Funicular railways of the UK and elsewhere

[CosmikRoger]

There's one at Tignes,

There is also one some dude built himself using an old ski lift cabin,

Tried to link a google maps streetview, look up Rue des Genévriers at Brides les Bains if it doesn't work.
I'll try and get a better pic next time I pass

 

[friendofdorothy]

We've just been up this funicular in Bergen - the Fløibanen up to the snow covered mount floyen. Lovely view from the top.

 

[bi0boy]

Enryakuji temple complex in Kyoto has the Sakamoto Cable line up one side:

and the Keihan Cable Line down the other

 

[Dogsauce]

The one in the Blue mountains is absurdly steep in places. standing is not an option.

I went on that one, and also the 'scenic' cablecar ride. Visibility was about 25m in low cloud. It wasn't supposed to bloody rain.

 

[2hats]

The other week I travelled on the tram-funicular hybrid line from Opicina to Trieste.

Just prior to that I had a spin on the Ljubljana Castle funicular.

 

[oneflewover]

One of the Scarborough ones has been converted to a cafe and very nice it is too.

My favourite Montserrat, an easy day trip from Barcelona. Up the Funicular and rack railway and down the cable car
Funiculars in Montserrat: Cremallera, Santa Cova and Sant Joan Funiculars Mountain Trains at Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain
Cable Car in Montserrat: Guide to the Aeri de Montserrat Cable Car to Montserrat Monastery in Catalonia, Spain
Rack Railway to Montserrat: Cremallera Funicular to Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain

Cranks heaven

 

[existentialist]

Lyon has two - one to St Just and one to Fourvière, the ugliest cathedral in France.

You're not kidding. Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Plumdaff]

They call this a "water balanced cliff railway" at the Centre for Alternative Technology at Machynlleth but it's a short funicular, no?

And not strictly a funicular but too good to miss out and I have been on it - the fabulous Metrocable of Medellin.

 

[trashpony]

I forgot about this one until just now which me and the foal went on a couple of times (it's free). Pau is a city in SW France at the foot of the Pyrenees. That avenue at the top has an amazing view - a really flat valley and then the mountains

Funiculaire de Pau

 

[A380]

By the Millennium Bridge. Mind you, it was out of order when I tried to go on it:

 

[Bakunin]

bit of a design flaw if that had been built at the same time as the castle

broadsword calling Danny Boy. Broadsword calling Danny Boy.'

 

[eoin_k]

Does the lift at Greenford station count:

 

[oneflewover]

By the Millennium Bridge. Mind you, it was out of order when I tried to go on it:

Which disappoints me so much because the Barcelona Escalators have been working each time I've been

 

[A380]

They call this a "water balanced cliff railway" at the Centre for Alternative Technology at Machynlleth but it's a short funicular, no?

And not strictly a funicular but too good to miss out and I have been on it - the fabulous Metrocable of Medellin.

I seem to remember being told the one at CAT was made from recycled materials?

 

[A380]

By the Millennium Bridge. Mind you, it was out of order when I tried to go on it:

It was working today. Hurrah.

 

[Crispy]

Crossrail will have loads of lifts like that

 

[glentramway]

Readers might be interested in the oldest Funicular Railway, still running, in the UK and possibly further afield. (Rightly or wrongly I tend not to include cliff lifts, etc. as funicular railways.) The system has a drive wheel at the top of a quarter mile slope, maximum incline of 1:7, therefore a bottom surge wheel, which is weighted, is required to keep the cable taut unlike cliff lifts.
The Shipley Glen Tramway first ran in 1895 and is still running, maintained and opened each weekend by volunteers.
Full details and a short history are included on the web site www.shipleyglentramway.co.uk.
The Tramway is 5 minutes from the World Heritage Village of Saltaire near Bradford.

 

[editor]

Readers might be interested in the oldest Funicular Railway, still running, in the UK and possibly further afield. (Rightly or wrongly I tend not to include cliff lifts, etc. as funicular railways.) The system has a drive wheel at the top of a quarter mile slope, maximum incline of 1:7, therefore a bottom surge wheel, which is weighted, is required to keep the cable taut unlike cliff lifts.
The Shipley Glen Tramway first ran in 1895 and is still running, maintained and opened each weekend by volunteers.
Full details and a short history are included on the web site www.shipleyglentramway.co.uk.
The Tramway is 5 minutes from the World Heritage Village of Saltaire near Bradford.
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I like it!

 

[kebabking]

The Bridgnorth one is excellent - shopping, the market, chip shop and castle grounds in the high town, then funicular down to low town and the excellent ice cream shop.

You can even take the steam train on the Severn valley railway from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth...

 

[StoneRoad]

Saltburn dates from 1884 ... which is a water balance funicular railway

SCL - Saltburn Cliff Lift

Saltburn Cliff Lift - Wikipedia - note : there are a couple of errors in this item.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Kiev has a beauty.

 

[Mumbles274]

Folkestone's is currently closed hoping to find funding


Folkestone: Bid to seek voluntary director to re-open Leas Lift

 

[One dog]

There is a nice one in Prague.

 

[A380]

Gelmerbahn. Apparently Europe's steepest. Looks a bit scary for me...

 

[phillm]

Fookin hell that would scare me.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Gurten Bahn, just outside Bern in Switzerland. There's a stately home and a park at the top.

 

[Sphinxminx]

Great thread! That German one looks terrifying.There was one at Oddicombe Beach Devon I used a lot in the past. Bridgnorth, Shropshire too - don't know if they're still there. Lynmouth/ Lynton N Devon is I believe.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Bournemouth today...

 

[hash tag]

Apparently Scarborough had five at one point. Now there's just three, but one has been out of use for some time.

Please be assured on my recent visit to Scarborough, it was working!



This has had a history. Dating back to 1841, replaced by an escalator and when that broke down it reverted to the Potemkin Funicular, in Odessa.
Have just been chatting to someone at work who recently visited; it sounds an amazing place to visit

 

[Plumdaff]

Readers might be interested in the oldest Funicular Railway, still running, in the UK and possibly further afield. (Rightly or wrongly I tend not to include cliff lifts, etc. as funicular railways.) The system has a drive wheel at the top of a quarter mile slope, maximum incline of 1:7, therefore a bottom surge wheel, which is weighted, is required to keep the cable taut unlike cliff lifts.
The Shipley Glen Tramway first ran in 1895 and is still running, maintained and opened each weekend by volunteers.
Full details and a short history are included on the web site www.shipleyglentramway.co.uk.
The Tramway is 5 minutes from the World Heritage Village of Saltaire near Bradford.
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I went on this on Sunday. It was excellent!