"funicular railway" meaning in All languages combined

See funicular railway on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: funicular railways [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} funicular railway (plural funicular railways)
  1. A cable railway on an incline; especially one which operates on two tracks (or with a passing loop), with a pair of vehicles counterbalancing each other. Categories (topical): Rail transportation Translations (railway — see also funicular): siklóvasút (Hungarian), funicolare [feminine] (Italian), füniküler (Turkish)

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