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The Johnstown Inclined Plane is a 896.5-foot (273.3 m) funicular in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, U.S.The incline and its two stations connect the city of Johnstown, situated in a valley at the confluence of the Stonycreek and the Little Conemaugh rivers, to the borough of Westmont on Yoder Hill.
The city is located on the former mainline of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Norfolk Southern operates 60–80 trains daily on these rails. CSX also has a branch into the city. CamTran operates the local bus service and the Johnstown Inclined Plane . Until 1976, local transit service was operated by a private company, Johnstown Traction Company.
The Johnstown Inclined Plane is an 896.5-foot (273.3 m) funicular railway in Johnstown, Cambria County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.The funicular is capable of carrying passengers and automobiles up or down a slope with a grade of 70.9 percent.
CamTran also operates the Johnstown Inclined Plane, taken over in 1983 from Westmont, Pennsylvania borough. The transit system began operation in 1976, from the remnants of the Johnstown Traction Company. Although the Cambria County Transit Authority (CCTA) began operation on July 20, 1976, service did not begin until December 1, 1976.
An inclined railway, the Johnstown Inclined Plane, was built for easy travel to the city. With the problem of transportation solved, the new settlement began to grow, and it was incorporated as the Borough of Westmont on June 13, 1892. In 1935, the borough bought the inclined railway from Bethlehem Steel.
Jul. 22—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — The Johnstown Inclined Plane, which has been closed and under rehabilitation since early this year, is still right on schedule to be up and running by next summer ...
The Yosemite Valley Railroad operated a cable railway at Incline, California. The Duquesne Incline in Pittsburgh, PA was completed in 1877, and is 800 ft (244 m) long and 400 ft (122 m) high. 1891 – The Johnstown Inclined Plane, in Johnstown, PA, was completed following the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889.
The Inclined Plane Bridge is a 237-foot (72 m), Pennsylvania through truss bridge that spans Stonycreek River in Johnstown, Cambria County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It connects the city to the lower station of the Johnstown Inclined Plane .