SPRINGFIELD — The city's vocabulary word for the day is funicular. A funicular, also called an incline plane or an incline tram, is like a cross between an elevator and an escalator. But like Willy ...

The 100 Street Funicular and Frederick G. Todd Lookout, the newest funicular in Canada, opened in downtown Edmonton in early December. The $24 million cable-mechanized incline elevator can transport ...

At least 16 people were killed when a world-famous funicular railcar derailed and overturned in Lisbon, Portugal, on Wednesday. A carriage on Glória Funicular, which connects Lisbon’s downtown near ...

Last week marked the opening of Canada’s first ever funicular in downtown Edmonton, a cable-mechanized incline elevator aimed at making the city’s largest green space more accessible. Publically ...

Portland has plenty of boutique public transit options: This is a town where you can take a streetcar to the aerial tram. But one thing we don't have? A funicular. That could soon change. TriMet is ...

Last week marked the opening of Canada’s first ever funicular in downtown Edmonton, a cable-mechanized incline elevator aimed at making the city’s largest green space more accessible. Publically ...

Edmonton wants you to see it from a new point of view—literally. The Canadian city recently launched a $24 million funicular that links the valley floor to a 20-meter cantilevered lookout with ...