East Cliff Lift

Opened in 1908 by Lady Meyrick, East Cliff railway is the oldest of the town's three cliff railways. Constructed for the Bournemouth Corporation by Waygood and Company Limited.

The winding gear is situated at the upper station, and controlled by a 'driver' with the assistance of an attendant at the lower station, and the passenger cars were controlled by a 25 h.p. winding motor, using mains electricity converted to 500V DC.

The original passenger cars on East Cliff Railway had wooden bodies, but aluminium replacements were made in the 1960s. Designed to be interchangeable across all three of Bournemouth's surviving cliff railways, the cars can accommodate twelve passengers, on longitudinal bench seats, and have a door at each end of the carriage for boarding and alighting.

A fun and interesting way of getting to the beach from East Cliff.