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A funicular (railway) is a mountain railway that uses cables to move a rail car up a very steep slope. It is thus a hybrid between cable transport and rail transport.

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picture: Gütschbahn in Lucerne from Führer für Luzern, Vierwaldstättersee und Umgebung, Luzern, 1893.

Funiculars of the world:

LINKS http://www.p.lodz.pl/I35/personal/jw37/urbtr/funicul-eng.html

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