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Old November 17th 15, 10:07 AM posted to uk.transport.london,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.railway
Clive D. W. Feather[_2_] Clive D. W. Feather[_2_] is offline
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Default Inclined lift at Greenford Station replaces the last wooden escalator

In message , Charles Ellson
wrote:
It would seem to be a false assumption that a funicular
railway is inevitably one that uses two vehicles rather than one and a
counterbalance as used on the currently out of use Broadstairs Cliff
Railway :-
http://www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/cl...roadstairs.htm
(NB 5' 3" gauge).
and the definitely-defunct Margate Cliff Railway
http://www.hows.org.uk/personal/rail/mar.htm

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.


Only?

The Southend Cliff Lift (though it's actually in Westcliff) is single
car.

So is the one at the reconstructed village near Ironbridge whose name I
forget. (I managed to persuade my youngest two daughters that it was a
house moving by magic.)

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