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The Ebbw Vale Garden Festival Funicular was a funicular railway built to carry visitors around the Ebbw Vale Garden Festival in 1992. The funicular was intended as a viewpoint across the festival site, as much as a means of transport between levels, and so at 920 metres (3,020 ft) it was quite long by funicular standards although had only a ...
Ebbw Vale (/ ˈ ɛ b uː v eɪ l /; Welsh: Glynebwy) is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River in Wales. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent county borough .
This is a list of funicular railways, organised by place within country and continent. The funiculars range from short urban lines to significant multi-section mountain railways. A funicular railway is distinguished from the similar incline elevator in that it has two vehicles that counterbalance one another rather than independently operated cars.
Subsequent festivals were held in Stoke-on-Trent (1986), Glasgow (1988), Gateshead (1990) and Ebbw Vale Garden Festival (1992) which eventually won the competition. The festivals were highly successful in attracting millions of visitors from all over the country to industrial areas long ignored by British tourists.
Pages in category "Funicular railways in Wales" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Ebbw Vale Garden Festival Funicular; G.
Ebbw Vale Town railway station; Ebbw Valley Railway; G. Ebbw Vale Garden Festival Funicular This page was last edited on 31 December 2018, at 22:03 (UTC). ...
Ebbw Vale was reached by the 93-yard (85 m) Beaufort Viaduct before reaching Ebbw Vale Junction and the 93-yard (85 m) Rhyd Viaduct. [12] Ebbw Vale station was near the area which is known locally as 'The Crossing', in the town centre. [citation needed] Beaufort station was situated in a cutting to the west of a road bridge. [13]
The Ebbw Valley Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Cwm Ebwy) is a branch line of the South Wales Main Line in South Wales. Transport for Wales Rail provides an hourly passenger service each way between Ebbw Vale Town and Cardiff Central, and an hourly service each way between Ebbw Vale Town and Newport.