funicular railway en · NOUN
Meanings
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A cable railway on an incline; especially one which operates on two tracks (or with a passing loop), with a pair of vehicles counterbalancing each other.
Funicular railways take gradients to the extreme, running two cars in counterbalanced, contrary motion over often-perilous cliff inclines. [...] Britain's first funicular railways arrived in Scarborough in the 1870s.
2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 50:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| funicular railways | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
tr füniküler (railway — see also funicular) · it funicolare (railway — see also funicular) · hu siklóvasút (railway — see also funicular)