Two carriages have been winched off the tracks at Leas Lift by a crane and are set to be inspected as part of a restoration project. The 140-year-old Grade II listed funicular in Folkestone ...

The funicular's owners hope it can return to normal ... The complex civil engineering project involved thousands of lifts by helicopter to deliver 800 tonnes of concrete to the site.

Work has begun to prepare a Victorian funicular for renovation. Hording has been erected around the former ticket office and cafe around the Leas Lift in Folkestone. The carriages will be lifted ...

The funicular was built after the extension of the South Eastern Railway in 1843 bought hordes of Victorian visitors to the seaside. Since its opening, the rail lift has carried 36 million people ...