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Takaotozan Railway funicular. The Takaotozan Railway (高尾登山電鉄, Takao Tozan Dentetsu) is a transport company in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan. The company operates a funicular line and a ropeway to Mount Takao, a popular destination for mountain trekking among Tokyo residents. The company was founded on September 29, 1921. [1]
The Wellington Cable Car (Māori: Te Waka Taura o Pōneke) is a funicular railway in Wellington, New Zealand, between Lambton Quay, the main shopping street, and Kelburn, a suburb in the hills commanding views overlooking the central city and Wellington Harbour, rising 120 m (394 ft) over a length of 609 m (1,998 ft).
The Peak Tram is a funicular railway in Hong Kong, which carries both tourists and residents to the upper levels of Hong Kong Island.Running from Garden Road Admiralty to Victoria Peak via the Mid-Levels, it provides the most direct route and offers good views over the harbour and skyscrapers of Hong Kong.
The Hakone Tozan Cable Car (箱根登山ケーブルカー, Hakone Tozan Kēburukā), officially the Cable Line (鋼索線, Kōsaku-sen), is a funicular railway in the town of Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan. It is operated by Odakyu Hakone, a Odakyu Group company who also operates the Hakone Tozan Train. [1] [2]
The Lookout Mountain Incline Railway is a 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge [2] inclined plane funicular railway leading to the top of Lookout Mountain from the historic St. Elmo neighborhood of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
A cable car cannot climb as steep a grade as a funicular, but many more cars can be operated with a single cable, making it more flexible, and allowing a higher capacity. During the rush hour on San Francisco's Market Street Railway in 1883, a car would leave the terminal every 15 seconds.
In 1888, an Act of Parliament authorised the formation of the Lynmouth & Lynton Lift Company. It was given the perpetual rights to extract up to 272,760 litres of river water from the Lyn Valley per day. [3] [2] The water-powered railway was designed by civil engineer George Croydon Marks, who provided the company's engineering expertise. [4]
Hobashira Cable funicular Sarakurayama Slope Car. The Sarakurayama Cable Car (皿倉山ケーブルカー, Sarakurayama Kēburukā), formerly (until March 2015) known as the Hobashira Cable (帆柱ケーブル, Hobashira Kēburu), is a Japanese funicular line operated by the Sarakurayama Tozan Railway Company. [1]