If you didn’t know it yet, the Strand Beach funicular is open and ready to ride. At its soft opening recently, many riders experienced an outdoor inclined elevator for the first time. The beach ...

These incline railways range from steep mountain crawls to underground excursions. Matt Hickman is an associate editor at The Architect’s Newspaper. His writing has been featured in Curbed, Apartment ...

A few years ago the director of the US's Rocky Mountain National Park visited the Cairngorm funicular and was asked if they would construct something comparable in his neck of the woods. His reply was ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- John Ball Zoo visitors making the trek to the upper ridge of the zoo's new Forest Realm will soon have an alternative to climbing and descending the 114-foot hill. The zoo is in ...

What is a funicular, exactly? As the word is derived from the Latin for “rope”, a cable is an essential part of its workings. Funicular cars are usually permanently attached to a propulsion cable, ...

From 1894 to 1990, an inclined cable railway called a funicular took riders from the base of Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls, Ont., down a 185-foot track into the Niagara River Gorge. Last week, ...

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario — Visitors to Niagara Falls, Ontario, are once again able to travel into the Niagara Falls gorge for the first time in almost 30 years. Hornblower Niagara Cruises opened its ...