The Aberystwyth Cliff Railway opened on 1 August 1896. It is a funicular railway in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, having a length of 778 feet (237m)

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The Aberystwyth Cliff Railway opened on 1 August 1896. It is a funicular railway in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, having a length of 778 feet (237m). The funicular railway is a cable-drawn balanced system, using a pair of passenger cars connected together via a continuous cable that run in opposite directions along separate parallel tracks. It was developed as an element of Constitution Hill, a Victorian business venture by the Aberystwyth Improvement Company in the 1890s.

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Location: Aberystwyth, UK
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