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.
South Africa
Flying Dutchman Funicular
Réunion
Saint-Benoît , Takamaka funicular [1] (opened 1968) industrial funicular for Takamaka hydroelectric power stations employees
Brazil
Niterói , Niterói funicular (1906- closed before 1950s) [2]
Paranapiacaba , São Paulo Railway (two lines 1867–1982; later rack operated)
Rio de Janeiro :
Outeiro da Glória funicular (opened 1942; modernized 2003) [3]
Paula Mattos funicular (1877-1926) [4]
Salvador :
Gonçalves funicular [ pt ] (opened 1889)
Liberdade-Calçada funicular [ pt ] (opened 1981)
Pilar funicular [ pt ] (opened 1915) replacing a rack railway from 1897
Santos , Monte Serrat funicular [ pt ] (opened 1927) [5]
Canada
View from the Old Quebec Funicular
Chile
Artillería Elevator on Artillería hill, Valparaíso .
Barón Elevator on Barón hill, Valparaíso , Chile
Santiago
Cerro San Cristóbal (opened 1925)[ citation needed ]
Cerro Santa Lucía (opened 1902, closed 1910)[ citation needed ]
Cerro 18 (opened 2016)
Parque de La Infancia Funicular (opened 2012)
Valparaíso [8] (see also: Funicular railways of Valparaíso )
Arrayán (opened 1905, closed 1964)
Artillería (opened 1893)
Barón (opened 1906)
Bellavista (opened 1897, closed 1955)
Concepción (opened 1883)
Cordillera (opened 1887)
El Hogar (opened 1912, closed 1955)
El Peral (opened 1902)
Esmeralda (opened 1905, closed 1962)
Espíritu Santo (opened 1911)
Florida (opened 1906)
Hospital Carlos van Buren (opened 1929)
La Cruz (opened 1908, closed 1992)
Larrain (opened 1906)
Las Monjas (opened 1912)
Lecheros (opened 1906)
Mariposas (opened 1904)
Pantéon (opened 1900, closed 1952)
Perdices (opened 1932, closed 1962)
Placeres (opened 1913, closed 1971)
Ramaditas (opened 1914, closed 1955)
Reina Victoria (opened 1902)
San Agustin (opened 1913)
Sant Domingo (opened 1910, closed 1965)
Villaseca (opened 1907)
Viña del Mar
Mexico
Funicular of Guanajuato
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
California
Capitola , Shadowbrook [11] (1958–), single car incline used to access a unique riverfront restaurant that's been in business since 1947.
Fairfax (1913–1929)[12] [13]
Feather River Canyon , Bucks Creek Powerhouse, single car incline used for inspection of water system, later abandoned. Rails still visible on canyon walls.
Industry , Pacific Palms Resort , Industry Hills Golf Club funicular (opened 1979; later 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 to 1943 damaged by fire; razed 1944), site of Court of Flags.
Mt. Washington Railway (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'.[14]
San Francisco
Santa Catalina Island , Island Mountain Railway (1904–1918; 1921–1923)
Valencia , Six Flags Magic Mountain Honda Express, (original name: Funicular)
North Carolina
Fontana Dam turbine hall access on the east side of the Little Tennessee River (technically not a funicular, but an inclined railway a single car with a balance sled which rolls on tracks underneath the cab). No longer operational.[24]
Maggie Valley , Ghost Town in the Sky (opened 1961, closed 2002, park reopened 2007, then closed again, incline still not operational)
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[35] 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[36]
Saptashrungi , Maharashtra , inaugurated in 2018.
Virar , Maharashtra , Jeevdani Temple.
West Asia
Israel
Carmelit underground funicular
Lebanon
Harissa , Funiculaire de Harissa (opened 1965)
Turkey
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.
Austria
Hungerburgbahn crossing the river Inn , about 1907
Kreuzeckbahn
Kolbnitz, Reißeck :
Kreuzeckbahn [ de ] (opened 1974)
Reißeckbahn closed for public transport
Kufstein , Festungsbahn
Reutte , Ehrenberg Liner (opened 2019)
Sankt Leonhard im Pitztal , Pitzexpress [ de ] (opened 1983)
Salzburg :
Seefeld in Tirol , Rosshütte (opened 1969)
Serfaus , U-Bahn Serfaus (opened 1985)
Spital am Pyhrn , Wurzeralmbahn
St. Anton am Arlberg , Kandaharbahn (opened 1972, replaced by monocable gondola Nassereinbahn in 2000)
St. Johann in Tirol , Harschbichlbahn I & II (replaced in 1987)
Zauchensee , Weltcupexpress (opened 2000)
Belgium
Spa , Funiculaire de Spa [ fr ]
Bulgaria
Veliko Tarnovo , Trapezitsa fortress (opened 2014)
Belchin , Tsari Mali Grad fortress (opened 2013)
Czech Republic
Diana Funicular in Karlovy Vary
Prague :
Petřín funicular (since 1891)
Letná funicular [ cs ] (1891–1916, officially abolished in 1922, in 1926–1935 served as the first Prague escalator)
NH Hotel Prague funicular [ cs ] (since 1996)
Karlovy Vary :
Diana Funicular [ cs ] (opened 1912)[39]
Imperial Funicular [ cs ] (subway; opened 1907)[40]
Slovenská–Imperial Funicular [ cs ] (1912–1959)[40]
Tři kříže Funicular [ cs ] (Dreikreuzberg, unfinished, the construction process began 1913 and was interrupted 1914 with World War I)
France
Funiculaire de Saint-Hilaire du Touvet
Arcachon , Arcachon Funicular [41] (1913-1948) replaced in 1949 by a vertical elevator
Les Arcs , Funiculaire Arc-en-ciel [ fr ] (opened 1989)
Aven Armand , Aven Arman Funicular [42] (opened 1963) tunnel funicular to provide access to the limestone cave
Bagnères-de-Luchon , La Chaumière Funicular [43] (1894-1970)
Barèges , Funiculaire du pic de l'Ayré [ fr ] (1937–2000)
Besançon , Funiculaire de Beauregard-Bregille [ fr ] (1912-1987)
La Bourboule , La Bourboule Funicular [ fr ] (1902-1958)
Cannes , Super-Cannes Funicular [ fr ] (1928-1965)
Les Deux Alpes , Funiculaire Dôme Express [ fr ] (opened 1989)
Évian-les-Bains , Évian-les-Bains Funicular [ fr ] (1913-1969; re-opened 2002)
Grasse , Grasse Funicular (1909-1938)
Grottes des Demoiselles , Grottes des Demoiselles Funicular [44] (opened 1931) tunnel funicular to provide access to the limestone cave
Le Havre , Funiculaire du Havre (1890-1944; reopened 1950)
Langres , Funiculaire Panoramique Sous-Bie [ fr ]
Laon , Poma 2000 (1989-2016) rubber tyres automated guideway transit cable-driven people mover funicular
Lourdes , Funiculaire du Pic du Jer (opened 1900)
Lyon :
Croix-Paquet Funicular [ fr ] (1891-1972) converted into Lyon Metro Line C from 1974
Rue Terme Funicular [ fr ] (1862-1967) mainly in tunnel, converted into a road tunnel from 1968
Saint Jean – Saint Just [ fr ] (opened 1878) from 1901 until 1958 converted into a rack railway, converted back to a funicular in 1958
Saint Jean – Fourvière Funicular [ fr ] (opened 1900)
Saint Paul – Fourvière Funicular [ fr ] (1900-1937)
Marseille , Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde Funicular [ fr ] (1892-1967)
Menton , l'Annonciade Funicular [45] (1914-closed c.1939)
Meudon , Bellevue funicular (1893-1917, re-opened 1922, closed 1934)
Mont-Dore , Funiculaire du Capucin [ fr ] (opened 1898)
Nancy , Cure d'Air Funicular [ fr ] (1905-1914)
Nice :
Cimiez Funicular [46] [47] [48] (1906-closed c.1955)
Expo Internationale 1884 Funicular [45] (1883-1884) 1884 Nice world's fair funicular
Zygofolis Funicular [ fr ] [46] (1987-1991) amusement park funicular
Paris , Montmartre Funicular (1900-1931; 1935–1990) converted into an inclined elevator from 1991
Pau , Funiculaire de Pau (1908-1970; re-opened 1978)
Penly Nuclear Power Plant , Penly Funicular [49] [50] (opened 1991) private funicular to transport workers and professional visitors from car parc to power plant
Rouen , Bonsecour Funicular [51] (1892-1915)
Saint-Hilaire du Touvet , Funiculaire de Saint-Hilaire du Touvet (opened 1924)
Thonon-les-Bains , Funiculaire de Thonon-les-Bains (opened 1888)
Tignes , Funiculaire du Perce-Neige (opened 1993)
Le Tréport , Le Tréport Funicular [ fr ] (1908-1941) replaced by a gondola lift from 1958 until 1982 and by an inclided elevator from 2006
Val-d'Isère , Funival (opened 1988)
Germany
Standseilbahn Dresden
The Nerobergbahn
Andernach , Krahnenbergbahn [ de ] (1895–1941)
Augustusburg , Augustusburg Cable Railway
Bad Ems :
Bad Pyrmont , Bombergbahn [ de ] (1895–1923)
Bad Wildbad , Sommerbergbahn
Baden-Baden , Merkurbergbahn
Dresden :
Freiburg im Breisgau , Schlossbergbahn
Heidelberg , Heidelberger Bergbahn
Hirschau , Monte Kaolino
Hohenwarte , Standseilbahn Hohenwarte [53]
Karlsruhe , Turmbergbahn
Koblenz , Rittersturzbahn [ de ] (1928–1959)
Künzelsau , Künzelsauer Bergbahn [ de ] [54]
Oberstdorf , Schattbergsprungstadion [ citation needed ]
Oberweißbach , Oberweißbacher Bergbahn [55]
Peterskopf , Peterskopfbahn [ de ] [56]
Saarbrücken , Standseilbahn Eschberg [ de ] (c. 1870–1926)
Sellin , Sellin Pier Lift [57]
Straßberg , Standseilbahn Kaiseringen [ de ] (1912–1921; military funicular)
Stuttgart , Standseilbahn Stuttgart
Bad Herrenalb , Falkenburgbahn [ de ] [58]
Wiesbaden , Nerobergbahn
Willingen , Mühlenkopfschanze Funicular [ citation needed ]
Italy
Bergamo Upper City funicular
The Mendel Funicular
Arenzano , Arenzano Funicular [ de ]
Bergamo :
Biella , Biella funicular
Como , Como–Brunate funicular
Campodolcino , Campodolcino funicular [ it ]
Capri , Capri funicular
Catanzaro , Catanzaro funicular
Certaldo , Certaldo funicular
Genoa :
Kaltern/Caldaro , Mendel funicular
Livorno , Montenero funicular
Mondovì , Mondovì funicular
Montecatini Terme , Montecatini Terme funicular [ it ]
Mercogliano , Montevergine funicular
Naples :
Orvieto , Stazione FS–Piazza Cahen funicular
San Pellegrino Terme , San Pellegrino funicular [ it ] (1909–1988)[59]
Santa Cristina Gherdëina , Gardena Ronda Express
Sorrento funicular (1893–1898)
Trieste , Trieste–Opicina tramway
Urtijëi , Resciesa funicular [ it ] (opened 2010)
Varese :
Verona , Verona funicular
Portugal
A view of the Bica Funicular as it travels between Rua da Bica de Duarte Belo and Rua de São Paulo
Russia
(Russia is a transcontinental country spanning Europe and Asia. All the funicular railways below are on the European side so are listed here.)
Nizhny Novgorod
Kremlin funicular [ ru ] (1896-1926; to be totally rebuilt and re-opened in 2023)
Pokhvalinsky funicular [ ru ] (1896-1927)
Sochi
Ordzhonikidze Sanatorium funicular [ ru ] (private) (1952-2010)
"Sochinsky" Central Military Sanatorium funicular [ ru ] (private) [61] (1934-2002; re-opened 2015)
Svetlogorsk , Svetlogorsk Funicular [62] (1908-closed 1960s) replaced by a cable car from 1983
Switzerland
(See also article List of funiculars in Switzerland , which tabulates Swiss funiculars in a sortable form. )
Bern
Bern :
Beatenberg , Thunersee–Beatenberg Funicular
Biel/Bienne :
Brienz , Giessbachbahn
Handegg , Gelmerbahn
Innertkirchen :
Interlaken :
Kandersteg : Nordic Arena lift
Lauterbrunnen
Ligerz , Vinifuni Ligerz–Prêles [65] [66]
Mürren , Allmendhubelbahn
Meiringen , Reichenbachfall-Bahn
Reichenbach , Niesenbahn
Ringgenberg , Schräglift Ringgenberg [ nl ]
St-Imier , Funiculaire Saint-Imier – Mont-Soleil [67]
Wabern bei Bern , Gurtenbahn
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
United Kingdom
Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway
Bridgnorth Cliff Railway
Hastings East Hill Cliff Railway
Great Orme Tramway
England
Bournemouth :
Bridgnorth , Cliff Railway (opened 1892)
Brighton , Devil's Dyke , Devil's Dyke Steep Grade Railway (1897–1909)[84]
Bristol , Clifton Rocks Railway (1893–1934) – all in tunnel
Broadstairs , Broadstairs Cliff Railway (1901–1991) – inclined elevator, all in tunnel [85]
Folkestone , Leas Lift (1885–2017; second pair 1890–1966) – water balanced
Hastings :
Lizard , The Lizard Lifeboat Station (RNLI )
Lynton and Lynmouth , Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway (opened 1890) – water balanced
London , London Millennium Funicular (2003-2021) – inclined elevator [86]
Manchester , URBIS Museum[87]
Margate , Margate Cliff Railway (Cliftonville Lido) (1913–1970s) – inclined elevator, parallel to cliff [88]
Padstow , Padstow Cliff Railway (RNLI )[ citation needed ]
St Michael's Mount , St. Michael's Mount Tramway (private underground goods funicular)
Saltburn-by-the-Sea , Saltburn Cliff Tramway (opened 1884) – water balanced
Scarborough (See also article Scarborough funiculars ):
Sennen Cove (private funicular)[89]
Shipley , Shipley Glen Cable Tramway
Southend-on-Sea , Cliff Lift (opened 1912) – inclined elevator [90]
Torquay , Babbacombe Cliff Railway (opened 1926)
Wakefield , National Coal Mining Museum [91]
Windsor , Legoland , Legoland Hill Train (formerly Windsor Safari Park Funicular)[92] [93]
York , National Railway Museum , Museum Inclinator (removed 2013)
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