Funiculaire Ecluse - Plan | |
Status: | In operation |
Start: | Neuchâtel, Ecluse (FUNI) |
End: | Neuchâtel, Plan (FUNI) |
Stations: | 4 |
Routes: | 112 |
Open: | 1890 |
Owner: | Transports publics Neuchâtelois (TransN, TRN) |
Stock: | 2 for 30 persons each (32 originally) |
Linelength: | 399m (1,309feet) |
Tracks: | 1 with passing loop |
Maxincline: | 38% (average: 29.5%) |
Racksystem: | - (before 1907: Riggenbach) |
Electrification: | 1907 (water counterbalancing before) |
Conductionsystem: | automated in 1985 |
Website: | TransN |
Funiculaire Ecluse - Plan is a funicular railway in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The line leads from Ecluse at 442 m to Plan at 556 m, the neighborhood of the city on Le Plan (595 m). The funicular with two cars has a single track with a passing loop. The line of 399 m in length has a difference of elevation of 111 m. Intermediate stations are Boine (520 m) and Côte. The lower part and the passing loop are in tunnels (80 m and 86 m length originally). Built in 1890, it used water counterbalancing before electrification in 1907. The funicular is owned and operated by Transports publics Neuchâtelois.