Funicular route
Falls Incline Railway
Niagara Falls (Table Rock) → Fallsview · Canada
- Distance
- 0.06 km
- Fastest time
- 1 min
- Top speed
- 4 km/h
- Operator
- Niagara Parks Commission
- Train
- Two enclosed 40-passenger cabins from the 2013 rebuild
- Countries
- Canada
- In service since
- 1966
Page last updated 2026-07-23 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Niagara Parks bills it the world’s slowest funicular: a 62-second, 3.5 km/h glide linking Fallsview’s hotels to Horseshoe Falls at Table Rock.
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