Also known as an inclined plane or cliff railway, a funicular railway normally solves the problem of transporting people up extremely steep slopes. They've been used for hundreds of years and are an extraordinary feat of ingenuity.
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Some call it a hillside elevator, hillside lift, hillside tram, hill lift, hill tram, tramway, cable car, incline railway, cable railway, hill people mover, chair lift, gondola or even a European funicular.
streetcar, also called tram or trolley, vehicle that runs on track laid in the streets, operated usually in single units and usually driven by electric motor.
Monorails are single-rail systems often found in airport transfers and medium-capacity metros. Monorails differ from trams and light rail systems by always being separated from other traffic and pedestrians, and they do not use pantographs.