Some Photo's taken by my friend Chris, who has recently been to Poland and Russia.

Vladivostok Funicular

Zakopane Funicular

My Photos

Scandanavia

Stockholm, Sweden.

has four Bergbanor's (Funiculars).

Nacka Strand

Constructed in 1996 alongside the Erickson building between the business park and the ferry terminal, the line is 90m long with a variable gradient max 29%. The single line runs automatically

Skansen

Originally opened in 1897 in a shorted and steeper form the railway shutdown in the 1950's. It was remodelled in 1975 and the length increased and the gradient reduced, to between 9 and 25%, the line is 197m long. It is a typical twin carriage system with passing loop. The railway serves the Skansen open air museum, opening is limited off season.

Nybohovs Hissbana

This railway was finished in 1964, it was built to connect the district of Nybohovs situated on Nybohovs Hill and the underground station of Liljholmen. The 230m long line runs through a tunnel all the way except a small section at the top that is constructed under a tower block, the gradient is 16%. There is a single carriage with automatic doors, that correspond to automatic doors on the two platforms. The power is supplied via an overhead cable to the carriage, which house the motor in the base. The tunnel has a service corridor alongside and the counterweight runs between the rails to which the cable is attached via a pulley at the top to the carriage. The line is fully automatic.

Skarholmen

This short line 63m runs up a small hill from the shopping area outside Skarholmen Underground station to the residential area at the top of the hill. The line is a single car system operated automatically and the car can be called from either of the platforms. The line is borded by a wire mesh fence.

TunnelBanen Lifts

At at least two of the tube stations (Tunnelbanen) Stadium and Kungstradgarden have funicular lifts, they are single line lifts that follow the escalators. There may well be more of these in other tube stations.

Kungstradgarden

There are two lifts in this tube station one at each exit, I could not find out much information about them but they are electric powered with counterweights, they operate fully automatically.

France, Spain and Portugal

Barcelona, Spain.

Has three funiculars Tibidabo (1.1km long), Montjuic (758m long) and Vallvidrera (746m long). The Tibidabo goes to the funfair in North Barcelona, Vallvidrera supports a residential area and Montjuic goes to the castle and Olympic complex and is mostly in a tunnel.

Tibidabo

Monjuic

Vallvidrera

Monseratt, Spain.

Santa Cova

The funicular of Santa Cova was built in 1929 to make easier the access to the stations of the Cross, and the Santa Cova chapel, which are at a lower level than the Monastery. The main characteristic of this funicular is the shape of the two wooden cabins which are composed of 5 compartments with 5 roofs arranged as stairs. The compartments, at each end of the cabins, contain a small separated area for the conductor.

Sant Joan

The site of Montserrat is also famous for its two funiculars: Sant Joan and Santa Cova. The two inclines were operated by the FMGP (Ferrocarriles de Montaña a Grandes Pendientes) and since 1986 by the FGC (Ferrocarrils de la Generalita de Catalunya) which also operates most of the Catalonia railways. The funicular Sant Joan, first use in 1918, was built to link the Monastery to the top of the Santa Magdalena mountain where a footpath lead to the hermitage of Sant Jeroni. The track is absolutely straight with a maximum gradient of 66%. In 1997, two new cabins succeeded to those which were used since 1926.

Grand Hotel, Cap Ferret - Nice, France

This is a private funicular that takes people down to the beachside swimming pool from the Hotel.

Cable Ski Ride - Monaco

This is a public fun ride, that takes skiers or sledgers for a fun ride, it is cable hauled, and was at the christmas market in Monaco.

Lisbon, Portugal.

Ascensor da Gloria

The central street funicular tram 276m long at 18%.

Ascensor da Bica

the western street funicular 260m max 29% gradient.

Ascensor do Lavra

The narrowerst line in the east of the city188m long at 23%.

Switzerland, Austria, Germany Poland and Hungary

Sierra Montana Crans, Switzerland.

St Luc, Switzerland.

Emosson, Switzerland.

Saltzburg, Austria.

Hohensalzburg fortress Public Funicular

Hohensalzburg fortress The oldest funicular in the world

The Hohensalzburg fortress is the bigest fortress of the Middle Ages which remains still intact. In the XVth century, during the war against Hungaria forced the archbishops to take refuge in the fortress. Under the reign of the Archbishop Leonard von Keutschach (1495-1519) the fortress was strengthened. An elevator for the foods was built in 1504 (may be 1495?) on the east side. It was an elevator on rails (wooden rails till the XIXth century, the exact date of the replacement of the wooden rails by iron rails is unknown) supposedly operated by prisonners turning a big pulley. Then later they were replaced by oxes and horses. Till 1910 the elevator was operated manually by 9 men then a mine winch was intalled. In 1951 a new winch was installed and the wagon was replaced by a new one. At the beginning of the XVIth century and under the reign the archbishop Paris Lodron (1635-1637) the elevator was used to carry stones, wooden beams for the extension of the fortress. This can explain the huge size of the fortress. Even today there is no road suitable for motor vehicles (may be 4x4 excepted!) that explains also why the "Reiszug" is still in use.

Elblag, Poland.

A series of 5 funicular boat lifts in the Elblag Ostroda canal to traverse a range of hills between Lake Druzno and Lake Piniewo. Completed in 1860, the lifts rise 99.5m over 9km including some flat sections.

Budapest, Hungary.

North America

Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada.

Falls Incline

Maid of the Mist

Replaced by a vertical lift, although disused the whole line is intact although a bit run down.

Chatanooga, TN, USA

Lookout Mountain Incline

Constructed in 1886 the first incline served the Point Hotel it closed in 1900, 5 years after the more sucessfull second incline to the top of lookout mountain. There have been four sets of cars during its life. They claim the line is the steepest in the world and is over 1 mile long, it is not the steepest there are several steeper in Europe and the steepest at Katoomba In Australia.