The Aberystwyth Cliff Railway was built in 1896, initially under the auspices of the Aberystwyth Improvement Company. It originally operated using the water-balance principle, each of the two cars incorporating a 1000 gallon ballast tank in the undercarriage. The railway is approximately 210yds (192m) long and rises to a height of 330ft (100m) asl. The average gradient is 1 in 2.3, but the railway was designed with a varying gradient to assist acceleration and deceleration, a feature patented by the renowned funicular railway engineer, George Marks. The car bodies were built locally by R. Jones & Sons and are unusual in that the compartments are stepped, corresponding with steps in the station platforms. The railway was converted to electrical power in 1921 and the cars rebuilt.
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