🚃 Funiculars of the World

These are notable funiculars — cable-drawn counterbalanced railways that carry passengers up steep hillsides, bay slopes and city bluffs, some working for well over a century. Each profile shows where the funicular runs, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

210 funiculars from 30 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any funicular for its full profile.

Africa (1) Americas (30) Asia (24) Europe (154) Oceania (1)

Africa (1 funiculars)

Americas (30 funiculars)

Asia (24 funiculars)

Europe (154 funiculars)

Oceania (1 funiculars)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.