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List of funicular railways

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.

Contents

Note that it is sometimes hard to draw a line between a funicular railway and an incline elevator.

South Africa

  • Cape of Good Hope, Flying Dutchman Funicular

    • Hong Kong

  • Peak Tram
  • Ocean Park, Ocean Express
  • Po Fook Hill Elevator
  • Discovery Bay Elevator

    • India

  • Tamil Nadu, Palani Murugan temple, Palani Temple Funicular
  • At Bhira and Bhivpuri Road in the state of Maharashtra, the private Tata Group operates funicular railways, see Indian private railways.
  • At Joginder Nagar, Himachal Pradesh is India's highest funicular at 2500 metres. It was built in 1930s to carry heavy machinery of Shanan Power House to Barot.
  • At Saptashrungi, Maharashtra, expected to open by late 2016.

    • Israel

  • Haifa, Carmelit

    • Japan

  •  Aomori Prefecture
  • Sotogahama, Seikan Tunnel Museum, Seikan Tunnel Tappi Shako Line
  •  Fukuoka Prefecture
  • Kitakyushu, Hobashira Cable
  • Hyogo Prefecture
  • Kawanishi, Nose Railway, Myoken Cable
  • Kobe:
  • Kobe City Urban Development, Maya Cablecar
  • Rokko Maya Railway, Rokko Cable Line
  • Skylator (Legally an elevator, not a funicular.)
  •  Ibaraki Prefecture
  • Tsukuba, Tsukuba Kanko Railway, Mt. Tsukuba Cable Car
  •  Kagawa Prefecture
  • Takamatsu, Shikoku Cable, Yakuri Cable
  •  Kanagawa Prefecture
  • Hakone, Hakone Tozan Railway, Hakone Tozan Cable Car
  • Isehara, Oyama Kanko Dentetsu, Oyama Cable Car
  •  Kyoto Prefecture
  • Kyoto, Kyoto:
  • Keifuku Electric Railroad, Eizan Cable
  • Kurama-dera, Kurama-dera Cable
  • Miyazu, Tango Kairiku Kotsu, Amanohashidate Cable Car
  • Yawata, Keihan Electric Railway, Otokoyama Cable
  •  Nara Prefecture
  • Ikoma, Kinki Nippon Railway, Ikoma Cable
  •  Oita Prefecture
  • Beppu, Okamoto MFG, Beppu Rakutenchi Cable
  •  Osaka Prefecture
  • Yao, Kinki Nippon Railway, Nishi Shigi Cable
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Prefecture
  • Hachioji, Takao Tozan Electric Railway, Takao Tozan Cable
  • Ome, Mitake Tozan Railway, Mitake Tozan Cable
  •  Toyama Prefecture
  • Tateyama:
  • Tateyama Kurobe Kanko, Kurobe Cable Car
  • Tateyama Kurobe Kanko, Tateyama Cable Car
  •  Shiga Prefecture
  • Otsu, Hieizan Railway, Sakamoto Cable
  •  Shizuoka Prefecture
  • Kannami, Izuhakone Railway, Jukkokutoge Cable Car
  •  Wakayama Prefecture
  • Koya, Nankai Electric Railway, Koyasan Cable

    • Lebanon

  • Harissa, Funiculaire de Harissa

    • Malaysia

  • Penang, Penang Hill, Penang Hill Railway

    • People's Republic of China

    Chongqing
  • (several funiculars, for transport of riverboat passengers from pontoon to shore etc.; some now closed).
    • Jiangxi
  • Jiujiang, Lushan - Sandiequan funicular

    • South Korea

  • Samcheok, choochoopark Incline Train

    • Thailand

  • Chiang Mai, Wat Phra That Doi Suthep
  • Phetchaburi, Khao Wang
  • Songkhla, Khao Tang Kuan

    • Vietnam

  • Danang, Ba Na Hill

    • Austria

  • Bad Hofgastein, Schlossalmbahn (opened 1964)
  • Ellmau, Hartkaiserbahn (opened 1972)
  • Graz, Schlossbergbahn (opened 1894)
  • Großglockner, Großglockner-Gletscherbahn
  • Hallstatt, Salzbergbahn
  • Innsbruck:
  • Hoadlbahn (opened 1975)
  • Hungerburgbahn (opened 1907)
  • Kaprun:
  • Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 (1974–2000; site of the Kaprun disaster)
  • Lärchwand-Schrägaufzug (opened 1952)
  • Kolbnitz, Reißeck:
  • Kreuzeckbahn (opened 1974)
  • Reißeckbahn
  • Kufstein, Festungsbahn
  • Sankt Leonhard im Pitztal, Pitzexpress (opened 1983)
  • Salzburg:
  • Reisszug (opened c.1500)
  • Festungsbahn (opened 1892)
  • Seefeld in Tirol, Rosshütte (opened 1969)
  • Serfaus, Dorfbahn Serfaus (opened 1985)

    • Azerbaijan

  • Baku, Baku Funicular

    • Belgium

  • Spa, Funiculaire de Spa

    • Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Sarajevo

    • Bulgaria

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

    • Croatia

  • Zagreb, Zagreb Funicular
  • Dubrovnik, Hotel President funicular

    • Czech Republic

  • Prague:
  • Petřín funicular (since 1891)
  • Letná funicular (1891–1916, officially abolished in 1922, in 1926–1935 served as the first Prague escalator)
  • Mövenpick Hotel funicular (since 1996, the hotel was renamed to NH Hotel in 2012)
  • Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad):
  • Diana Funicular (opened 1912)
  • Imperial Funicular (subway; opened 1907)
  • Slovenská-Imperial Funicular (1912–1959)
  • Tři kříže Funicular (Dreikreuzberg, unfinished, the construction process began 1913 and was interrupted 1914 with World War I, now the intention is actual again)

    • Finland

  • Koli National Park (short funicular from parking area to the nature centre)

    • France

  • Besançon, Funiculaire de Beauregard-Bregille
  • Évian-les-Bains, Évian-les-Bains Funicular
  • Langres, Funiculaire Panoramique Sous-Bie
  • Le Havre, Funiculaire du Havre
  • Le Tréport, Le Tréport Funicular
  • Les Arcs, Funiculaire Arc-en-ciel
  • Les Deux Alpes, Funiculaire Dome Express
  • Lourdes, Funiculaire du Pic du Jer
  • Lyon:
  • St Jean - St Just Funicular
  • St Jean - Fourvière Funicular
  • Mont-Dore, Mont-Dore Funicular
  • Paris, Montmartre funicular
  • Pau, Funiculaire de Pau
  • Saint-Hilaire du Touvet, Funiculaire de Saint-Hilaire du Touvet
  • Thonon-les-Bains, Funiculaire de Thonon-les-Bains
  • Tignes, Funiculaire Du Perce-Neige
  • Val-d'Isère, Funival

    • Georgia

  • Tbilisi, funicular to Mtatsminda Pantheon

    • Germany

  • Augustusburg, Augustusburg Cable Railway
  • Bad Ems:
  • Kurwaldbahn
  • Malbergbahn (1887–1979)
  • Bad Wildbad, Sommerbergbahn
  • Baden-Baden, Merkurbergbahn
  • Dresden:
  • Schwebebahn Dresden
  • Standseilbahn Dresden
  • Freiburg im Breisgau, Schlossbergbahn
  • Heidelberg, Heidelberger Bergbahn
  • Hirschau, Monte Kaolino
  • Hohenwarte
  • Karlsruhe, Turmbergbahn
  • Künzelsau, Künzelsauer Bergbahn
  • Oberstdorf, Schattbergsprungstadion
  • Oberweißbach, Oberweißbacher Bergbahn
  • Peterskopf, Peterskopfbahn
  • Sellin, Sellin Pier Lift
  • Stuttgart, Standseilbahn Stuttgart
  • Bad Herrenalb, Falkenburgbahn
  • Wiesbaden, Nerobergbahn
  • Willingen, Mühlenkopfschanze Funicular

    • Greece

  • Athens, Lycabettus, Lycabettus Funicular
  • Ermones, Corfu, Grand Mediterraneo Beach Resort Funicular
  • Attika, Mt Parnes, Mt Parnes Funicular

    • Hungary

  • Budapest, Castle Hill Funicular (1870)

    • Isle of Man

  • Douglas:
  • Douglas Head Incline Railway (1900–1954)
  • Falcon Cliff Lift (1887–1990)
  • Port Soderick, Port Soderick Beach Funicular (1897–1939)

    • Italy

  • Bergamo:
  • Città Bassa–Città Alta funicular
  • Porta Sant'Alessandro–San Vigilio funicular
  • Biella, Piazzo–Piano funicular
  • Como, Como–Brunate funicular
  • Campodolcino, Skiexpress funicular
  • Capri, Piazza–Marina Grande funicular
  • Catanzaro, Catanzaro funicular
  • Certaldo, Certaldo funicular
  • Genoa:
  • Quezzi funicular
  • Sant'Anna funicular
  • Zecca–Righi funicular
  • Kaltern/Caldaro, Mendel Funicular
  • Livorno, Montenero Funicular
  • Mondovì, Mondovì Funicular
  • Montecatini Terme, Scalo–Città funicular
  • Mercogliano, Montevergine funicular
  • Naples:
  • Central Funicular
  • Chiaia Funicular
  • Mergellina Funicular
  • Montesanto Funicular
  • Orvieto, Stazione FS–Piazza Cahen funicular
  • San Pellegrino Terme, San Pellegrino Terme funicular (1909-1988)
  • Santa Cristina Gherdëina, Gardena Ronda Express
  • Trieste, Trieste–Opicina tramway
  • Urtijëi, Resciesa (opened 2010)
  • Varese:
  • Funicolare del Kursaal
  • Funicolare del Sacro Monte

    • Lithuania

  • Kaunas:
  • Žaliakalnis Funicular Railway
  • Aleksotas Funicular Railway
  • Vilnius, Gediminas Hill Funicular Railway

    • Malta

  • St. Julian's:
  • Hotel Valentina Funicular

    • Norway

  • Bergen, Fløibanen
  • Rjukan, Gaustatoppen
  • Tyssedal, Mågelibanen

    • Poland

  • Krynica, Góra Parkowa (opened 1937)
  • Zakopane, Gubałówka Hill Funicular (opened 1938)
  • Międzybrodzie Żywieckie, Góra Żar (opened 2003)
  • Gdynia, Kamienna Góra (opened 2015)

    • Portugal

  • Braga, Nogueiró e Tenões, Bom Jesus Funicular (Portuguese: Elevador do Bom Jesus do Monte),
  • Lisbon:
  • Misericórdia, Bica Funicular (Portuguese: Elevador/Ascensor da Bica),
  • Glória Funicular (Portuguese: Elevador/Ascensor da Glória)
  • Arrois Lavra Funicular (Portuguese: Elevador/Ascensor do Lavra)
  • Porto, Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, Guindais Funicular (Portuguese: Ascensor dos Guindais,)
  • Nazaré, Nazaré, Nazaré Funicular (Portuguese: Ascensor da Nazaré)
  • Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo (Santa Maria Maior e Monserrate) e Meadela, Santa Luzia Funicular (Portuguese: Elevador de Santa Luzia)
  • Viseu, Viseu, Viseu Funicular (Portuguese: Funicular de Viseu)

    • Russia

  • Sochi, Sochi Funicular
  • Vladivostok, Vladivostok Funicular

    • Romania

  • Deva Citadel, Deva Funicular

    • Slovakia

  • Starý Smokovec, Starý Smokovec–Hrebienok funicular

    • Slovenia

  • Ljubljana, Ljubljana Castle funicular

    • Spain

  • Principality of Asturias, Funicular de Bulnes
  • Barcelona:
  • Funicular de Montjuïc
  • Funicular del Tibidabo
  • Funicular de Vallvidrera
  • Bilbao:
  • Artxanda Funicular
  • La Reineta (Trapagaran)
  • Donostia-San Sebastian, Funicular de Igueldo
  • Gelida, Funicular de Gelida
  • San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Funicular del Valle de los Caídos
  • Montserrat:
  • Funicular de Sant Joan
  • Funicular de Santa Cova
  • San Sebastián:
  • Funicular de Igueldo

    • Sweden

  • Stockholm, Skansens Bergbana
  • Åre, Jämtland County, Åre Bergbana
  • Skärholmen, Skärholmens bergbana
  • Nacka Strand, Nacka Strand bergbana
  • Liljeholmen, Nybohovshissen

    • Switzerland

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

    Canton of Berne

  • Bern:
  • Gurtenbahn funicular
  • Marzilibahn funicular
  • Beatenberg, Thunersee–Beatenberg funicular
  • Biel/Bienne:
  • Biel/Bienne–Leubringen/Evilard funicular
  • Biel/Bienne–Magglingen/Macolin funicular
  • Brienz, Giessbachbahn funicular
  • Handegg, Gelmerbahn funicular
  • Interlaken:
  • Harderbahn
  • Heimwehfluhbahn
  • Lauterbrunnen, Grütschalpbahn (1891–2006; now a cable car)
  • Ligerz, Tessenberg Bahn
  • Mürren, Allmendhubelbahn
  • Meiringen, Reichenbachfall funicular
  • Reichenbach, Niesenbahn funicular
  • St-Imier, Funiculaire Saint-Imier-Mont-Soleil

    • Canton of Fribourg

  • Fribourg, Funiculaire Neuveville - Saint-Pierre
  • Moléson, Funiculaire Moléson sur Gruyères

    • Canton of Glarus

  • Linthal, Braunwald funicular

    • Canton of Graubünden

  • Davos:
  • Parsenn funicular
  • Schatzalp Bahn
  • Punt Muragl, Muottas Muragl Bahn
  • St. Moritz, St. Moritz–Corviglia funicular

    • Canton of Luzern

  • Kriens, Kriens–Sonnenberg funicular
  • Luzern:
  • Dietschiberg Bahn (1912–1978)
  • Drahtseilbahn Hotel Montana
  • Gütschbahn funicular

    • Canton of Neuchâtel

  • Neuchâtel:
  • Funambule funicular
  • Funiculaire Ecluse Plan
  • Funiculaire La Coudre Chaumont

    • Canton of Nidwalden

  • Bürgenstock, Bürgenstock funicular
  • Stans, Stanserhorn-Bahn
  • Stansstad, Fürigenbahn

    • Canton of Schwyz

  • Schwyz, Stoosbahn

    • Canton of St. Gallen

  • St. Gallen, Mühleggbahn
  • Unterwasser, Chäserrugg-Bahn

    • Canton of Ticino

  • Locarno, Locarno–Madonna del Sasso funicular
  • Lugano:
  • Lugano Città–Stazione funicular
  • Monte Brè funicular
  • Monte San Salvatore funicular
  • Piotta, Ritom funicular

    • Canton of Uri

  • Treib, Treib–Seelisberg funicular

    • Canton of Valais

  • Le Châtelard, Trains touristiques d'Emosson
  • Saas-Fee, Metro Alpin (highest in the world)
  • St-Luc, Funiculaire St-Luc Chandolin
  • Sierre, Funiculaire Sierre Montana Crans
  • Zermatt, Zermatt–Sunnegga funicular

    • Canton of Vaud

  • Cossonay, Cossonay–Gare–Ville funicular
  • Les Avants, Les Avants–Sonloup funicular
  • Montreux:
  • Territet–Glion funicular
  • Funiculaire Territet–Mont Fleuri
  • Vevey, Vevey–Chardonne–Mont Pèlerin funicular

    • Canton of Zug

  • Schönegg, Zugerbergbahn funicular

    • Canton of Zürich

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

    • Turkey

  • Istanbul, Tünel
  • Istanbul, Kabataş-Taksim Funicular

    • Ukraine

  • Kiev, Kiev Funicular
  • Odessa, Odessa Funicular

    • England

  • Bournemouth:
  • East Cliff Railway
  • Fisherman's Walk Cliff Railway
  • West Cliff Railway
  • 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
  • Folkestone, Leas Lift – a water-balance type (reopened 2010)
  • Hastings:
  • East Hill Cliff Railway
  • West Hill Cliff Railway
  • Lizard, The Lizard Lifeboat Station (RNLI)
  • Lynton, Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway
  • London, London Millennium Funicular (opened 2003)
  • Manchester, URBIS Museum
  • Margate, Margate Cliff Railway (Cliftonville Lido) (1913-1970s) – single-car, parallel to cliff
  • 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)
  • Shipley, Shipley Glen Cable Tramway
  • Southend, Southend Cliff Railway
  • Torbay, Babbacombe Cliff Railway
  • Wakefield, National Coal Mining Museum
  • Windsor, Legoland, Legoland Hill Train (formerly Windsor Safari Park Funicular)
  • York, National Railway Museum, Museum Inclinator (removed 2013)

    • Scotland

  • Aviemore, Cairngorm Mountain Railway

    • Wales

  • Aberporth, Clausen Rolling Platform
  • Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth Cliff Railway
  • Blaenau Ffestiniog, Llechwedd Slate Caverns
  • Ebbw Vale
  • Ebbw Vale Garden Festival, Ebbw Vale Garden Festival Funicular (1992-1992)
  • Ebbw Vale Cableway (opened 2015, 75 foot rise)
  • Llandudno, Great Orme Tramway
  • Machynlleth, Centre for Alternative Technology, CAT Funicular
  • Swansea, Constitution Hill Incline Tramway (1898–1902)

    • Canada

    Alberta

  • Edmonton:
  • Edmonton Incline Railway (1908-1913)
  • River Valley Funicular, under construction, expected to open 2017

    • Ontario

  • Hamilton, Hamilton Incline Railway (1900-1936)
  • Niagara Falls:
  • Falls Incline Railway (also known as the Horseshoe Falls Incline) (1966-)
  • Leander Colt Incline (circa 1869-1889)
  • Maid of the Mist Incline (1894–1990; also known as the Clifton Incline)
  • Whirlpool Rapids Incline (circa 1876-1934)

    • Quebec

  • Montreal, Mount Royal Funicular Railway (1884-1918)
  • Quebec City, Old Quebec Funicular (1879-1907) cable, (1907-1945) electric, (1946-) rebuilt

    • Mexico

  • Funicular of Guanajuato : inaugurated in 2001, it joins the theatre Juarez to the monument El Pipila.
  • Grutas de García, Nuevo León (replaced by an aerial tramway)

    • United States

    Alaska

  • Ketchikan, Creek Street Funicular Tram

    • Arkansas

  • Marble Falls, Dogpatch USA, Dogpatch Funicular Tram (1971–1993)

    • California

  • Dana Point, Strand Beach Funicular (2009-)
  • Fairfax, California (1913-1929)
  • Feather River Canyon, Bucks Creek Powerhouse, single car incline used for inspection of water system, now abandoned. Rails still visible on canyon walls.
  • Industry, Pacific Palms Resort, 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)
  • Court Flight (closed),(operated from 1904-1943 damaged by fire; razed 1944), now site of Court of Flags.
  • Mt. Washington Railway (opened 1909, closed 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 counter balance 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'.
  • San Francisco, The "Las Casitas Tram", a private funicular used to serve an apartment complex on Bay Street.
  • Santa Catalina Island, Island Mountain Railway (1904-1918; 1921-1923)
  • Valencia, Six Flags Magic Mountain Orient Express, (original name: Funicular)

    • Colorado

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

    • Iowa

  • Dubuque
  • Fourth Street Elevator (opened 1882; still operational)
  • Eleventh Street Elevator (closed)

    • Michigan

  • Grand Rapids, John Ball Zoological Garden (2012-)
  • Kalamazoo, Western State Normal Railroad (1908–1949)

    • Minnesota

  • Duluth
  • 7th Avenue West Incline Railway (1891–1939)
  • Duluth Belt Line Railway (in West Duluth) (1889–1916)

    • Missouri

  • Branson, Marvel Cave, Silver Dollar City, 218 feet (66 m) long, 500 feet (152.4 m) rise, Curve! (opened 1957, still used)

    • New Jersey

  • Hoboken, Hoboken Elevated Wagon Lift (opened 1873-closed)
  • Orange Orange Mountain Cable Railway (1893-1902)
  • Weehawken
  • Eldorado Elevator
  • Weehawken Elevated Wagon Lift (opened 1873-closed)

    • New York

  • Beacon, Mount Beacon Incline Railway (1902–1972; 1975-1978)
  • Niagara Falls, Prospect Park Incline Railway (1847–1907)
  • New York, Manhattan, Hudson Yards Station Inclines (opened 2015, still operational)
  • Palenville, Otis Elevating Railway (1892–1918)
  • Sea Cliff, Sea Cliff Incline (1886-after 1907)
  • Yonkers
  • Park Hill Incline (1894-1937)
  • Ridge Hill Incline, Yonkers other funicular to the Sprain Ridge Hospital Campus.

    • 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.
  • Maggie Valley, Ghost Town in the Sky (opened 1961, closed 2002, park reopened May 25, 2007, incline still not operational)

    • Ohio

  • Cincinnati
  • Bellevue Incline (1876–1926)
  • Fairview Incline (1892–1923)
  • Mount Adams Incline (1874–1948)
  • Mount Auburn Incline (1872–1898)
  • Price Hill Incline (1874–1943)

    • Pennsylvania

  • Altoona, Horseshoe Curve funicular
  • Ashley, Ashley Planes (1837-1948)
  • Beaver Falls, Patterson Heights Incline (1895–1927)
  • Johnstown, Johnstown Inclined Plane
  • Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway (1847–1938)
  • Mount Jefferson Plane, Summit Hill
  • Mount Pisgah Plane, Jim Thorpe
  • Pittsburgh
  • Bellevue Incline (1887–1892)
  • Castle Shannon Incline (1891–1964)
  • Castle Shannon South Incline (1892–c. 1914)
  • Clifton Incline (1895–1905)
  • Duquesne Incline (opened 1877; still operational)
  • Fort Pitt Incline (1882–1900)
  • H.B. Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad, inclines on Becks Run and Streets Run, operational in 1877
  • Knoxville Incline (1890–1960)
  • Monongahela Incline (opened 1870; still operational)
  • Monongahela Freight Incline (1884–1935)
  • Mount Oliver Incline (1872–1951)
  • Norwood Incline (1901–1923)
  • Nunnery Hill Incline (1888–1895)
  • Penn Incline (1884–1953)
  • Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Plane (bef. 1871 – c. 1912)
  • Ridgewood Incline (1889–1900)
  • St. Clair Incline (1888–c. 1932)
  • Troy Hill Incline (1888–1898)
  • West Elizabeth
  • Walton's coal incline
  • O'Neil and Company Incline

    • Puerto Rico

  • Fajardo, El Conquistador Resort

    • Tennessee

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

    • Utah

  • Park City, St. Regis Deer Crest Resort (opened 2008; still operational)

    • Virginia

  • Roanoke, Mill Mountain Incline (1910–1929)

    • Wisconsin

  • Milwaukee, Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum

    • Australia

  • Katoomba, Katoomba Scenic Railway

    • New Zealand

  • Wellington, Wellington Cable Car
  • Broken River Ski Area, Craigieburn Valley

    • Argentina

  • San Miguel de Tucumán
  • San Carlos de Bariloche, Cerro Otto (opened 2007)

    • Brazil

  • Paranapiacaba
  • Salvador
  • Santos, São Paulo
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • Outeiro da Glória (1942; modernized 2003)
  • Dona Marta (two parts: upper, 2006; lower 2008)

    • Chile

  • Santiago
  • Cerro san Cristobal (opened 1925)
  • Cerro Santa Lucia (opened 1902, closed 1910)
  • Valparaíso
  • 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
  • Villanelo (opened 1984)

    • Colombia

  • Bogotá, Monserrate (1929)

    • References

    List of funicular railways Wikipedia
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