List of funicular railways

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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.

Africa

Réunion

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Saint-Benoît Takamaka funicular[1] 1968 Industrial funicular for Takamaka hydroelectric power stations employees

Saint Helena

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Jamestown Jacob's Ladder 1829 1871

South Africa

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Flying Dutchman Funicular
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Cape of Good Hope Flying Dutchman Funicular 1996

Americas

Brazil

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Niterói Niterói funicular[2] 1906 1950s
Paranapiacaba São Paulo Railway 1867

1982

Consist of two lines, (1982 later rack operated
Rio de Janeiro Outeiro da Glória funicular[3] 1942

(Modernized 2003)

Paula Mattos funicular[4] 1877 1926
Salvador Template:Ill 1889
Template:Ill 1981
Template:Ill 1915

2006

1984 (later reopened) Replacing a rack railway from 1897
Santos Template:Ill 1927 [5]

Canada

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View from the Old Quebec Funicular
Province Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Alberta Edmonton Edmonton Incline Railway[6] 1908 1913
100 Street Funicular[7] 2017 This is an inclined elevator, not a funicular
Ontario Hamilton Hamilton Incline Railway 1900 1936
Niagara Falls Falls Incline Railway 1966 Also known as the Horseshoe Falls Incline
Leander Colt Incline circa 1869 1889
Hornblower Niagara Funicular 1894

reopened 2019

1990

–

Also known as the Maid of the Mist Incline and the Clifton Incline
Maid of the Mist Incline 1894

reopened 2019

1990

–

Whirlpool Rapids Incline circa 1876 1934
Quebec Montreal Mount Royal Funicular Railway 1884 1918
Quebec City Old Quebec Funicular 1879 (Cable) 1907 (Cable) This has been modified to operate as a pair of inclined elevators, it is no longer a funicular
1907 (Electric)

rebuilt in 1946, in operation to this day.

1945 (Electric)

Chile

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Artillería Elevator on Artillería hill, Valparaíso.
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Barón Elevator on Barón hill, Valparaíso, Chile
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Santiago Funicular de Santiago 1925 San Cristóbal Hill in Spanish Cerro San Cristóbal.
Cerro Santa Lucía funicular 1902 1910 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Template:Ill 2016 Cerro 18 funicular
Parque de La Infancia funicular 2012
Valparaíso[8] Arrayán funicular 1905 1964
Artillería funicular railway 1893
Ascensor Barón funicular 1906
Ascensor Concepción funicular 1883
Bellavista funicular 1897 1955
Cordillera funicular 1887
El Hogar funicular 1912 1955
El Peral funicular 1902
Esmeralda funicular 1905 1962
Espíritu santo funicular 1911
Florida funicular 1906
Hospital Carlos van Buren funicular 1929
La Cruz funicular 1908 1992
Larrain funicular 1906
Las Monjas funicular 1912
Lecheros funicular 1906
Mariposas funicular 1906
Polanco funicular 1913
Pantéon funicular 1900 1952
Perdices funicular 1932 1962
Placeres funicular 1913 1971
Ramaditas funicular 1914 1955
Reina Victoria funicular 1903
San Agustin funicular 1913
Sant Domingo funicular 1910 1965
Villaseca funicular 1907
Viña del Mar Villanelo funicular 1983

Colombia

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Bogotá Monserrate 1929

Mexico

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Funicular of Guanajuato
State Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Guanajuato Guanajuato City Guanajuato funicular 2001 Guanajuato funicular inaugurated in 2001, it joins the theatre Juarez to the monument El Pipila.[9]
Nuevo León Monterrey Grutas de García Replaced by an aerial tramway)[10]

Puerto Rico

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Fajardo El Conquistador Resort [11]

United States

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The Fourth Street Elevator in Dubuque, Iowa
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The Johnstown Inclined Plane in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
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The Monongahela Incline in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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The Industry Hills Golf Club funicular in City of Industry, California
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Lower station house of the Park Hill Incline Railway, Yonkers, New York.
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The St. Regis Funicular, St. Regis Deer Valley, Park City, Utah.
State Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Arkansas Marble Falls Dogpatch Funicular Tram 1971 1993
California Capitola Shadowbrook[12] 1958 Single car incline used to access a unique riverfront restaurant that's been in business since 1947.
Fairfax 1913 1929[13][14]
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 1979 Later closed for maintenance
Santa Catalina Island Island Mountain Railway 1904

1921

1918

1923

Valencia Six Flags Magic Mountain funicular Honda Express, (original name: Funicular)
Los Angeles Bunker Hill Angels Flight 1901;
reopened several times 		1969
– 		Moved and re-opened 1996, closed 2001, re-opened 2010, closed 2013, re-opened in 2017
Los Angeles Court Flight 1904 1943 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'.[15]
San Francisco Fillmore Counterbalance 1895 1941
Telegraph Hill Telegraph Hill funicular 1884 1886 Telegraph hill funicular to the observatory at the summit operated on Greenwich Street between 1884 and 1886.[16]
Las Casitas Tram, San Francisco Las Casitas funicular Las Casitas Tram, San Francisco funicular serving a private home on Bay Street[17]
Colorado[18] Cañon City Royal Gorge Incline 1931 2013
Golden Lookout Mountain 1912 1920[19]
Golden South Table Mountain 1912– 1920[19]
Manitou Springs Manitou Incline 1907 1990
Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Mount Morrison Cable Incline 1909 1914
Iowa Dubuque Fourth Street Elevator 1882 Still operational
Eleventh Street Elevator Closed
Massachusetts Hadley Mount Holyoke Railroad 1854 1938
Holyoke Mount Tom Railroad 1897 1938
Michigan 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 1957 Script error: No such module "convert". long, Script error: No such module "convert". rise, Curved. (still operational)
New Jersey Hoboken Hoboken Elevated Wagon Lift 1873 1949
Orange Orange Mountain Cable Railway 1893 1902[20]
Weehawken Eldorado Elevator
Weehawken Elevated Wagon Lift 1873 (Closed)
New York Beacon Mount Beacon Incline Railway 1902

1975

1972

1978

Lake George Prospect Mountain Cable Incline Railway[21] 1895 1903
Niagara Falls Prospect Park Incline Railway 1847 1907
Palenville Otis Elevating Railway 1892 1918
Sea Cliff Sea Cliff Incline[22] 1886 After 1907
Yonkers Park Hill Incline[23] 1894 1937
Ridge Hill Incline Yonkers other funicular to the Sprain Ridge Hospital Campus.[24]
North Carolina Fontana Dam Fontana Dam incline tram 1942 1945 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.[25]
Maggie Valley Ghost Town in the Sky 1961

2007

2002

Closed

Then closed again, incline still not operational
Ohio Cincinnati Bellevue Incline 1876 1926 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Fairview Incline 1892 1923
Mount Adams Incline 1874 1948
Mount Auburn Incline 1872 1898
Price Hill Incline 1874 1943
Pennsylvania Altoona Horseshoe Curve funicular 1851 Still operational
Ashley Ashley Planes 1837 1948
Beaver Falls Patterson Heights Incline 1895 1927
Johnstown Johnstown Inclined Plane 1891 Still operational
Jim Thorpe Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway 1847 1938
Mount Pisgah Plane
Summit Hill Mount Jefferson Plane
Pittsburgh Bellevue Incline 1887 1892
Castle Shannon Incline 1890 1964
Castle Shannon South Incline 1892 1914
Clifton Incline 1889 1905
Duquesne Incline 1877 Still operational
Fort Pitt Incline 1882 1900
H.B. Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad 1877 H.B. Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad, inclines on Becks Run and Streets Run, operational in 1877
Knoxville Incline 1890 1960
Monongahela Incline 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

1912

c.

–

St. Clair Incline 1888 c.1932
Troy Hill Incline 1888 1898
West Elizabeth Walton's coal incline
O'Neil and Company Incline
Tennessee Chattanooga Lookout Mountain Incline Railway 1895 Still operational
Utah Park City The St. Regis Funicular 2009 Still operational, this is a pair of inclined lifts, not a funicular.[26][27]
Virginia Roanoke Mill Mountain Incline 1910 1929
Washington Seattle Queen Anne Counterbalance 1901 1940
Wisconsin Milwaukee Villa Terrace Decorative Arts MuseumScript error: No such module "Unsubst". 1923 This is an inclined lift, not a funicular

Asia

Azerbaijan

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Baku Baku Funicular 1960

re-opened 2001

(late 1980s)

China

Region Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Anhui Huangshan Huangshan funicular[28]
Chongqing Yuzhong Wanglongmen funicular[29] 1945 1993
Caiyuanba funicular[30] 1953 1996
Chaotianmen funicular 1983

(2019 Planned reopening)[30]

2007
Jiangxi Jiujiang Lushan – Sandiequan funicular[31]
Shanxi Taiyuan Ximingkuang Cable Car (西铭矿缆车)

Hong Kong

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Peak Tram in Hong Kong
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Victoria Peak Peak Tram 1888
Ocean Park Ocean Express 2009
Sha Tin Po Fook Hill Elevator[32]
Lantau Island Discovery Bay Elevator[33]

India

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Haulage in Joginder Nagar
State Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Himachal Pradesh Jogindernagar Shanan Power House 1930s 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[34] and has six haulage car stations. The loading capacity of haulage way cars are 15, 10, 5 tons. Higher the capacity, lower the speed. It is arguably the highest funicular in the world surpassing Niesenbahn, Switzerland (2336 meters).
Maharashtra Bhira Kheri Bhivpuri Road The Tata Group operates funicular railways.
Saptashrungi Nashik Temple[35] 2018
Virar Jivdani Mata Temple[36]
Tamil Nadu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple Palani Temple Funicular[37]

Israel

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Carmelit underground funicular
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Haifa Carmelit 1959

re-opened 1992

1986

Japan

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Car of the Hobashira Cable
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Car of the Myoken Cable at the passing loop
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Maya Cablecar car
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Twin passing loops on the Ikoma Cable line
Region Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Aomori Prefecture Sotogahama Seikan Tunnel Tappi Shakō Line 1988 Seikan Tunnel Museum
Fukuoka Prefecture Kitakyushu Sarakurayama Cable Car 1957 Sarakurayama Tozan Railway
Hyōgo Prefecture Kawanishi Myoken Cable 1925

re-opened 1960

1944 Nose Electric Railway
Kobe Maya Cablecar 1925 Kobe Future City
Rokko Cable Line 1932 Rokko Maya Railway
Ibaraki Prefecture Tsukuba Mount Tsukuba Cable Car 1925 Tsukuba Kanko Railway
Kagawa Prefecture Takamatsu Yakuri Cable 1931 Shikoku Cable
Kanagawa Prefecture Hakone Hakone Tozan Cable Car 1922 Odakyu Hakone
Isehara Ōyama Cable Car 1931 Oyama Kanko Dentetsu
Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto Eizan Cable 1925 Keifuku Electric Railroad
Kurama-dera Kurama-dera Cable 1957
Miyazu Amanohashidate Cable Car 1927 Tango Kairiku Kotsu
Yawata Otokoyama Cable 1926 Keihan Electric Railway
Nara Prefecture Ikoma Ikoma Cable Line 1918
Nara Prefecture Ikoma Ikoma Cable Line 1918 Kintetsu Railway
Ōita Prefecture Beppu Beppu Rakutenchi Cable Line 1929 Okamoto MFG
Osaka Prefecture Yao Nishi-Shigi Cable Line 1930

re-opened 1957

1944 Kintetsu Railway
Tokyo Metropolis Hachiōji Takao Tozan Cable 1921 Takaotozan Railway
Ōme Mitake Tozan Funicular 1935 Mitake Tozan Railway
Toyama Prefecture Tateyama Kurobe Cable Car 1969 Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route
Tateyama Cable Car 1954
Shiga Prefecture Ōtsu Sakamoto Cable 1927 Hieizan Railway
Shizuoka Prefecture Kannami Jukkokutōge Cable Car 1956 Izuhakone Railway
Wakayama Prefecture Kōya Nankai Cable Line 1930 Nankai Electric Railway

Lebanon

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Harissa Funiculaire de Harissa 1965

Malaysia

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Penang Hill Railway
Region Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Penang Penang Hill Penang Hill Railway 1923

2011

2010 2010 with 2 independent sections; re-opened in 2011 as a one-section funicular

North Korea

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Paektu Mountain Paektu Mountain Funicular

Philippines

Region Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Cavite Tagaytay Tagaytay Highlands Funicular 1994

South Korea

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Samcheok Template:Ill[38] Incline Train

Russia

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Vladivostok funicular

(Russia is a transcontinental country spanning Europe and Asia. All the funicular railways below are on the East Asian side so are listed here.) (See: Europe/Russia section)

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Vladivostok Template:Ill[39] 1934

Thailand

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Chiang Mai Wat Phra That Doi Suthep[40]
Phetchaburi Khao Wang
Songkhla Khao Tang Kuan

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. (See: Europe/Turkey section)

Vietnam

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Danang Ba Na Hill[41]
Fansipan Funicular Train Sapa

Europe

Austria

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Hungerburgbahn crossing the river Inn, about 1907
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Kreuzeckbahn
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Axams Template:Ill 1975
Bad Hofgastein Template:Ill 1964 Replaced by monocable gondola 2018
Ellmau Template:Ill 1972 Replaced by monocable gondola in 2015
Graz Schlossbergbahn 1894
Großglockner Template:Ill 1963
Hallstatt Template:Ill 1952
Innerfragant, Salzburg Template:Ill 1997
Innsbruck Hungerburgbahn 1907

Replaced 2005

Bergisel Skisprung-Stadion 2002
Kaprun Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 1974 2000 Site of the Kaprun disaster
Lärchwandschrägaufzug 1952
Gletschershuttle 1990
Kolbnitz, Reißeck Template:Ill 1974
Reisseck Railway 1908 2022 Closed for public transport
Kufstein Festungsbahn 1999
Reutte Ehrenberg Liner 2019
Sankt Leonhard im Pitztal Template:Ill 1983
Salzburg Reisszug c.1500
Festungsbahn 1892
Seefeld in Tirol Template:Ill 1969 Rosshütte funicular
Serfaus U-Bahn Serfaus 1985
Spital am Pyhrn Template:Ill 1978
St. Anton am Arlberg Kandaharbahn 1972 Replaced by monocable gondola Nassereinbahn in 2000
St. Johann in Tirol Harschbichlbahn I & II

Replaced 1987

Zauchensee Weltcupexpress 2000

Belgium

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Spa Template:Ill 2004

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Sarajevo Kosi lift ciglane

Bulgaria

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Veliko Tarnovo Trapezitsa fortress 2014
Belchin Tsari Mali Grad fortress 2013

Croatia

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Zagreb Funicular Xavier
Zagreb Funicular 1890

1974

2025 Scheduled to reopen March 2026

Czech Republic

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Diana Funicular in Karlovy Vary
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Prague Petřín funicular 1891
Template:Ill 1891

1916

1922 Officially abolished in 1922, in 1926–1935 served as the first Prague escalator
Template:Ill 1996
Karlovy Vary Template:Ill 1912)[42]
Template:Ill 1907[43] Subway
Template:Ill 1912 1959[43]
Template:Ill 1913 Dreikreuzberg, unfinished, the construction process began 1913 and was interrupted 1914 with World War I

Finland

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Turku Kakola Funicular 2019

France

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Funiculaire de Saint-Hilaire du Touvet
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Arcachon Arcachon Funicular[44] 1913 1948 Replaced in 1949 by a vertical elevator
Les Arcs Template:Ill 1989
Aven Armand Aven Arman Funicular[45] 1963 Tunnel funicular to provide access to the limestone cave
Bagnères-de-Luchon La Chaumière Funicular[46] 1894 1970
Barèges Template:Ill 1937 2000
Besançon Template:Ill 1912 1987
La Bourboule Template:Ill 1902 1958
Cannes Template:Ill 1928 1965
Les Deux Alpes Template:Ill 1989
Évian-les-Bains Template:Ill 1913

re-opened 2002

1969
Grasse Grasse Funicular 1909 1938
Grottes des Demoiselles Grottes des Demoiselles Funicular[47] 1931 Tunnel funicular to provide access to the limestone cave
Le Havre Funiculaire du Havre 1890

re-opened 1950

1944
Langres Template:Ill
Laon Poma 2000 1989 2016 Rubber tyres automated guideway transit cable-driven people mover funicular
Lourdes Funiculaire du Pic du Jer 1900
Lyon Template:Ill 1891 1972 Converted into Lyon Metro Line C from 1974.
Template:Ill 1862 1967 Mainly in tunnel, converted into a road tunnel from 1968.
Template:Ill 1878

1958

Saint Jean – Saint Just funicular from 1901 until 1958 converted into a rack railway, converted back to a funicular in 1958.
Template:Ill 1900
Template:Ill 1900 1937
Marseille Template:Ill 1892 1967
Menton l'Annonciade Funicular[48] 1914 c.1939
Meudon Bellevue funicular 1893

re-opened 1922

1917

1934

Mont-Dore Template:Ill 1898
Nancy Template:Ill 1905 1914
Nice Cimiez Funicular[49][50][51] 1906 c.1955
Expo Internationale 1884 Funicular[48] 1883 1884 Nice world's fair funicular
Template:Ill[49] 1987 1991 Amusement park funicular
Paris Montmartre Funicular 1900

1935

1931

1990

Converted into an inclined elevator from 1991.
Pau Funiculaire de Pau 1908

re-opened 1978

1970
Penly Nuclear Power Plant Penly Funicular[52][53] 1991 Private funicular to transport workers and professional visitors from car parc to power plant.
Rouen Bonsecour Funicular[54] 1892 1915
Saint-Hilaire du Touvet Funiculaire de Saint-Hilaire du Touvet 1924
Thonon-les-Bains Funiculaire de Thonon-les-Bains 1888
Tignes Funiculaire du Perce-Neige 1993
Le Tréport Template:Ill 1908 1941 Replaced by a gondola lift from 1958 until 1982 and by an inclined elevator from 2006.
Val-d'Isère Funival 1988

Georgia

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Tbilisi Mtatsminda Park 1905

re-opened 2013

2000 Funicular to Mtatsminda Pantheon[55]

Germany

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Standseilbahn Dresden
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The Nerobergbahn
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Andernach Template:Ill 1895 1941
Augustusburg Augustusburg Cable Railway 1911
Bad Ems Kurwaldbahn
Malbergbahn 1887 1979
Bad Pyrmont Template:Ill 1895 1923
Bad Wildbad Sommerbergbahn 1908
Baden-Baden Merkur Funicular Railway 1913

re-opened 1979

1967
Dresden Dresden Suspension Railway 1901
Dresden Funicular Railway 1895
Freiburg im Breisgau Schlossbergbahn
Heidelberg Heidelberger Bergbahn
Hirschau Monte Kaolino
Hohenwarte Standseilbahn Hohenwarte[56]
Karlsruhe Turmbergbahn 1888 2024
Koblenz Template:Ill 1928 1959
Künzelsau Template:Ill[57] 1999
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Oberweißbach Oberweißbacher Bergbahn[58] 1922
Peterskopf Template:Ill[59] 1929
Saarbrücken Template:Ill c.1870 1926
Sellin Sellin Pier Lift[60]
Straßberg Template:Ill 1912 1921 Military funicular
Stuttgart Standseilbahn Stuttgart 1929
Bad Herrenalb Template:Ill[61]
Wiesbaden Nerobergbahn 1888

re-opened 1948

1944
Willingen Template:Ill 2001

Greece

Region Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Athens Mount Lycabettus Lycabettus Funicular 1965
Attika Mt Parnes Mt Parnes FunicularScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
Corfu Giannades Grand Mediterraneo Beach Resort FunicularScript error: No such module "Unsubst".

Hungary

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Budapest Castle Hill Funicular
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Budapest Castle Hill Funicular 1870 In 1944 destroyed, 1986 rebuilt

Italy

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Bergamo Upper City funicular
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The Mendel Funicular
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Arenzano Template:Ill
Bergamo Bergamo Upper City funicular 1887
Bergamo – San Vigilio funicular 1912
Biella Biella funicular 1885
Como Como–Brunate funicular 1894
Campodolcino Template:Ill 1996
Capri Capri funicular 1907
Catanzaro Catanzaro funicular 1998
Certaldo Certaldo funicular 1999
Genoa Quezzi inclined elevator 2015
Sant'Anna funicular 1891
Zecca–Righi funicular 1895
Kaltern/Caldaro Mendel funicular 1903
Livorno Montenero Funicular 1908
Mondovì Mondovì Funicular 1886

re-opened 2006

1975
Montecatini Terme Template:Ill 1898
Mercogliano Montevergine funicular 1956
Naples Central funicular 1928
Chiaia Funicular 1889
Mergellina Funicular 1931
Montesanto Funicular 1891
Template:Ill 1880

1909

1906

1944

Closed due to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906, then closed in 1944 after it erupted again. Notable as the only funicular to operate on an active volcano, as well as for inspiring the song Funiculì, Funiculà.
Orvieto Orvieto Funicular 1888
San Pellegrino Terme Template:Ill 1909 1988[62]
Santa Cristina Gherdëina Gardena Ronda Express 2004
Sorrento Sorrento funicular 1893 1898
Trieste Trieste–Opicina tramway 1902
Urtijëi Template:Ill 2010
Varese Template:Ill 1911 1944
Template:Ill 1911 1953
Vellone–Sacro Monte funicular 1909
Verona Verona funicular 1941

re-opened 2017

1944

Lithuania

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Žaliakalnis Funicular Railway
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Kaunas Žaliakalnis Funicular 1931
Aleksotas Funicular 1935
Vilnius Gediminas Hill Lift 2003

Luxembourg

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Luxembourg City Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg funicular[63] 2017

Malta

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
St. Julian's Hotel Valentina FunicularScript error: No such module "Unsubst".

Norway

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Fløibanen in Bergen.
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Bergen Fløibanen 1918
Rjukan Gaustatoppen
Tyssedal Mågelibanen 1912

Poland

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Krynica Template:Ill 1937
Zakopane Gubałówka Hill funicular 1938
Międzybrodzie Żywieckie Template:Ill 2004
Gdynia Template:Ill 2015

Portugal

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A view of the Bica Funicular as it travels between Rua da Bica de Duarte Belo and Rua de São Paulo
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Braga Bom Jesus do Monte Funicular (Template:Langx) 1880
Lisbon Bica Funicular (Template:Langx) 1892
Glória Funicular (Template:Langx) 1885
Lavra Funicular (Template:Langx) 1884
Porto Guindais Funicular (Template:Langx,) 1891

1893, 2004

Nazaré Nazaré Funicular (Template:Langx) 1889
Viana do Castelo Template:Ill (Template:Langx) 1923
Viseu Template:Ill (Template:Langx) 2009 2019

Russia

(Russia is a transcontinental country spanning Europe and Asia. All the funicular railways below are on the European side so are listed here.)

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Nizhny Novgorod Template:Ill 1896

re-opened 2024

1926 Totally rebuilt and re-opened 15 September 2024
Template:Ill 1896 1927
Sochi Template:Ill (private) 1952 2010
Template:Ill (private) [64] 1934

re-opened 2015

2002
Svetlogorsk Svetlogorsk Funicular[65] 1908 1960s Replaced by a cable car from 1983

Romania

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Covasna County Covasna inclined plane

Slovakia

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Starý Smokovec Starý Smokovec–Hrebienok funicular 1908

Slovenia

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Ljubljana Ljubljana Castle funicular 2006 This is an inclined elevators, not a funicular

Spain

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Funicular de Sant Joan
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Asturias Bulnes funicular 2001
Barcelona Montjuïc Funicular 1928
Tibidabo Funicular 1901
Vallvidrera Funicular 1906
Bilbao Artxanda Funicular 1915
Larreineta funicular 1926
Catalonia, Gelida Gelida Funicular 1924
Catalonia, Montserrat Sant Joan Funicular 1918
Santa Cova Funicular 1929
Madrid, San Lorenzo de El Escorial Template:Ill 1975 2009
San Sebastián Igueldo funicular 1912
Santander Template:Ill 2008

Sweden

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Stockholm Skansens Bergbana 1897
Åre, Jämtland County Åre Bergbana 1910
Skärholmen Template:Ill[66]
Nacka Strand Nacka Strand bergbana[67]
Liljeholmen Template:Ill 1964
Falun Lugnets bergbana

Switzerland

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Territet–Glion funicular railway
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Fribourg Neuveville–Saint-Pierre (last water-powered)
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Reichenbachfall-Bahn
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Lugano Città–Stazione (busiest)
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Polybahn (next to Zürich Hauptbahnhof)
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Monte San Salvatore (only two-section single-cable one)
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Treib–Seelisberg–Bahn
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Mürren Allmendhubelbahn
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Montreux Territet–Mont Fleuri (an abandoned one)
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Sierre–Montana–Crans (longest)
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Saas-Fee Metro Alpin in Felskinn–Mittelallalin Tunnel (highest)
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Neuchâtel-La Coudre Funiculaire de Chaumont
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Chemin de fer Lausanne–Ouchy (first)
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Giessbachbahn (oldest)
Region Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Aargau Wettingen Schräglift Webermühle 2016
Canton of Bern Bern Marzili Funicular 1885
Bärenbähnli
Beatenberg Thunersee–Beatenberg Funicular 1889
Biel/Bienne Biel/Bienne–Leubringen/Evilard funicular 1898
Biel/Bienne–Magglingen/Macolin funicular 1887
Brienz Giessbachbahn 1879
Handeck Gelmer Funicular 1926
Innertkirchen Standseilbahn Urweid–Chapf 1940
Interlaken Harderbahn 1908
Heimwehfluhbahn 1906
Kandersteg Nordic Arena lift
Lauterbrunnen Tunnel lift of Trümmelbach Falls 1913
Seilbahn Lauterbrunnen–Grütschalp 1891 2006 Later a aerial cable car
Ligerz Vinifuni Ligerz–Prêles[68][69] 1912
Mürren Allmendhubelbahn 1912
Meiringen Reichenbachfall Funicular 1899
Reichenbach Niesenbahn 1910
Ringgenberg Template:Ill 2009
Saint-Imier Funiculaire Saint-Imier – Mont-Soleil[70] 1903
Wabern bei Bern Gurten Funicular 1899
Canton of Fribourg Fribourg Funiculaire Neuveville – Saint-Pierre à Fribourg[71] 1899
Moléson Funiculaire Moléson-sur-Gruyères – Plan-Francey[72]Glarus 1998
Canton of Glarus Linthal Braunwaldbahn 1907
Standseilbahn Linth-Limmern 2013
Grisons (Graubünden) Arosa Tschuggen Express 2018
Davos Parsenn Funicular 1931
Schatzalp-Bahn[73] 1899
Flims Caumasee-Lift 1937
Poschiavo Cavaglia–Palü funicular[74] 1926

2002

Samedan Muottas-Muragl-Bahn[75] 1907
Sedrun Standseilbahn Mira–Las Rueras[76] 1997 2014
St. Moritz St. Moritz–Corviglia Funicular 1913

1928

2 sections
Canton of Lucerne Kriens Sonnenberg Funicular 1902 1955
Luzern Gütsch Funicular (Drahtseilbahn Gütsch) 1884
Standseilbahn Hotel Montana 1910
Dietschibergbahn[77] 1912 1978
Bürgenstock Bürgenstock Funicular 1888
Canton of Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Fun'ambule (Gare–Université) 2001
Funiculaire Ecluse–Plan[78] 1890
Funiculaire de Chaumont (La Coudre–Chaumont)[79] 1910
Funiculaire Suchard in Serrières 1892 1955
Nidwalden Stans Template:Ill[80] 1893 1974 3 sections in 1897, 2 converted to an aerial cableway in 1973
Stansstad Fürigenbahn[81] 1924 2005
Obwalden Engelberg Gerschnialpbahn 1913
Drahtseilbahn Engelberg–Hotel Terrasse 1905 2008
Canton of Schwyz Schwyz Stoosbahn 2017
Drahtseilbahn Schwyz–Stoos 1933 2017
Canton of St. Gallen Walzenhausen Bergbahn Rheineck–Walzenhausen 1896 1958 Later a rack railway
Bad Ragaz Wartensteinbahn 1891 1964
St. Gallen Mühleggbahn[72] 1893
Unterwasser Iltiosbahn[82] 1934
Ticino Locarno Locarno–Madonna del Sasso funicular 1906
Lugano Lugano Città–Stazione funicular 1886
Monte Brè funicular 1908

1912

Monte San Salvatore funicular 1890
Lugano degli Angioli funicular 1913 1986
Piotta Ritom funicular 1921
Canton of Uri Amsteg Standseilbahn Amsteg–Arniberg[83]
Standseilbahn Amsteg–Bristen 1920
Treib Treib–Seelisberg railway 1916
Valais Bettmeralp Schräglift Alpmatten (Mieschgihalta) 2000
Le Châtelard Funiculaire du Châtelard (funiculaire de Barberine) [84] 1921 2022
Mini-Funiculaire d'Emosson[85] 1991
Nendaz Funiculaire Ecluses-Tracouet (Mer de Glace)
Saas-Fee Metro Alpin Felskinn–Mittelallalin (highest in the world)[86] 1984
St-Luc Funiculaire St-Luc – Tignousa[87] 1994
Sierre Funiculaire Sierre–Montana–Crans (Sierre – Montana-Vermala)[88] 1911
Zermatt Zermatt–Sunnegga Funicular[89] 1980
Leisee Shuttle[90] 2008
Vaud Cossonay Funiculaire de Cossonay (Cossonay-Gare – Cossonay-Ville) 2000
Les Avants Les Avants–Sonloup funicular 1912
Lausanne Métro Lausanne–Ouchy 1877 1958 Later a rack railway and a rubber tyred metro
Funiculaire Lausanne Flon–Gare 1879 1959 Later a rack railway
Funiculaire Lausanne-Signal 1899 1948
Montreux Territet–Glion funicular railway 1883
Funiculaire Territet–Mont Fleuri[72] 1910 1992
Vevey Vevey–Chardonne–Mont Pèlerin funicular railway 1900
Canton of Zug Zug Zugerberg Funicular 1907
Canton of Zurich Kloten (Zurich Airport) Skymetro 2003
Parkbahn (Standseilbahn The Circle-Butzenbüel) 2020
Zurich Polybahn (Zürichbergbahn) 1889
Funicular Rigiblick (Seilbahn Rigiviertel) 1901
Dolderbahn 1895 1971 Later a rack railway

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.)

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Istanbul Tünel
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Istanbul Tünel 1875
Kabataş-Taksim Funicular 2006
Vadistanbul–Seyrantepe Funicular 2017
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi/Hisarüstü–Aşiyan Funicular 2022

Ukraine

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Kyiv Funicular
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Kyiv Kyiv Funicular 1905
Odesa Odesa Funicular 1902

United Kingdom and Crown dependencies

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Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway
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Bridgnorth Cliff Railway
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Hastings East Hill Cliff Railway

England

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Bournemouth East Cliff Lift 1908 2016
Fisherman's Walk Cliff Lift 1935
Westcliff Lift 1908
Bridgnorth Bridgnorth Funicular Railway 1892
Brighton Devil's Dyke Steep Grade Railway[91] 1897 1909 Devil's Dyke
Bristol Clifton Rocks Railway 1893 1934 All in tunnel
Broadstairs Broadstairs Cliff Railway[92] 1901 1991 Inclined elevator, all in tunnel
Folkestone Leas Lift 1885 2017 Second pair 1890–1966 – water balanced
Hastings East Hill Lift 1903
West Hill Lift 1891
Lizard The Lizard Lifeboat Station (RNLI) 1995
Lynton and Lynmouth Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway 1890 Water balanced
London London Millennium Funicular 2003 2021 Inclined elevator[93]
Manchester URBIS Museum[94] 2002
Margate Margate Cliff Railway (Cliftonville Lido)[95] 1913 1970s Inclined elevator, parallel to cliff
Padstow Padstow Cliff Railway (RNLI)[96] 2001
St Michael's Mount St Michael's Mount Tramway 1900 Private underground goods funicular
Saltburn-by-the-Sea Saltburn Cliff Tramway 1884 Water balanced
Scarborough Central Tramway Company, Scarborough 1881 See also article Scarborough funiculars
North Cliff Lift 1930 1996
Queens Parade Cliff Lift 1878 1887
St Nicholas Cliff Lift 1929 2006
Spa Cliff Lift 1873
Sennen Cove Private funicular[97]
Shipley Shipley Glen Tramway 1895
Southend-on-Sea Southend Cliff Lift[98] 1912 Inclined elevator
Torquay Babbacombe Cliff Railway 1926
Wakefield National Coal Mining Museum[99] 1988 or 1990
Windsor Legoland Hill Train[100] (formerly Windsor Safari Park Funicular)[101] 1996 Originally opened in the Windsor Safari Park in March 1991 it closed with the demise of the park in Oct 1992.
York National Railway Museum Museum Inclinator (removed 2013)

Scotland

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Aviemore Cairngorm Mountain Railway 2001

re-opened 2023

2018

Wales

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Great Orme Tramway
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Aberporth Clausen Rolling Platform
Aberystwyth Cliff Railway / Rheilffordd y Graig 1896
Blaenau Ffestiniog Llechwedd Slate Caverns
Ebbw Vale Ebbw Vale Garden Festival Funicular 1992 1992
Ebbw Vale Cableway 2015 75 foot rise
Llandudno Great Orme Tramway / Tramffordd y Gogarth 1902
Machynlleth Centre for Alternative Technology Railway Funicular 1992 CAT – water balanced
Swansea Constitution Hill Incline Tramway 1898 1901

Isle of Man

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Douglas Douglas Head Incline Railway 1900 1954[102]
First Falcon Cliff Lift 1887 1896[103]
Laxey Laxey Browside Tramway 1890 1906[104] or 1914)[105]
Port Soderick Port Soderick Beach Funicular 1897 1939[106]

Oceania

Australia

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Katoomba Katoomba Scenic Railway 1945 This is an inclined lift, not a funicular, though many sources describe it as a funicular.

New Zealand

Location Name of system Date opened Date closed Notes
Wellington Wellington Cable Car 1902
Christchurch Tyndall Tramway, Broken River Ski Area, Craigieburn Valley.[107] 1985 Goods lift from 1985, opened 2009 upgraded to carry passengers.

See also

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