List of inclined elevators

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This is a list of inclined elevators, organised by place within country and region.

An inclined elevator is distinguished from the similar funicular railway in that its cars operate independently whereas funiculars are composed of two vehicles that synchronously counterbalance one another. Despite this distinction, some inclined elevators use the term funicular in their names, which is seen in both systems converted from funiculars to inclined elevators, such as the Old Quebec Funicular in Quebec City and the Montmartre Funicular in Paris, and in systems built originally as inclined elevators, such as the 100 Street Funicular in Edmonton and the Ljubljana Castle funicular. Some English language installations use the term "inclinator", a portmanteau of incline and elevator. This list includes counter-weighted, non-counter-weighted and climbing elevators operating on fixed and variable inclinations.

Americas

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Canada

Alberta

Nova Scotia

Ontario

  • Peace Tower, Ottawa (travels on a 10° angle for the first 98 feet (30 m), shifting its position horizontally 12 feet 2.25 inches (3.7148 m), and straight up for the 60 feet 9 inches (18.52 m) remainder of the climb)

Quebec

Guatemala

Panama

United States

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Connecticut

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

  • Residential Lake Tram, Central Minnesota[24]

Missouri

Nevada

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

Tennessee

  • Hillbilly Golf, Gatlinburg, has an inclined elevator which takes players to the top of a mountain (where they can choose from one of two miniature golf courses) and (on call) picks them up roughly midway up the mountain for the return trip.[30]

Texas

Utah

  • Park City, The St. Regis Funicular (pair of independent, non-counterweighted lifts operating on a variable incline).[34][35]

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin

Asia

China

Mainland

Hong Kong

Macau

Japan

In addition, slope cars (small monorails running on rack rails), of which more than 80 have been installed across Japan, are also legally classified as inclined elevators under Japanese law.

Hokkaido

Kantō

Chūbu

Kansai

  • Gunze Town Center Tsukashin [ja], Amagasaki, Hyōgo[92]
  • Hanayama Green Elevator (Skylator), Hanayama Higashi Danchi, Kobe, Hyōgo - The first inclined elevator in Japan, installed in 1984 [93]
  • La Vista Takarazuka, Takarazuka, Hyōgo [94]
  • Nishinomiya Najio New Town [ja], Nishinomiya, Hyōgo [95]
  • Seaside Hotel Maiko Villa [ja], Kobe, Hyōgo [96]
  • Yamate Kansen road [ja] Ashiyagawa Tunnel, Ashiya, Hyōgo [97]

Kyūshū

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

South Korea

Thailand

Europe

Austria

Croatia

Czech Republic

  • Mrazovka Funicular, connecting the two parts of the Mövenpick Hotel, Smíchov district, Prague[125]

Denmark

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Many seaside resorts and hotels in Crete contain inclined elevators within the resort grounds.

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Norway

Portugal

Romania

Russian Federation

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Map of the inclined elevators

Near the lower station, Schräglift Wiggenhalde in Kriens (2013)
inclined elevator at Zürich Hauptbahnhof (2014)
inclined lift at Stufenbau, Ittigen (2013)

Ukraine

United Kingdom

England

Wales

Isle of Man

Middle East

Saudi Arabia

Turkey

Oceania

See also

References

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