Railway vehicle and funicular apparatus

A funicular comprising an upstream station, a downstream station, a railway track connecting the upstream station to the downstream station and a cable-drawn vehicle designed to run on the railway track and comprising a chassis defining a median longitudinal vertical plane and at least at first return pulley to guide a towing cable pulling the vehicle in a predetermined first towing direction, wherein the first return pulley rotates in at least one bearing integral with the chassis, wherein the chassis rests on at least a first pendulum running gear, comprising two independent lateral pendulum devices situated on either side of the median longitudinal vertical plane, wherein each lateral pendulum device comprises:

• a secondary pendulum articulated in relation to the chassis around a horizontal secondary pivot axis, wherein the bearing is situated at a distance from and in the first towing direction forward of the second pivot axes of the secondary pendulums of the first running gear and
• two primary pendulums, each articulated in relation to the secondary pendulum around a horizontal primary pivot axis, wherein the primary pivot axes of the two primary pendulums are spaced apart from each other, longitudinally on either side of the secondary pivot axis, wherein each primary pendulum is associated with at least two support rollers designed to run on the railway track, each rotating around a rotation axis parallel to the primary pivot axis of the associated primary pendulum and situated longitudinally on either side of the primary pivot axis of the associated primary pendulum.