Noun: funicular railway
- A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
"The city's historic funicular railway was a popular attraction for visitors";
- cable railway, funicular
Derived forms: funicular railways
Type of: rail, railroad [N. Amer], railroad line [N. Amer], railway [Brit, Cdn], railway line [Brit, Cdn], railway system [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Funicular railway