Thread: Inclined lift at Greenford Station replaces the last wooden escalator
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Old November 17th 15, 01:21 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 wooden escalator
On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 00:38:07 +0000, "
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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?

Two vehicles but described as a "water balance system" before
electrification in 1921 :-
http://www.aberystwythcliffrailway.co.uk/
It was the longest UK funicular before the Cairngorm Mountain Railway
was opened.
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