigiblick

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

Berne[]

Fribourg[]

Glarus[]

  • Linthal, Braunwaldbahn

Graubünden[]

Lucerne[]

Neuchâtel[]

Nidwalden[]

Schwyz[]

St. Gallen[]

Ticino[]

Uri[]

Valais[]

Vaud[]

Zug[]

Zürich[]

  • Zürich:
    • Dolderbahn (1895–1971; now a rack railway)
    • Polybahn
    • Seilbahn Rigiblick

Turkey[]

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

Istanbul Tünel

Ukraine[]

Kyiv Funicular

United Kingdom[]

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

England[]

Scotland[]

Wales[]

Isle of Man[]

Oceania[]

Australia[]

  • Katoomba, Katoomba Scenic Railway

New Zealand[]

See also[]

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