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funicular
📅 Updated:2021-11-22
🕒 Created:2021-11-21
🆔 ID:38681
Description
Definition of funicular from Wiktionary: [quote]A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single track, with the cars linked by a moving cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as counterweights for each other.[/quote]
Aerial tramways are often referred to as funiculars but should instead be tagged gondola_lift and aerial_lift as they do not ride on rails. Both funicular railways and aerial tramways should be tagged cable_transport.
