Funicular

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English: A funicular, also known as an inclined plane or cliff railway, is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope; the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalance each other.

Chile

English: w:Funicular railways of Valparaiso

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  Artilleria Funicular on Artilleria Hill, Valparaiso, Chile
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  El Peral Funicular on Concepcion Hill, Valparaíso, Chile
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  Monjas Funicular Railway on Monjas Hill, Valparaiso, Chile
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  Villaseca Funicular, Valparaiso, Chile
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  Electric Mechanism of almost all funiculars in Valparaiso, Chile
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  Reina Victoria(Queen Victoria) Funicular in Valparaiso, Chile
• View from inside of Espiritu Santo Funicular in Valparaiso, Chile

France

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  Le Havre
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  Montmartre, Paris
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  Montmartre, Paris
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  Montmartre, Paris
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  Pau
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  Le Tréport

Germany

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  Standseilbahn Dresden

Italy

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  Funicular Città Alta (Bergamo - Italy)

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  Funicular Città Alta (Bergamo - Italy)

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  Funicular San Vigilio (Bergamo - Italy)

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  Funicular Mendola, Italy
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  Longest Funicular in Italy:the Raschötzerbahn in Ortisei

Japan

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  Rokko Cablecar, Kobe, Japan
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  Maya Cablecar, Kobe, Japan
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  Ikoma Mountain, Japan, cars passing at centre.

Portugal

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  Elevador do Bom Jesus, Braga, Portugal
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  Elevador de Santa Luzia, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
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  Funicular dos Guindais, Porto, Portugal
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  Elevador da Glória, Lisbon, Portugal

All portuguese funiculars Funiculars in Portugal

Spain

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  Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain. Funicular to the summit
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  Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain. Funicular to the summit
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  Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain. Common Station of two Funiculars and a Rack Railway.
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  Tibidabo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Switzerland

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  old Tessenberg Bahn from Ligerz to Tessenberg in Switzerland
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  old Tessenberg Bahn from Ligerz to Tessenberg in Switzerland
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  old Tessenberg Bahn from Ligerz to Tessenberg in Switzerland
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  Funicular San Salvatore (Paradiso - Switzerland)

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  Funiculaire in Fribourg, Switzerland
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  Le Châtelard funicular

Ukraine

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  Odessa Funicular, Odessa, Ukraine
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  Kiev Funicular, Kiev, Ukraine

United States of America

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  Angels Flight funicular railway, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, California
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  Mirage-Treasure Island Tram, Las Vegas, Nevada

Miscellaneous

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  Flying Dutchmen funicular at Cape Point, South Africa
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  Dockside funicular at Chongqing - note typical track passing track configuration for two car balanced arrangement
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  Dockside funicular of another type in Chongqing
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  Bridgnorth Cliff Railway
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  Turmbergbahn, Karlsruhe
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  Hungerburgbahn, Innsbruck
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  Kreuzeckbahn, Kolbnitz, Austria
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  Kreuzeckbahn, Kolbnitz, Austria
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  Royal Gorge Incline in 1987.
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  Funicular, Spa, Belgium
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  Zagreb Funicular (Zagreb, Croatia)
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  Le funiculaire de Zagreb, Croatie

See also

• Skansen funicular