Tunnel lift of Trümmelbach Falls | |
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Overview | |
Other name(s) | Trümmelbachfälle Tunnel-lift |
Status | In operation |
Locale | Lauterbrunnen, Canton of Bern, Switzerland |
Stations | 2 |
Website | truemmelbachfaelle.ch |
Service | |
Type | Funicular (inclined elevator) |
Operator(s) | Familie Kaspar von Almen AG |
Rolling stock | 1 for 40 passengers |
History | |
Opened | 24 May 1913 (111 years ago) (1913-05-24) |
Enhancement | 1964 |
Enhancement | 1983 |
Technical | |
Line length | 98 m (322 ft) |
Number of tracks | 1 |
Electrification | from opening |
Highest elevation | 890 m (2,920 ft) |
Maximum incline | 104% |
The Tunnel lift of Trümmelbach Falls is an inclined elevator or funicular in Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. The installation leads visitors of Trümmelbach Falls from the entrance at 819 m to the upper part of the underground waterfalls at 890 m. It runs 98 m in a tunnel, originally at an incline of 104% and a difference of elevation of 71 m. The single cabin functions with a counterweight. The first lift was opened in 1913. The installation had been replaced in 1964 by Habegger Thun. The current lift was built by Garaventa in 1982/1983.
Further reading
- Hefti, Walter (1975), "4.52 Bergaufzug am Trümmelbachfall", Schienenseilbahnen in aller Welt. Schiefe Seilebenen, Standseilbahnen, Kabelbahnen (in German), Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, p. 120, ISBN 3-7643-0726-9
- Brechbühler, Yves (23 August 2014), Das Trommeln im Innern des Berges (in German)
References
- ^ Federal Office for Spatial Development ARE; Federal Office of Transport BAV; Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications UVEK, eds. (January 2001), Touristische Transportanlagen der Schweiz, TTA–Statistik, 6. Auflage 1999; Installations de transport touristiques en Suisse, Statistique ITT, 6e édition 1999 (in German and French) (6 ed.), Bern, p. 65, 812.001 d/f 1.01 800,
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Cattani, O. (11 July 1914), "Der Bergaufzug am Trümmelbachfall", Schweizerische Bauzeitung (in German), 44 (2): 22–23
- "3824.01 Stechelberg Trümmelbachfälle Eingang - Fallhöhe 6/7", Standseilbahnen.ch (in German)
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