funicular transported passengers and bicycles. But the deficit was still francs and a grant of francs was requested from the Commune of Meudon, which the municipal council rejected on 5 May 1895. From 1917 until Easter 1922 the line was inactive, following the mobilization of personnel for the First World War. In 1923, the funicular transported passengers. But in 1932 the chronic losses of the line forced services to be cut to Sundays only. The line had only passengers in 1934, and it was finally decided to abandon the line in 1938. After a period of rail adhesion trials with a horizontal wheel gripping a central rail, the infrastructure was totally dismantled after the Second World War. Future projects Since 2005, a new Bellevue funicular project has been proposed. The RATP carried out a feasibility study concerned with creating public transport in reserved lanes connecting two of Meudon: Meudon-sur-Seine (on Paris Tramway Line 2) and Meudon Bellevue (Transilien station). Although the intention is to resurrect the funicular for the 21st century, its route and technology will be very different. The new permanent way will climb nearly in a curving path, as far as the Rue Henri-Savignac and the Pavé des Gardes. The aim is to allow the residents of the Meudon heights more easy access to: The industrial areas of Meudon-sur-Seine and the future industrial areas of Boulogne-Billancourt, via the future Tramway Meudon - Boulogne - Saint-Cloud; Paris and La Défense, via Paris Tramway Line 2. As of the end of 2008, this project remained very uncertain and nothing definite had been said about its eventual construction or financing. Old postcards A model of the funicular is exhibited at the Meudon Museum of Art and History. References Sources External links Postcards of the Bellevue funicular Funicular railways in France Rail transport in Paris Defunct funicular railways Railway lines opened in 1893 Railway lines closed in 1934