Difference between Cable Railway and Funicular

CABLE RAILWAY vs FUNICULAR: NOUN

A railroad on which the cars are moved by an endless cable driven by a stationary engine.
A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars

A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
A cable railway on a steep incline, especially such a railway with simultaneously ascending and descending cars counterbalancing one another.
A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single track, with the cars linked by a cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as counterweights for each other.
The funicular polygon.

Operated or moved by a cable.
Of, relating to, or constituting a funiculus.
Relating to or operated by a cable
Consisting of a small cord or fiber.
Of, relating to, or resembling a rope or cord.
Pertaining to a funiculus; made up of, or resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi.
The force or action exerted by a rope in drawing together the supports to which its ends are Fastened, when acted upon by forces applied in a direction transverse to the rope, as in the archer's bow.
Same as Catenary.
An apparatus for illustrating certain principles in statics, consisting of a cord or chain attached at one end to a fixed point, and having the other passed over a pulley and sustaining a weight, while one or more other weights are suspended from the cord at points between the fixed support and the pulley.
The polygonal figure assumed by a cord fastened at its extremities, and sustaining weights at different points.
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable
Having a fleshy covering of the seed formed from the funiculus, the attachment point of the seed.
Dependent on the tension of a cord.

In anatomy: Resembling a cord or rope: a term used in describing the arrangement of muscle- or nerve-fibers.
Having the character of a funicle; constituting a funiculus; relating to the hypothesis of a funiculus, or self-contracting ether.
In anatomy, relating or pertaining to the funis umbilicalis: as, the funicular process of the peritoneum.

Gondolet, Permanent way, Transportation system, Railroad, Rail technology, Ropeway, Cable car, Tramway, Tram, Telpherage, Trolley car, Railway, Telpher, Funicular, Funicular railway

Cable car, Interurban, Chairlift, Gondolet, Gondola, Cableway, Telpherage, Tramway, Tram, Trolley car, Telpher, Ropeway, Polygon, Cable railway, Funicular railway

Gondolet, Permanent way, Transportation system, Railroad, Rail technology, Ropeway, Cable car, Tramway, Tram, Telpherage, Trolley car, Railway, Telpher, Funicular, Funicular railway

Cable car, Interurban, Chairlift, Gondolet, Gondola, Cableway, Telpherage, Tramway, Tram, Trolley car, Telpher, Ropeway, Polygon, Cable railway, Funicular railway

Henri IV Foyatier Mont Cenis Vincent Tardieu Becquerel FUNICULAR sq.
The funicular connects Como and Brunate in a few minutes.
FGC also operates two mountain railways and four funicular lines.
Easy access via train and funicular from Bourg St Maurice.
This funicular railway has two cars running in opposite directions.
For a truly spectacular sight, take the funicular to St.
Texas, TX next funicular, bus, rail, tramway schedules, and.
Gothic cathedral, scenic funicular railway, and waterfront promenade.
ESG objects to funicular project: Significant negative impact The Environmental Safety group says it objects to the proposed funicular plan.
Opposition slam Funicular project The Opposition says it is against the construction of a funicular from Casemates to Rock Gun.