Funicular
A funicular is a railway that uses trains that are pulled by cables wound around a pulley. This makes them able to climb very steep slopes, like those on hills and mountains.
Funicular Media
Funicular in Baku, Azerbaijan
funicular contre-tractor cable
A schematic of the common drive mechanism used to power finiculars.
Petřín funicular wheelset with Abt rack and pinion brake
The wastewater-powered Fribourg funicular featuring an Abt switch
Track layouts used in funiculars – in the SVG file, click to move the cars
The two cars of the Petřín funicular—one of them is about to call at Nebozízek station (seen in the foreground), while the other will stop and wait for it to exchange passengers.
Tünel in Istanbul, launched in 1875, Karaköy station as of 2006
The two cars on the upper half of the Great Orme Tramway passing each other at a switch-controlled passing loop
Wheelset of a two-rail funicular with the Abt switch turnout system
