Other types of Transportation Systems

The Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway from the Lynmouth Station on 21st February 2017.The water-powered railway was designed by George Croydon Marks (later Baron Marks of Woolwich), and paid for mainly by his business partner, the publisher Sir George Newnes. Newnes, who owned a large residence at nearby Hollerday Hill, also backed the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway in 1898, and the Lynton Town Hall in 1900.Construction work — relying entirely on manual labour — began in 1887 and was completed in less than three years.Opened on Easter Monday in 1890, the railway has been in continuous use ever since. An Act of Parliament formed the Lynmouth & Lynton Lift Company in 1888, and a further Act gave the company perpetual rights to the water from the Lyn ValleyAn unusual feature for such a line is a halt just below Lynton station, with road access, at North Walk. This was used to transport larger freight items (the car bodies can be removed to provide a flat load bed).Motor cars were carried up the hill in this way.

Jurong Bird Park Panorail was a 1.7-kilometre (1.1 mi) loop monorail system which ran within the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore.The monorail system used four cars, with a driver in the front car, and seats in each car, with no standing capacity.The Panorail ceased operations on 1 April 2012 and was replaced by tram vehicles which are identical to those at the Singapore Zoo and Night Safari.

Hythe Pier Railway,27th April 2016.The 1878 Act of Parliament made provision for the construction of a tramway along the pier, although one was not originally laid.The trucks that carried luggage along the pier were found to be damaging the pier decking, and in 1909 a narrow gauge railway was constructed to replace them.The vehicles were hand-propelled, and the track was laid flush with the pier deckingIn 1922 the railway was reconstructed and electrified, attaining its current form. The track is laid to 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge and is electrified at 250 V DC by a third rail on the seaward side of the track. The line consists of a single track with no passing loops, with two non-electrified sidings at the landward end. One of the sidings enters the line's covered workshop. Stations, equipped with low wooden platforms, exist at both ends of the line. The pier head station has an overall roof, whilst the landward station has a ticket office and waiting shelter.