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Montserrat's two funicular railways operate in the area around the Mare de Déu abbey near Barcelona.
http://www.cremallerademontserrat.com/

Information about street cable cars and cable tramways including those of San Francisco.
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/

Learn about the United Kingdom's only remaining inland electric, funicular railway. Lots of details relate history and technical aspects, while photos show the station and cars.
http://www.bridgnorthcliffrailway.co.uk/

Listing of Switzerland's funiculars.
http://mikeaz.free.fr/suisse/funis-ch.htm

Information about the elevators and funiculars of Salvador, Brazil with illustrations from old postcards.
http://hometown.aol.com/almo1934/sv.html

Britain's oldest working cable tramway. The cable tramway connects historic Saltaire to the beauty spot of Shipley Glen. Edwardian shop and museum.
http://www.glentramway.co.uk

A photo collection of the funicular system in Lisbon, 2000.
http://www.tramways.com/tramways...ugal/funiculars/funicularsh.html

A webring of homepages about funiculars and other similar means of transport in the world.
http://web.tiscali.it/funicolare/ring.htm

Web magazine on European funiculars, includes complete database of funiculars in Switzerland. Also available in French.
http://www.funimag.com

Funicular railways. Swedish and English language site.
http://www.funiculars.net

Information about all of the funicular railways in the UK
http://www.hows.org.uk/personal/rail

History of Vesuvius funicular railway and chair lift, including 80 images, 20 of which are previously unpublished.
http://www.vesuvioinrete.it/funicolare/e_funicolare.htm