Some pruning of surrounding vegetation is desirable before the views are completely lost!

Hunslet

From:tramsdownunder@... [mailto:tramsdownunder@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of TP
Sent: Sunday, 18 April 2021 4:49 PM
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Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Prague's second funicular

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.

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

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

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