cliff railway
Inclined passenger lift
A cliff railway is a short, steep funicular railway that transports passengers up and down a cliff face or hillside, typically at coastal resorts.
Two cars connected by cable counterbalance each other—one ascending as the other descends.
Victorian-era British seaside towns built many that still operate: We took the cliff railway down to the beach.
- funicularCable-pulled incline transport
- inclineAngled rising surface
- hillsideSloping terrain face
- VictorianOf a prim era
- Victorian engineering19th-century British technical achievement
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- cable transportcable car, funicular, gondola, aerial tramway, ropeway
- mountain railwaysfunicular, cable car, gondola lift, aerial tramway
- scenic railwaysscenic train, tourist train, excursion train, observation car, dome car
- aerial liftschairlift, cable car, ski lift, gondola lift, aerial tramway
- seaside historylighthouse, pier, boardwalk, shipwreck, fishing village
cliff railwaysubway
Underground transit passage
underground railway · high-speed rail · metro · intercity train
cliff railwaygondola
Suspended transport cabin
aerial tramway · aerial lift · cable car · chairlift · ski lift
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