Braunwaldbahn Explained

Braunwaldbahn
Other Name:Braunwald-Standseilbahn
Status:In operation
Start:"Linthal Braunwaldbahn"
End:"Braunwald"
Stations:2
Routenumber:2840
Event1label:all year service
Event1:1928
Owner:Braunwald-Standseilbahn AG (since 1994), Braunwaldbahn AG (1905-1994)
Operator:Braunwald-Standseilbahn AG
Stock:2 for 114 passengers each
Gauge:Metre
Maxincline:64%
Electrification:from opening
Elevation M:1254
Website:https://braunwald.ch/de/planen-buchen/bergbahnen/standseilbahn.html

The Braunwaldbahn, Braunwald-Standseilbahn (BRSB), or Braunwald Funicular, is a funicular railway in the canton of Glarus, Switzerland. The line links Linthal Braunwaldbahn station, on the Swiss Federal Railways' Weesen to Linthal line, with the car-free resort of Braunwald on the mountain 605 m above.[1]

The line was opened in 1907.[2] [3]

Operation

The line is operated by the Braunwald-Standseilbahn AG and has the following parameters:[1]

FeatureValue
Number of cars2
Number of stops2
ConfigurationSingle track with passing loop
Track length
Rise
Maximum gradient64%
Track gauge

See also

References

  1. Book: Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz . 2012 . Verlag Schweers+Wall GmbH . 978-3-89494-130-7 . 24.
  2. Web site: Braunwald . French . . 2004-10-14 . 2015-04-28.
  3. Web site: Braunwald - Cable Railway . Braunwald-Klausenpass Tourismus AG . 2015-04-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140810185203/http://www.braunwald.ch/en/getting-here/standseilbahn . 2014-08-10 . dead .

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