They might not boast the latest cutting-edge technology, nor run along miles and miles of track, but throughout centuries, funicular railways have become a fascinating vintage mode of transport, as ...

Angels Flight, a Los Angeles landmark and tourist destination, is back in business after a horrible accident forced the halting of service back in 2001. It’s still quaint, but under the classic design ...

Discover the Stoosbahn funicular railway, an engineering marvel nestled in the scenic Swiss Alps. Watch as this groundbreaking transport system, designed by Doppelmayr and branded by Victorinox, ...

Peter Newman receives funding from the CRC RACE. Some 15 people have died after the Gloria funicular railway car in Lisbon, Portugal, derailed and crashed on Wednesday local time. Emergency services ...

LISBON (Reuters) – At least 15 people died and around 18 were injured on Wednesday when Lisbon’s Gloria funicular railway car, which is popular with tourists, derailed and crashed, an emergency ...

Angels Flight Railway has endured sweeping changes over decades ferrying passengers up and down a hill in downtown Los Angeles — but even it isn’t immune to the pressures of inflation. The iconic ...

At least 15 people were killed and 18 were injured in a crash of a popular funicular railway in Lisbon, Portugal, on Wednesday, according to local authorities. Portuguese Prime Minister Luís ...

At least 16 people were killed and several injured after the carriage of a funicular – a type of railway that travels up and down steep slopes – derailed in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon on ...

A Lisbon resident has given a terrifying account of his narrow escape from the funicular car which killed 16 people on Wednesday evening. Abel Esteves said he thought he was going to die as the ...