The extension of the Kobylisy line to Bohnice, also has a funicular from
Bohnice - Troja - Podbaba associated. It's interesting to note that the
cost of the tram extension is about $25m/km.

Mark Skinner

On Sun, 18 Apr 2021, 4:19 pm TP, historyworks@...> wrote:

> In addition to trams, buses, ferries and metro, DPP Prague also operates a

> funicular up Petrin hill and a cableway at Prague Zoo. However, there is a

> second funicular near Smichov (home of the former Tatra tram factory) and

> adjacent to Mozart's house, operated by the NH Prague Hotel. The hotel has

> a lower complex containing most of the accommodation, and an upper building

> overlooking a spectacular view of Prague.

>

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> https://news.expats.cz/prague-metro/take-a-ride-on-prague-secret-second-funicular/

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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-7gKwokTaU

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> This funicular may also be termed an inclined elevator because you enter

> and leave it through synchronised inner and outer sliding doors, just like

> a lift. The presence of a wind vane suggests there may be some conditions

> in which it doesn't operate! The views give a good picture of the sort of

> terrain that the Prague tram system sometimes encounters in journeys to the

> suburbs. On the vertigo scale, it reminds me of the Scenic Railway in

> Katoomba, but it's self-levelling rather than giving you the impression

> that you're going to be pitched forward into space any moment.

>

> Tony P

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