Funiculaire Moléson-sur-Gruyères – Plan-Francey | |
Other Name: | Funiculaire du Moléson |
Status: | In operation |
Start: | "Moléson-sur-Gruyères (funi)" at Place de l'Ichtyosaure |
End: | "Plan-Francey" |
Stations: | 2 |
Routenumber: | 2045 |
Open: | 1998 |
Owner: | Centre Touristique Gruyères-Moléson-Vudalla S.A. |
Operator: | Centre Touristique Gruyères-Moléson-Vudalla S.A. |
Stock: | 2 |
Linelength: | 1350m (4,430feet) |
Elevation M: | 1520 |
Website: | moleson.ch |
Map State: | uncollapsed |
Funiculaire Moléson-sur-Gruyères – Plan-Francey is a funicular railway in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The line leads from Moléson-sur-Gruyères at 1111 m to Plan-Francey at 1520 m. From there, an aerial cableway continues to the summit of Moléson (2002 m). The line of the funicular has a length of about 1350 m and a difference of elevation of 409 m. The funicular with two cars has a single track with a passing loop.
Built in 1998, it replaced an aerial cableway from the 1960s. Already in the 1900s projects of funiculars, rack-railways and a train line to the top of Moléson were made, some receiving concessions, but ultimately not realized.
The funicular is owned and operated by the company Centre Touristique Gruyères-Moléson-Vudalla S.A. (abbreviated TTM or "GMV SA").