Babbacombe Cliff Railway

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cliff railway funicular railway tourist attraction

Babbacombe Cliff Railway is a historic funicular railway in Torquay, England, that transports passengers between the clifftop and the seafront at Oddicombe Beach.

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Surface form Occurrences
Babbacombe Cliff Railway lower station 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cliff railway ⓘ
funicular railway ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
category Funicular railways in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Tourist attractions in Devon ⓘ
Transport in Devon ⓘ
configuration counterbalanced cars ⓘ
connects Babbacombe Downs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oddicombe Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1924 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
designer George Croydon Marks NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevationDifference about 73 m ⓘ
engineer Waygood-Otis NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature enclosed cars ⓘ
lower station building ⓘ
passing loop ⓘ
upper station building ⓘ
heritageStatus historic transport system ⓘ
length about 220 m ⓘ
about 720 ft ⓘ
location Babbacombe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Devon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Torquay NERFINISHED ⓘ
maximumGradient about 1 in 2.8 ⓘ
near English Riviera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lyme Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor being one of the remaining cliff railways in the United Kingdom ⓘ
providing access between cliff top and seafront at Oddicombe Beach ⓘ
numberOfCars 2 ⓘ
numberOfTracks 2 ⓘ
openingDate 1926 ⓘ
operator Babbacombe Cliff Railway CIO NERFINISHED ⓘ
owner Torbay Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse tourist transport ⓘ
propulsionSystem electric winding gear ⓘ
purpose passenger transport ⓘ
region southwest England ⓘ
surface form: South West England
safetySystem cable haulage with automatic brakes ⓘ
serves Babbacombe Downs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oddicombe Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
terminus Babbacombe Downs station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oddicombe Beach station NERFINISHED ⓘ
trackGauge 1067 mm ⓘ
3 ft 6 in ⓘ

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Oddicombe Beach → hasAccess → Babbacombe Cliff Railway ⓘ
Babbacombe → hasAttraction → Babbacombe Cliff Railway ⓘ
Oddicombe Beach → hasCliffRailwayTerminus → Babbacombe Cliff Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babbacombe Cliff Railway lower station
Babbacombe → hasTransport → Babbacombe Cliff Railway ⓘ