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Meanings of funicular railway in English
A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars.
Synonyms
Examples for "funicular"
Examples for "funicular"
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They start along the terrace toward the station of the funicular railway.
2
Willie rode the little funicular railway alone, morose and lost in thought.
3
Those who like to come up by the funicular can do so.
4
The neighbourhood has a number of historic homes and a funicular undergoing renovation.
5
Hong Kong's only funicular railway has been ferrying passengers since 1888.
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Before me I saw the turnstile which led to a cable railway.
2
In removing an old cable railway track in St. Louis, Mo., holes 8 ins.
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To this hill is due the pioneer cable railway, built in the early '70's.
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A cable railway ferries visitors up and down the hill.
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For amazing views of the city take the Artxanda Funicular, a cable railway, to Mount Artxanda.
Usage of funicular railway in English
1
They start along the terrace toward the station of the funicular railway.
2
Willie rode the little funicular railway alone, morose and lost in thought.
3
Hong Kong's only funicular railway has been ferrying passengers since 1888.
4
A little below that was the terminal station of the funicular railway from Montreux.
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I am not a climber myself, except by funicular railway.
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It was Bunker Hill, and a little funicular railway called Angels Flight, cute but out of operation.
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What a thing was a funicular railway.
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You see it best from the top of the Fløibanen funicular railway which was built 100 years ago.
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Ascend Apharwat by the funicular railway.
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Slipping onto the funicular railway-out, away.
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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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MONTANA, 5,000 feet above the sea, is reached by a funicular railway from Sierre.
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We had gone to the top of Vesuvius on the funicular railway; but one man decided to make the climb.
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Looking sideways, there was nothing very startling in what he saw - arapidfunicular railway might have given the same sensations.
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As this is Switzerland, there is a funicular railway to take you to the top and a restaurant on the summit.
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They took us in the funicular railway straight up the cliff to the great restaurant at the top which overlooks the whole of the valley.