Mount Royal Funicular Railway

[1][2][3] The railway consisted of a horizontal section that brought travellers from the ticket house, located near what is now the George-Étienne Cartier Monument, to a transfer station at the base of the mountain, where riders boarded the funicular cars.

It transported visitors to the summit of Mount Royal, facing east.

Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of Mount Royal Park, was opposed to the funicular.

His plan was for people to take a leisurely stroll up the mountain and to enjoy the views along the way instead of being whisked straight to the top by a machine.

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Postcard view, contrasting horizontal car in foreground with cars on inclined section, at rear.
The funicular crossing the Mount Royal park trail.