Funicular

A funicular railway, is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope.

A funicular railway, is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope.; the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalance each other.

The word is from the Latin funiculus, a diminutive of funis, "rope".