Funicular railways
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Jerarquía
Object Groupings and Systems (Hierarchy Name) > systems (equipment) > <systems by function> > infrastructural systems > transit systems (infrastructure) > public transit (infrastructure) > <public transit by form> > rail transit systems > light rail transit > cable railroads
Descripción
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.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- kabelspoorwegen [nl]
- funiculares [es]
- funicular railway [en]
- railways, funicular [en]
- funicular railroads [en]
- funiculars [en]
- kabelspoorweg [nl]
- funicular [es]
- ferrocarril funicular [es]