Funiculaire Ecluse–Plan Explained

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.

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