cable railway

railway that runs on cables and that is suspended upon the cables

A cable railway is a railway that uses a cable or rope to haul trains. There are three distinct forms of cable railway:Cable car systems for mass transit of passengersFunicular railways, where the cars are permanently attached to the cableSteeply-graded cable railways, used for freight, as described in this article.
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Noun
1. a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
(synonym) funicular, funicular railway
(hypernym) railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system
(part-meronym) cable car, car

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