List of funiculars

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For United Kingdom funicular railways see List of funiculars in the United Kingdom.

For Switzerland see List of funiculars in Switzerland.

1 United States
2 Europe
3 Asia
4 Japan
5 Canada
6 Mexico and South America
7 Australia and Oceania
8 See also

[edit] United States

State	City	Main article	Date opened	Official link
Arkansas	Marble Falls	Dogpatch USA Dogpatch Funicular Tram (defunct)	1971-1993	--
California	Los Angeles	Angels Flight	--	--
	Los Angeles	Court Flight	--	--
	Valencia	Six Flags Magic Mountain, Six Flags Magic Mountain Incline	--	--
Colorado	Cañon City	Royal Gorge Royal Gorge Incline	--	--
Iowa	Dubuque	Fourth Street Elevator	1882	Fenelon Place Elevator Company
Ohio	Cincinnati	Mount Adams Incline	1874-1948	Cincinnati Transit
		Mount Auburn Incline	1872-1898	Cincinnati Transit
		Bellevue Incline	1876-1926	Cincinnati Transit
		Fairview Incline	1892-1923	Cincinnati Transit
		Price Hill Incline	1874-1943	Cincinnati Transit
Pennsylvania	Altoona	Horseshoe Curve	--	--
	Gallitzin	Allegheny Portage Railroad	--	--
	Johnstown	Johnstown Inclined Plane	--	--
	Pittsburgh	Bellevue Incline	1887-1892	--
		Castle Shannon Incline	1890-1964	--
		Castle Shannon South Incline	1892-1914	--
		Clifton Incline	1895-1905	--
		Duquesne Incline	1877	Official website
		Fort Pitt Incline	1882-??	--
		Knoxville Incline	1890-1960	--
		Monongahela Incline	1870	Port Authority of Allegheny County
		Mount Oliver Incline	1871-1951	--
		Norwood Incline	1901-1923	--
		Nunnery Hill Incline	1887-1899	--
		Penn Incline	1883-1953	--
		Ridgewood Incline	1889-1900	--
		St. Clair Incline	1886-1935	--
Tennessee	Chattanooga	Lookout Mountain Incline Railway	1895	[1]
Virginia	Fairfax County	Huntington Metro Station Funicular	1983	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

[edit] Europe

Austria, Innsbruck, Hungerburgbahn (de:Hungerburgbahn)
Austria, Graz, Schlossbergbahn [2]
Bosnia, Sarajevo
Croatia, Zagreb,
Czech Republic, Karlovy Vary
Czech Republic, Prague
Germany, Dresden Standseilbahn
Germany, Heidelberg, Königstuhlbahn
Germany, Karlsruhe, Turmbergbahn
Germany, Peterskopf Peterskopfbahn
Germany, Wiesbaden (using water as weight to move the cars)
France, Le Havre (See Funiculaire du Havre)
France, Lyon, (first funicular of the world, 1860) (See Funiculars of Lyon)
France, Paris, Montmartre
France, St. Hilaire du Touvet, [3]
France, Tignes (Grande Motte glacier)
Greece, Athens, Lykavittos.
Hungary, Budapest
Isle of Man, Douglas Head Incline Railway, Douglas (1900-1954) ^{[citation needed]}
Isle of Man, Port Soderick Beach Funicular, Port Soderick, (1897-1939) ^{[citation needed]}
Italy, Bergamo
Italy, Capri
Italy, Genoa
Italy, Lombardy, Lake Como up to Brunate
Italy, Montecatini
Italy, Naples
Italy, South Tyrol, Mendelbahn, built in 1903
Lithuania, Kaunas, two funiculars
Lithuania, vilnius
Norway, Bergen, Norway, Fløibanen
Poland, Zakopane, Gubałówka
Portugal, Lisbon, built on seven hills, is served by three small funiculars photo
Portugal, Nazaré, Portugal
Portugal, Porto, has a small funicular service connecting the riverside area of Ribeira to Batalha
Portugal, Viana do Castelo
Russia, Sochi
Russia, Vladivostok
Spain, Barcelona, Montjuïc.
Spain, Barcelona, Vallvidrera
Spain, Barcelona, Tibidabo.
Spain, Bilbao, Artxanda.
Spain, Bilbao, La Reineta (Trapagaran).
Spain, Catalonia, Montserrat (mountain).
Spain, Catalonia, Gelida, Funicular de Gelida
Spain, Donostia/San Sebastian
Switzerland, Bern, Marzilibahn
Turkey, Istanbul, (the Tünel, underground)
Ukraine, Kiev (See Kiev funicular)

[edit] Asia

Azerbaijan, Baku, Photos
China, Chongqing, for transport of riverboat passengers from pontoon to shore.
Hong Kong, Victoria Peak - Peak Tram
Israel, Haifa, (the Carmelit, underground)
Malaysia, Penang, Kek Lok Si Temple
Malaysia, Penang, Penang Hill
Thailand, Chiang Mai, Wat Phra That Doi Suthep

[edit] Japan

Prefecture	Municipality	Operator	Main article	Official link
Aomori	Sotogahama	Seikan Tunnel Museum	Seikan Tunnel Tappi Shako Line	[4]
Toyama	Tateyama	Tateyama Kurobe Kanko	Kurobe Cable Car	Kurobe Dam
Toyama	Tateyama	Tateyama Kurobe Kanko	Tateyama Cable Car	Kurobe Dam
Ibaraki	Tsukuba	Tsukuba Kanko Railway	Tsukubasan Cable Car	[5]
Tokyo	Hachioji	Takao Tozan Electric Railway	Takao Tozan Cable	[6]
Tokyo	Ōme	Mitake Tozan Railway	Mitake Tozan Cable	[7]
Kanagawa	Hakone	Hakone Tozan Railway	Hakone Tozan Cable Car	[8]
Kanagawa	Isehara	Oyama Kanko Electric Railway	Oyama Cable Car	[9]
Shizuoka	Kannami	Izuhakone Railway	Jukkokutoge Cable Car	[10]
Shiga	Otsu	Hieizan Railway	Sakamoto Cable	[11]
Kyoto	Kyoto	Keifuku Electric Railroad	Eizan Cable	[12]
	Kyoto	Kurama-dera	Kurama-dera Cable
	Miyazu	Tango Kairiku Kotsu	Amanohashidate Cable Car	[13]
	Yawata	Keihan Electric Railway	Otokoyama Cable	[14]
Nara	Ikoma	Kinki Nippon Railway	Ikoma Cable	[15]
Osaka	Yao	Kinki Nippon Railway	Nishi Shigi Cable	[15]
Wakayama	Koya	Nankai Electric Railway	Koyasan Cable	[16]
Hyogo	Kawanishi	Nose Railway	Myoken Cable	[17]
	Kobe	Rokko Maya Railway	Rokko Cable	[18]
	Kobe	Kobe City Urban Development	Maya Cable	[19]
Kagawa	Takamatsu	Shikoku Cable	Yakuri Cable	[20]
Fukuoka	Kitakyushu	Hobashira Cable		[21]
Ōita	Beppu	Okamoto MFG	Beppu Wonder Rakutenchi Cable	Beppu Wonder Rakutenchi