Re: Prague's second funicular
  TP

That's a gondola cableway as I understand Mark.

The cost of a "tram" extension is not necessarily the same as the cost of a
"modern light rail" extension as we know Mark. The cost of the gravy train
has to be factored into the latter.

Tony P

On Sunday, 18 April 2021 at 17:34:06 UTC+10eme...@... wrote:

> 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, histor...@...> wrote:

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>> 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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