Kiev Funicular
Cable railway from 1905 linking the hilltop old town to the riverside district below.
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This guide to the Kyiv Funicular rides the steep slope between the Upper City and Podil, starting from its opening in May 1905 as Saint Michael's Mechanical Lift. It meets the Odesa railway engineer who dreamed it up and the Belgian tram owner who paid for it, and looks at the simple balancing act every funicular depends on. Best heard on board, watching the middle of the slope.
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