Noun: cable railway
- A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
"Tourists enjoyed the scenic views from the cable railway as it climbed the steep mountainside";
- funicular, funicular railway
Derived forms: cable railways
Type of: rail, railroad [N. Amer], railroad line [N. Amer], railway [Brit, Cdn], railway line [Brit, Cdn], railway system [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Cable railway