Funicular railways of the UK and elsewhere
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(edit: actually may not technically be a funicular - do you need two cars counterbalancing each other?)
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
The Lynton and Lynmouth one is water-powered.
Oh, the excitement!
Oh, the excitement!
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
The one in the Blue mountains is absurdly steep in places. standing is not an option.
19sixtysix
Life as viewed from a Gay Gorbals Garret
Oh I've been on that one. You've just reminded of my day out. One of the few that I didn't have rainThe one in the Blue mountains is absurdly steep in places. standing is not an option.
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wobbly
IIRC, there was something like one of these used on the mineral tramway at portreath
http://www.archive-images.co.uk/index.gallery.php?gid=16&img=20.
http://www.archive-images.co.uk/index.gallery.php?gid=16&img=20.
wiskey
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The one in the Blue mountains is absurdly steep in places. standing is not an option.
Jeez!
I think the one at Lynton/Lynmouth is the only one I've been on.
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
Apparently Scarborough had five at one point. Now there's just three, but one has been out of use for some time.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
surprised no one's mentioned the barcelona funicular yet
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
there's a site dedicated to funiculars of the uk and dependent territories: http://www.hows.org.uk/personal/rail/
felixthecat
are we there yet?
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
Genova has three, one of which may strictly be a cog-wheel railway.
bi0boy
Power User
surprised no one's mentioned the barcelona funicular yet
That's not the only one in Barcelona
On the one Montjuïc one the cable snapped a couple of years ago
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
The Lynton and Lynmouth one is water-powered.
Oh, the excitement!
So is the one at Saltburn, it was "Victorianised" during the recent refurbishment.
Corax
Luke 5:16
I have no pictures to add, but I love the thread. There's something inexplicably captivating and charming about them.
I'm damn sure I've been on at least one, but I'm totally stumped where it/they was/were. Childhood holidays mainly spent in North Wales, with the occasional one camping in the Dordogne...
I'm damn sure I've been on at least one, but I'm totally stumped where it/they was/were. Childhood holidays mainly spent in North Wales, with the occasional one camping in the Dordogne...
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Beat me to itApparently Scarborough had five at one point. Now there's just three, but one has been out of use for some time.
bi0boy
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neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
Oops. You should have posted a photo (that's my excuse for not reading the thread properly)
bi0boy
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Oops. You should have posted a photo (that's my excuse for not reading the thread properly)
I was going to but couldn't be arsed, so my fault no one read my post I suppose.
not-bono-ever
meh
budapest has one. and you can get leathered on Unicum at a bar near the base beforehand.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
'Worlds shortest funicular' isn't really a great selling point!
Wikipedia reckons it's one in Bournemouth:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman's_Walk_Cliff_Railway
Weirdly there isn't a wikipedia section for the longest/tallest, just the shortest.
This one has the largest gauge and a nice industrial aesthetic:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lärchwand-Schrägaufzug
Wikipedia reckons it's one in Bournemouth:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman's_Walk_Cliff_Railway
Weirdly there isn't a wikipedia section for the longest/tallest, just the shortest.
This one has the largest gauge and a nice industrial aesthetic:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lärchwand-Schrägaufzug
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hiraethified
That one looks ace.
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hiraethified
Here's a full listing of UK funicular railways, open and closed:
England
Wales
England
- Bournemouth:
- Bridgnorth, Bridgnorth Cliff Railway
- Brighton, Devil's Dyke, Devil's Dyke Steep Grade Railway (closed)
- Bristol, Clifton Rocks Railway (1893–1934)
- Broadstairs, Broadstairs Cliff Railway (1901–1991) – single car, all in tunnel [38]
- Folkestone, Leas Lift – a water-balance type [39] (reopened 2010)
- Hastings:
- Lizard, The Lizard Lifeboat Station (RNLI)
- Lynton, Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway
- London, London Millennium Funicular (opened 2003)[40]
- Manchester, URBIS Museum[41]
- Margate, Margate Cliff Railway (Cliftonville Lido) (1913-1970s) – single-car, parallel to cliff [42]
- Padstow, Padstow Cliff Railway (RNLI)
- St Michael's Mount, St. Michael's Mount Tramway (private underground goods funicular)
- Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Saltburn Cliff Lift
- Scarborough (See also article Scarborough funiculars):
- Central Tramway (opened 1880)
- North Cliff Lift (1930–1996)
- Queens Parade Cliff Lift (1878–1887)
- South Cliff Lift (opened 1873)
- St Nicholas Cliff Lift (1929–2006)
- Sennen Cove (private funicular)[43]
- Shipley, Shipley Glen Cable Tramway
- Southend, Southend Cliff Railway[44]
- Torbay, Babbacombe Cliff Railway
- Wakefield, National Coal Mining Museum[45]
- Windsor, Legoland, Legoland Hill Train (formerly Windsor Safari Park Funicular)[46][47]
- York, National Railway Museum, Museum Inclinator
Wales
- Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth Cliff Railway
- Blaenau Ffestiniog, Llechwedd Slate Caverns
- Ebbw Vale, Ebbw Vale Garden Festival, Ebbw Vale Garden Festival Funicular (1992-1992)
- Llandudno, Great Orme Tramway
- Machynlleth, Centre for Alternative Technology, CAT Funicular
- Swansea, Constitution Hill Railway (closed)
Remus Harbank
Cake and whipped cream…
This funicular disaster in 2000 was a terrible event
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