Bridgnorth Cliff Railway (2025)

For over 100 years it has been carrying people up and down the 111ft sandstone cliffs between Low & High Towns in Bridgnorth. Operates by water ballast. England's oldest and steepest inland electric funicular railway.

Contacts

Operator: The Bridgnorth Castle Hill Railway Company Ltd

Address: 6A Castle Terrace Bridgnorth Shropshire WV16 4AH

Telephone: 01746 762 052
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Website: View website

Open Days & Times

Mon-Sat 0900-1800. Sun from 1200. Visit website for more details.

Travel

By Rail: Bridgnorth (SVR) / .5 miles

Facilities

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The railway operates two cars on parallel tracks. Connected by steel ropes, the carriages serve to counterbalance each other – as one rises to the top station, the other runs to the bottom station. The cars are now powered by an electric winding engine, but were originally driven by a system of water balance, each carriage carrying water ballast in a tank beneath the passenger compartment.