索さく条じょう鉄てつ道どう

Similar words

• ケーブルカー

  More common loanword for a cable car or funicular, used in everyday conversation, while 索条鉄道 is a formal technical term.

• ロープウェイ

  Refers to an aerial ropeway (gondola lift), which is suspended in the air, unlike a cable railway that runs on tracks.

Etymology

Compound of 索条 (cable, rope) and 鉄道 (railway). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a straightforward technical coinage.