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Engineering > Civil engineering > Cable railroads

Preferred term

Cable railroads

Definition(s)

Light rail transit in which railroad-type vehicles are pulled by a moving continuous cable or belt, usually located beneath the railway

Broader concept(s)

Civil engineering

Related concept(s)

Transportation

Synonym(s)

Cable car railroads
Cableways
Inclined railroads, cable railroads
Railroads, cable
Railways, cable
Streetcar systems, cable
Tramways, cable

Notation

112485

In other languages

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French
Téléférique

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-LGR8C86Q-L

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