Concept information
Preferred term
Funicular railroads
Definition(s)
- Light rail transit in which cable cars or short trains are used to climb a steep incline by having vehicles raised or lowered by cables, simultaneously lowering or raising a second train on a parallel track in such a way that the two are counterbalanced [AAT 94]
Broader concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- Cable railroads, funiculars
- Funiculars
- Inclined railroads, funiculars
- Railroads, cable, funiculars
- Railroads, funicular
- Railways, cable, funiculars
Notation
- 117681
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-HD7ZCBHQ-2
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