Thread: Inclined lift at Greenford Station replaces the last wooden escalator
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Old November 17th 15, 12:38 AM posted to uk.transport.london,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.railway
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Default Inclined lift at Greenford Station replaces the last woodenescalator
On 16.11.15 22:03, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
Charles Ellson wrote:


The only other two single-vehicle railways in the World listed in :-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...cular_railways
were both in the USA. Using two vehicles is probably optimal for
nearly all systems thus providing the seed for Wonky's incorrect
description.

There's one in Switzerland on that list, and a former one on IoM, which are
single car funiculars.


Anna Noyd-Dryver

The one on the Isle of Man closed sometimes in the 70/s80s, IIRC.

What about the funicular at Aberystwyth?
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