Proposal:Funicular railway
This proposal corresponds to map feature Tag:railway=funicular.
| Funicular railway | |
|---|---|
| Proposal status: | Draft (under way) |
| Proposed by: | * |
| Tagging: | railway=funicular |
| Statistics: |
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| Rendered as: | same as rail |
See description on wikipedia:Funicular railway. -- A steep (45 degree) railway that uses two counterbalanced cars connected by a pulley at the top of the track, and moved by a fixed engine which pulls on the wire.
Examples
- Hastings
- Lynmouth
Tags
this applies to ways only
See also
A similar railway design at Proposed_features/Rack_railway
A more general method at Proposed features/Incline railway
opinion
Currently I've used railway=rail,description=funicular railway for the one at Lynmouth, but it might be useful to distinguish it in some way from a 'regular' railway? Ojw 12:42, 23 September 2007 (BST)
- Yes, I agree. They are very distinctive as visual landmarks and are often tourist attractions. railway=funicular? MikeCollinson 19:41, 8 October 2007 (BST)
- "railway=funicular" makes totally sense. Gets my vote --Wabba 18:14, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, we badly need this one in Switzerland! Gummibärli 12:44, 4 December 2007 (MET)
- waterway=funicular? http://englishrussia.com/?p=1676
- Very impressive! But a funicular has to use a cable for traction, and this one has a rack railway (see Proposed_features/Rack_railway) Gummibaerli 22:43, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
- We have some in germany as well, most often climbing a mountain and having no connection to the rest of the railway system. While I'm fine with rendering them the same as railway=rail, I'd appreciate a tag to map them seperately. SlowRider 21:15, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- I disagree with this proposal. How we should tag funicular tram or funicular subway?( for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opicina_Tramway or many glacier subways). So I propose following tagging scheme for all incline railways types:
- railway=rail | light_rail | tram | subway ...
- rack = no (default) | yes | {more specific type} (e.g. Riggenbach, Abt ...)
- funicular ( or cable? ) = no | yes
- (or maybe traction:rack, traction:funicular) -Vrabcak 09:26, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
- I support adding a tagging schema for funicular railways (need one to map the funicular from the Aare to the Bundeshaus in Bern). I vote for
- railway=funicular
- It's simple and clear enough. A subway funicular would be a
- railway=funicular, tunnel=yes
- I agree. We have plenty of them in Switzerland. At least 2 of them are already tagged in this way. Rendering as a narrow gauge railway is OK for me.
voting
is not open, proposed for 2008-02-25; This date has passed. Where are we now in the process of getting this feature approved?