Are there any funicular (cable) railways in India?
IR does not operate any funicular railways. However, there is a private funicular railway at Palani in southern India, with two lines and two rakes, connecting the base of the Palani Hill to the top where there is a Hindu temple. The rakes are coupled so that one is going down while the other is going up. In addition, some dams, etc. have small funicular railways for access to the facilities. E.g., Shivasamudram hydroelectric power plant. At some mines in the east, IR does have NG freight wagons hauled by cables, but these don’t really count as true funiculars.
