funicular

cable railway in which a cable moves permanently attached rail cars up and down a slope
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funicular

Summary

funicular ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,244 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • funicular is a type of steep grade railway[2].
  • funicular is a type of cable railway[3].
  • funicular is a type of architectural structure[4].
  • funicular is a type of cable transport[5].
  • funicular is used for hillclimbing[6].
  • funicular's Commons category is recorded as Funiculars[7].
  • funicular comprises funicular line[8].
  • funicular comprises funicular station[9].
  • funicular's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Funicular railways[10].
  • funicular's Commons gallery is recorded as Funicular[11].
  • funicular's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as railway=funicular[12].
  • funicular's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[13].
  • funicular's different from is recorded as inclined elevator[14].
  • funicular's has list is recorded as list of funicular railways[15].
  • funicular's category for the view from the item is recorded as Category:Views from funiculars[16].
  • funicular's P14692 is recorded as El Viso[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include steep grade railway[2], cable railway[3], architectural structure[4], and cable transport[5].

Use and Application

funicular is used for hillclimbing[6]. Components include funicular line[8] and funicular station[9], a type of station[18].

Why It Matters

funicular ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,244 views/month).[1] funicular has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] funicular is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · O Breixo · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 128667
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P13613]]: 128667"
  2. 6w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → El Viso
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  3. 6w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C19412
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C19412, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0261145-pozemni-lanove-drahy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0261145-pozemni-lanove-drahy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  5. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for the view from the item → Category:Views from funiculars
    Aliases → —
    Has parts → —
    Different from → inclined elevator
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27378, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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