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funicular railway
noun
- a short, very steep railway having two parallel sets of tracks, upon each of which runs a car or train raised or lowered by means of a cable that simultaneously lowers or raises the other car or train in such a way that the two are approximately counterbalanced.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of funicular railway1
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
He found a taxi parked near the Cathedral, and they rode to the funicular railway terminal at the base of Monte Azul.
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A little below that was the terminal station of the funicular railway from Montreux.
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And she went, in an hour, down to Montreux by the funicular railway, and was lost to the Beau-Site.
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A funicular railway runs from the Korn-Markt up to the level of the castle and thence to the Molkenkur (700 ft. above the town).
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There is a funicular railway up this mountain, but it does not work at night, and we thus have a taste of the vanishing Past.
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