This is a list of funicular railways, organised by place within country and continent. The funiculars range from short urban lines to significant multi-section mountain railways.
A funicular railway is distinguished from the similar incline elevator in that it has two vehicles that counterbalance one another rather than independently operated cars.
Africa Réunion
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesSaint-BenoîtTakamaka funicular1968Industrial funicular for Takamaka hydroelectric power stations employees
Saint Helena
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesJamestownJacob's Ladder18291871
South Africa
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesCape of Good HopeFlying Dutchman Funicular1996
Americas Brazil
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesNiteróiNiterói funicular19061950s ParanapiacabaSão Paulo Railway1867 1982Consist of two lines, (1982 later rack operatedRio de Janeiro Outeiro da Glória funicular1942 (Modernized 2003) Paula Mattos funicular18771926Salvador188919811915 2006 1984 (later reopened)Replacing a rack railway from 1897Santos1927
Canada
Province Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesAlbertaEdmontonEdmonton Incline Railway19081913 Now site of Stairs (Incline Railway).100 Street Funicular2017This is an inclined elevator, not a funicularOntarioHamiltonHamilton Incline Railway19001936Niagara FallsFalls Incline Railway1966Also known as the Horseshoe Falls InclineLeander Colt Inclinecirca 18691889Hornblower Niagara Funicular (fomerly Maid of the Mist Incline)1894 reopened 20191990 –Also known as the Maid of the Mist Incline and the Clifton InclineWhirlpool Rapids Inclinecirca 18761934QuebecMontrealMount Royal Funicular Railway18841918Quebec CityOld Quebec Funicular1879 (Cable)1907 (Cable)This has been modified to operate as a pair of inclined elevators, it is no longer a funicular1907 (Electric) rebuilt in 1946, in operation to this day.1945 (Electric)
Chile
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesSantiagoFunicular de Santiago1925San Cristóbal Hill in Spanish Cerro San Cristóbal.Cerro Santa Lucía funicular190219102016Cerro 18 funicularParque de La Infancia funicular2012ValparaísoArrayán funicular19051964Artillería funicular railway1893Barón funicular1906Ascensor Concepción funicular1883Bellavista funicular18971955Cordillera funicular1887El Hogar funicular19121955El Peral funicular1902Esmeralda funicular19051962Espíritu santo funicular1911Florida funicular1906Hospital Carlos van Buren funicular1929La Cruz funicular19081992Larrain funicular1906Las Monjas funicular1912Lecheros funicular1906Mariposas funicular1906Polanco funicular1913Pantéon funicular19001952Perdices funicular19321962Placeres funicular19131971 Ramaditas funicular19141955Reina Victoria funicular1903San Agustin funicular 1913Sant Domingo funicular19101965Villaseca funicular1907 Viña del MarVillanelo funicular1983
Colombia
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesBogotáMonserrate1929
Mexico
State Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesGuanajuatoGuanajuato CityGuanajuato funicular2001Guanajuato funicular inaugurated in 2001, it joins the theatre Juarez to the monument El Pipila.Nuevo LeónMonterreyGrutas de GarcíaReplaced by an aerial tramway)
Puerto Rico
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesFajardoEl Conquistador Resort
United States
State Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesArkansas Marble FallsDogpatch Funicular Tram19711993California CapitolaShadowbrook1958Single car incline used to access a unique riverfront restaurant that's been in business since 1947. Fairfax19131929 Feather River CanyonBucks Creek Powerhouse, single car incline used for inspection of water system, later abandoned. Rails still visible on canyon walls. IndustryPacific Palms Resort, Industry Hills Golf Club funicular1979Later closed for maintenance Santa Catalina IslandIsland Mountain Railway1904 19211918 1923 ValenciaSix Flags Magic Mountain funicularHonda Express, (original name: Funicular)Los AngelesBunker HillAngels Flight1901;reopened several times1969–Moved and re-opened 1996, closed 2001, re-opened 2010, closed 2013, re-opened in 2017Los AngelesCourt Flight19041943Operated from 1904 to 1943 damaged by fire; razed 1944; site of Court of Flags.Mt. Washington Railway19091919Operated in the Highland Park/Mt. Washington neighborhood of L.A., ticket office and powerhouse still exist.Playa del Rey19011909Two cars ran in a counterbalance configuration from a Los Angeles Pacific Railway stop at the base of the Westchester cliffs to a hotel at the top of the bluff. Legend has it that the two cars were named 'Alphonse' and 'Gaston'.San FranciscoFillmore Counterbalance18951941Telegraph HillTelegraph Hill funicular 18841886Telegraph hill funicular to the observatory at the summit operated on Greenwich Street between 1884 and 1886.Las Casitas Tram, San FranciscoLas Casitas funicularLas Casitas Tram, San Francisco funicular serving a private home on Bay Street. Still in operationColorado Cañon CityRoyal Gorge Incline19312013 GoldenLookout Mountain19121920 GoldenSouth Table Mountain1912–1920The Funiculars of Golden, Colorado, Barb Warden, 2012 Manitou SpringsManitou Incline19071990 MorrisonRed Rocks Amphitheatre, Mount Morrison Cable Incline19091914IowaDubuque Fenelon Place Elevator Fourth Street Elevator1882Still operational Eleventh Street ElevatorClosedMassachusetts HadleyMount Holyoke Railroad18541938 HolyokeMount Tom Railroad18971938Michigan KalamazooWestern State Normal Railroad19081949MinnesotaDuluth7th Avenue West Incline Railway18911939Duluth Belt Line Railway (in West Duluth)18891916Missouri BransonMarvel Cave, Silver Dollar City1957 long, rise, Curved. (still operational)New Jersey HobokenHoboken Elevated Wagon Lift18731949 OrangeOrange Mountain Cable Railway18931902 WeehawkenEldorado Elevator(Closed)Weehawken Elevated Wagon Lift1873(Closed)New York BeaconMount Beacon Incline Railway1902 19751972 1978 Lake GeorgeProspect Mountain Cable Incline Railway18951903 Niagara FallsProspect Park Incline Railway18471907 PalenvilleOtis Elevating Railway18921918 Sea CliffSea Cliff Incline1886After 1907YonkersPark Hill Incline18941937Ridge Hill InclineYonkers other funicular to the Sprain Ridge Hospital Campus.Photodocuments of Old Otis Incline Railway at Ridge Hill VillageNorth Carolina Fontana DamFontana Dam incline tram19421945Fontana Dam turbine hall access on the east side of the Little Tennessee River (technically not a funicular, but an inclined railway a single car with a balance sled which rolls on tracks underneath the cab). No longer operational. Maggie ValleyGhost Town in the Sky1961 20072002 2009OhioCincinnatiBellevue Incline 18761926Fairview Incline18921923Mount Adams Incline18741948Mount Auburn Incline18721898Price Hill Incline18741943Pennsylvania AltoonaHorseshoe Curve funicular1851Still operational AshleyAshley Planes18371948 Beaver FallsPatterson Heights Incline18951927 JohnstownJohnstown Inclined Plane1891Still operationalJim ThorpeMauch Chunk Switchback Railway18471938Mount Pisgah Plane18451938 Summit HillMount Jefferson PlanePittsburghBellevue Incline18871892Castle Shannon Incline18901964Castle Shannon South Incline18921914Clifton Incline18891905Duquesne Incline1877Still operationalFort Pitt Incline18821900H.B. Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad1877(Closed)Inclines on Becks Run and Streets RunKnoxville Incline18901960Monongahela Incline1870Still operationalMonongahela Freight Incline18841935Mount Oliver Incline18721951Norwood Incline19011923Nunnery Hill Incline18881895Penn Incline18841953Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Planebef.1871 1912St. Clair Incline1888 1932Troy Hill Incline18881898West ElizabethWalton's coal incline(Closed)O'Neil and Company Incline(Closed)Tennessee ChattanoogaLookout Mountain Incline Railway1895Still operationalUtah Park CityThe St. Regis Funicular2009Still operational, this is a pair of inclined lifts, not a funicular.Virginia RoanokeMill Mountain Incline19101929Washington SeattleQueen Anne Counterbalance19011940Wisconsin MilwaukeeVilla Terrace Decorative Arts Museum1923(Closed)This is an inclined lift, not a funicular
Asia Azerbaijan
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesBakuBaku Funicular1960 re-opened 2001(late 1980s)
China
Region Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesAnhuiHuangshanHuangshan funicularChongqing Changshou 1964YuzhongWanglongmen funicular19451993Caiyuanba funicular19531996Chaotianmen funicular1983 (2019 Planned reopening)2007JiangxiJiujiangLushan – Sandiequan funicularShanxiTaiyuanXimingkuang Cable Car (西铭矿缆车)
Hong Kong
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesVictoria PeakPeak Tram1888Ocean ParkOcean Express2009Sha TinPo Fook Hill ElevatorLantau IslandDiscovery Bay Elevator
India
State Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesHimachal PradeshJogindernagarShanan Power House1930sIndia's highest funicular at 2530 metres (8300 feet) elevation above sea level. It was built in the 1930s to carry heavy machinery of Shanan Power House to Barot. It is on one meter gauge. It is a 4-stage network of funicular and horizontal track and has six haulage car stations. The loading capacity of haulage way cars are 15, 10, 5 tons. Higher the capacity, lower the speed. MaharashtraBhira KheriBhivpuri RoadThe Tata Group operates funicular railways.SaptashrungiNashik Temple 2018VirarJivdani Mata TempleThaneShri Malanggad18 January 2026India’s Longest Funicular RailwayTamil NaduDhandayuthapani Swamy TemplePalani Temple Funicular
Israel
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesHaifaCarmelit1959 re-opened 1992, 20181986 re-closed 2017Raz-Chaimovitz, Michal (October 4, 2018). "Haifa's Carmelit subway reopens after 18 month upgrade". Globes.
Japan
Prefecture Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesAomoriSotogahamaSeikan Tunnel Tappi Shakō Line1988Seikan Tunnel MuseumFukuokaKitakyushuSarakurayama Cable Car1957Sarakurayama Tozan RailwayHyōgoKawanishiMyoken Cable1925 re-opened 19601944 re-closed 2023Nose Electric RailwayKobeMaya Cablecar1925Kobe Future CityRokko Cable Line1932Rokko Maya RailwayIbarakiTsukubaMount Tsukuba Cable Car1925Tsukuba Kanko RailwayKagawaTakamatsuYakuri Cable1931Shikoku CableKanagawaHakoneHakone Tozan Cable Car1922Odakyu HakoneIseharaŌyama Cable Car1931Oyama Kanko DentetsuKyotoKyotoEizan Cable1925Keifuku Electric RailroadKurama-dera Cable1957Kurama-deraMiyazuAmanohashidate Cable Car1927Tango Kairiku KotsuYawataOtokoyama Cable1926Keihan Electric RailwayNaraIkomaIkoma Cable Line1918Kintetsu RailwayŌitaBeppuBeppu Rakutenchi Cable Line1929Okamoto MFGOsakaYaoNishi-Shigi Cable Line1930 re-opened 19571944Kintetsu RailwayTokyoHachiōjiTakao Tozan Cable1921Takaotozan RailwayŌmeMitake Tozan Cable1935Mitake Tozan RailwayToyamaTateyamaKurobe Cable Car1969Tateyama Kurobe Alpine RouteTateyama Cable Car1954ShigaŌtsuSakamoto Cable1927Hieizan RailwayShizuokaKannamiJukkokutōge Cable Car1956Izuhakone RailwayWakayamaKōyaKōyasan Cable1930Nankai Electric Railway
Lebanon
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesHarissaFuniculaire de Harissa1965
Malaysia
Region Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesPenangPenang HillPenang Hill Railway1923 re-opened 201120102010 with 2 independent sections; re-opened in 2011 as a one-section funicular
North Korea
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesPaektu MountainPaektu Mountain Funicular
Philippines
Region Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesCaviteTagaytayTagaytay Highlands Funicular1994
South Korea
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesSamcheok Incline Train
Russia
(Russia is a transcontinental country spanning Europe and Asia. The funicular railway below is on the East Asian side, so is listed here.) (See: Europe/Russia section)
Location Name of system Date opened Date closed NotesVladivostok1934
Thailand