funicular railway vs railway

funicular railway and railway both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
funicular railway	Yes	No	No	No
railway	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, railway is a hypernym of funicular railway; that is, railway is a word with a broader meaning than funicular railway:

funicular railway: a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
railway: line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

Other hypernyms of funicular railway include railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system.

funicular railway (noun)	railway (noun)
a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars	line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
	a line of track providing a runway for wheels