Funiculaire Saint-Imier - Mont-Soleil | |
Other Name: | Funisolaire; Chemin de fer funiculaire Saint-Imier - Sonnenberg; Funiculaire du Sonnenberg; Sonnenbergbahn |
Status: | In operation |
Start: | St-Imier (funiculaire) at Rue des Roches 31 |
End: | Mont-Soleil (funiculaire) |
Stations: | 2 |
Owner: | Funiculaire Saint-Imier - Mont-Soleil SA |
Operator: | Funiculaire Saint-Imier - Mont-Soleil SA |
Stock: | 1 for 60 persons (since 2003); 2 (before, for 54 persons in 1969) |
Linelength: | 743m (2,438feet)
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Tracks: | 1 (before 2003: with passing loop) |
Maxincline: | 60% (min. 39%) |
Speed: |
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Elevation: | (since 2003) |
Website: | funisolaire.ch |
Map State: | uncollapsed |
Funiculaire Saint-Imier – Mont-Soleil is a funicular railway in the Jura Mountains, Switzerland. The line leads from the village of Saint-Imier at 828 m to the station Mont-Soleil at 1179 m, on Mont Soleil (1291 m). The line of 743 m in length has a difference of elevation of 351 m at a maximum inclination of 60%.
Built in 1903 as a single-track line with two cars and a passing loop, the track was lengthened and converted to a single car operation in 2003. The line includes several bridges and a tunnel.
The base station is ca. 800 m from St-Imier railway station.
The railway is owned and operated by Funiculaire Saint-Imier - Mont-Soleil SA.