Editing Funicular (section)

== Exceptional examples ==
{{See also|List of funicular railways}}

According to the ''[[Guinness World Records]]'', the smallest public funicular in the world is the [[Fisherman's Walk Cliff Railway]] in [[Bournemouth]], England, which is {{convert|39|m|0}} long.<ref>{{cite book |title=Guinness World Records |page=[https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec0000unse_f8z3/page/191 191] |isbn=978-1-908843-63-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec0000unse_f8z3/page/191 |last1=Records |first1=Guinness World |date=2014 |publisher=Guinness World Records }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Lowbridge, Caroline |title=Ten Bournemouth facts football fans might not know |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-32497257 |work=BBC News |access-date=2016-01-04}}</ref>

[[Stoosbahn]] in Switzerland, with a maximum slope of 110% (47.7°), is the steepest funicular in the world.<ref name=groan>{{cite news |last=Willsher |first=Kim |date=2017-12-15 |title=World's steepest funicular rail line to open in Switzerland |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/15/world-steepest-funicular-rail-line-open-switzerland |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref>

The [[Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway]], built in 1888, is the steepest and longest water-powered funicular in the world. It climbs {{convert|152|m|ft}} vertically on a 58% gradient.<ref>Smith, Claire. [https://www.geplus.co.uk/news/landslip-closes-lynton-and-lynmouth-cliff-railway/10029674.article "Landslip closes Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway."] ''geplus.co.uk'', 31 August 2018.</ref>

The city of [[Valparaíso]] in Chile used to have up to [[Valparaíso funiculars|30 funicular elevators]] ({{langx|es|ascensores}}). The oldest of them dates from 1883. 15 remain with almost half in operation,{{when|date=February 2023}} and others in various stages of restoration.

The [[Carmelit]] in [[Haifa]], Israel, with six stations and a tunnel 1.8&nbsp;km (1.1&nbsp;mi) long, is claimed by the Guinness World Records as the "least extensive [[rapid transit|metro]]" in the world.<ref name="carmelit" /> Technically, it is an underground funicular.

The [[Dresden Suspension Railway]] ({{lang|de|Dresden Schwebebahn}}), which hangs from an elevated rail, is the only suspended funicular in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvb.de/de-de/entdecken/bergbahnen/schwebebahn/|title=Schwebebahn |publisher=Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG |language=de |access-date=2018-07-05}}</ref>

The [[Fribourg funicular]] is the only funicular in the world powered by wastewater.<ref name="The Atlantic"/>

[[Standseilbahn Linth-Limmern]], capable of moving 215 t, is said to have the highest capacity.<ref name="Seitz">{{Citation|title=Auf Bohren, Biegen und Brechen durch den Berg|last=Seitz|first=Peter|journal=Tec21|page=34-38|issue=19|date=2017|language=de}}</ref>