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| Station at town level |
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| One of the carriages |
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| A footpath on the hill crosses the track via this bridge |
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| The views of Aberystwyth are astonishing |
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| On top of the hill |
Thursday 29 June 2017
Aberystwyth Cliff Railway
The Aberystwyth Cliff Railway is one of the longest funicular railways in the UK and runs from Aberystwyth up Constitution Hill. The railway opened in 1896 to serve a Victorian visitor attraction with a camera obscura and parks on top of the hill and a restaurant and arcade at the bottom. Originally the funicular railway used a water balance system but since 1921 has used electricity to operate the 2 carriages via steel cables. The funicular railway rises 130m with a gradient that exceeds 1:2 in places.
