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a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars

: a railway on which the cars grip and are moved by an endless cable that is sometimes laid underground and that is driven by a stationary engine — see funicular railway

a railway on which the cars are pulled by a moving cable under the roadway.

[1885-90]

See ↑cable tramway below

Main Entry: ↑cable

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cable tramway or cable railway noun

One along which cars or carriages are drawn by a cable operated by a stationary motor

Main Entry: ↑cable

cable railway UK US noun [countable] [singular cable railway plural cable railways]

a railway attached to a cable by which it is pulled up a mountain

Thesaurus: types of train or railway system_hyponym parts of trains, trams and cable cars_meronym

cable railway,

an apparatus consisting of cars drawn by a continuously moving cable that is between and beneath the rails of a street railroad or suspended between the towers of a ski lift.