There are a number of funicular railways in the United Kingdom. Many are known as cliff railways rather than funiculars. Duquesne Incline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with full length parallel tracks A funicular, also called funicular railway or inclined railway, inclined plane, or in England a cliff railway, consists of a system of transportation in which cables attach to a tram-like vehicle on rails to move it up and down a...

A car of the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway

A car of the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway. ... A car of the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway. ...

List of railways currently in use

• Aberystwyth Electric Cliff Railway, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion [1] (http://www.westwales.co.uk/cliffrwy.htm)
• Babbacombe Cliff Railway, Babbacombe, Devon
• Bridgnorth Cliff Railway, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
• Cairngorm Mountain Railway, Aviemore, Scotland
• Bournemouth
  • East Cliff
  • West Cliff
  • Southbourne
• Centre for Alternative Technology Cliff Railway, Machynlleth, Powys [2] (http://www.cat.org.uk/information/railway.tmpl?frames=%5Bframes%5D&subdir=visitus)
• The Leas Lift, Folkestone, Kent
• Hastings
  • West Hill
  • East Hill
• Great Orme Tramway - Llandudno - website (http://www.greatormetramway.com/)
• Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, Lynton, Devon [3] (http://www.cliffrailwaylynton.co.uk/)
• Llechwedd Slate Caverns Railway, Blaenau Ffestiniog [4] (http://www.llechwedd-slate-caverns.co.uk)
• London Millennium Funicular, London
• Lizard RNLI Cliff Railway, Lizard Point
• URBIS Museum, Manchester
• National Coal Mine Museum
• Padstow RNLI Cliff Railway, Padstow
• Saltburn Cliff Railway, Saltburn
• Scarborough
  • South Cliff Lift
  • Central Tramway
  • St Nicholas Cliff
• Sennen Cove, private funicular
• Shipley Glen Cable Tramway, Shipley [5] (http://www.glentramway.co.uk/)
• Southend Cliff Railway, Southend

Opened in 1896 Aberystwyth Cliff Railway climbs 430ft in 778ft - a gradient steeper than 1:2 (50%). External Link Brief description Categories: Buildings and structures stubs | Ceredigion ... Aberystwyth Aberystwyth (from the Welsh Mouth of the Ystwyth) is a historic market town, administrative centre, and seaport of Ceredigion, Wales. ... Ceredigion is a county in Wales. ... Devon is a county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... The Bridgnorth Cliff Railway or Castle Hill Railway is a cliff railway in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England. ... Bridgnorth is a town in Shropshire, England. ... Shropshire (abbreviated Salop or Salops) is a county in the West Midlands of England, bordering Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and the Welsh preserved counties of Powys and Clwyd. ... External links Official website Photos Categories: Stub ... Aviemore is a tourist resort in Inverness-shire, in the Highlands of Scotland, popular for skiing and other winter sports, and for hill-walking in the Cairngorm Mountains. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country or nation and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ... Bournemouth is a seaside resort in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. ... The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) is an ecovillage in Wales dedicated to teaching environmentalist principles. ... Machynlleth is a town in the traditional county of Montgomeryshire, north Powys in Wales. ... Powys is an administrative county in Wales, over 2000 sq. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... This is about Hastings in England. ... Llandudno is a seaside resort and town in the county borough of Conwy in North Wales. ... Lynton is a small town in Devon, England. ... Devon is a county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... Blaenau Ffestiniog is a small town located in Gwynedd, in north Wales; it was historically part of of Merionethshire. ... Greater London and the Regions of England. ... RNLI Lifeboat at Calshot Spit The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is a charity dedicated to saving lives at sea around the coasts of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. ... Location within the British Isles. ... RNLI Lifeboat at Calshot Spit The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is a charity dedicated to saving lives at sea around the coasts of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. ... Padstow harbour and quayside Padstow is a popular tourist destination on the north Cornish coast, approximately 14 miles east of Newquay, at the mouth of the River Camel. ... The South Bay at Scarborough Scarborough lies on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England. ... Shipley is the name of several places in the United Kingdom: Shipley, Derbyshire Shipley, Northumberland Shipley, Shropshire Shipley, West Sussex Shipley, West Yorkshire This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Southend-on-Sea is a resort town in Essex, England. ...

List of closed or never opened railways

• Clifton Rocks Railway, Bristol
• Constitution Hill Railway, Swansea

Bristol is a port city in south-western England, on the River Avon. ... Swansea (Welsh: Abertawe - aber river-mouth + river Tawe) is a city and county in South Wales, situated on the coast, immediately to the east of the Gower peninsula in the traditional county of Glamorgan. ...

See also

• Funicular railways
• Rail Transport
• UK topics

Duquesne Incline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with full length parallel tracks A funicular, also called funicular railway or inclined railway, inclined plane, or in England a cliff railway, consists of a system of transportation in which cables attach to a tram-like vehicle on rails to move it up and down a... Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... Shortcut: UK topics This is a list of topics related to the United Kingdom. ...

External link

• Funicular Railways of the UK (http://www.hows.org.uk/personal/rail/)