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Great Orme Tramway
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According to wikipedia this is Great Britain's only remaining cable operated street tramway and one of few surviving in the world. It takes passengers from Llandudno Victoria Station to just below the summit of the Great Orme headland. Operation of the tramway differs from the better-known San Francisco system in that it is not a cable car but a rather on the funicular principle, where the cars are permanently fixed to the cable, and are stopped and started by stopping and starting the cable. As one car is ascending, the other is descending, and they meet midway.The line comprises two sections, where each section is an independent funicular and passengers change cars at the halfway station. Whilst the upper section runs on its own right of way and is very similar to many other funicular lines, the lower section is an unusual street running funicular, similar to Lisbon’s Glória, Bica, and Lavra funiculars. Tram No 6 is a 37' bogie passenger tram car entered into sevice in 1902. DSC_5175 ambrotype
25/01 1794 - 28/08 2186
Great Orme Tramway
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission... © All rights reserved...
According to wikipedia this is Great Britain's only remaining cable operated street tramway and one of few surviving in the world. It takes passengers from Llandudno Victoria Station to just below the summit of the Great Orme headland. Operation of the tramway differs from the better-known San Francisco system in that it is not a cable car but a rather on the funicular principle, where the cars are permanently fixed to the cable, and are stopped and started by stopping and starting the cable. As one car is ascending, the other is descending, and they meet midway.The line comprises two sections, where each section is an independent funicular and passengers change cars at the halfway station. Whilst the upper section runs on its own right of way and is very similar to many other funicular lines, the lower section is an unusual street running funicular, similar to Lisbon’s Glória, Bica, and Lavra funiculars. Tram No 6 is a 37' bogie passenger tram car entered into sevice in 1902. DSC_5175 ambrotype
25/01 1794 - 28/08 2186