funicular railway

English Thesaurus

1. a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	railroad, railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system,
definition	:	line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight (noun.artifact)

part holonym	:	cable car, car,
definition	:	a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	funicular,
definition	:	relating to or operated by a cable (adj.pert)

derivation	:	funicular,
definition	:	relating to or operated by a cable (adj.pert)