[sustran] Re: Funicular

[Tony Barry]

At 20:27 21/08/97 +0300, you wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>Does anyone knows about funiculars or elevators being used as part of
>public urban transit ? I know about the city of Valparaiso in Chile,
>that has more than 10 funiculars.
>
>I am interested in funiculars or elevators that have a high volume of
>passagers.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Zilan Moura
>

Lisbon has a short rack railway taking people down into the old town centre.

As a Brit I am not clear on your terminology - I thought an elevator was US
for a what I would call a lift (a box which goes up and down on a cable in
a shaft - usually in a building)

However, Hong Kong has recently installed what they and I call escalators,
to move large numbers of people up from the waterfront to Mid Levels on the
island. You may find more on a HK web site.