Day 067/24. West Cliff Railway, Bournemouth

A visit to a very windy Bournemouth today. 
The West Cliff Railway was opened in 1908 by Bournemouth Corporation. Iit was electrically operated from the start, with winding gear situated at the upper station driven by a 25 horsepower winding motor. The line was controlled by a driver at the upper station, assisted by an attendant at the lower station. Wooden-bodied cars were used.
The winding motor was replaced in the 1960s by a 28 horsepower (21 kW)  motor. The cars were also replaced in the 1960s by aluminium bodied cars intended to be interchangeable across all three of Bournemouth's surviving cliff railways. In 1987 the track was re-laid, and during the 1990s the line was further upgraded with the installation of an electronic control system.