IGA Cable Car explained

IGA-Seilbahn (Seilbahn Berlin)
Color:c8102e
Type:Gondola lift[1]
Status:Operating
Locale:Marzahn and Hellersdorf, Marzahn-Hellersdorf (Berlin, Germany)
Start:Kienbergpark (east)
End:Gärten der Welt (west)
Stations:3
Coordinates:52.534°N 13.5804°W
Owner:IGA Berlin 2017
Character:Elevated
Stock:62 gondolas
Linelength:1580m (5,180feet)
Elevation:102m (335feet)

The IGA Cable Car (German: IGA-Seilbahn, IGA 2017-Seilbahn, Seilbahn Berlin), also known as Berlin Cableway, IGA Ropeway or IGA Cableway, is a 1.58km (00.98miles)-long gondola lift[1] line serving and crossing the Erholungspark Marzahn in Berlin, capital of Germany. Built for the Internationale Gartenausstellung 2017 (IGA 2017), an international horticultural exhibition, it is the first cableway opened in the German capital.[2]

History

On 27 February 2014, the contract between the Italian society Leitner AG, from South Tyrol, and the IGA Berlin 2017 GmbH, was signed for a new cableway. Leitner AG bears the costs for construction and operation of around 14 million EUR. The construction of the cableway started on 16 March 2016 and went on until the late summer of that year. In September 2016, the first testing trip started with the mayor Michael Müller.[3] The official opening was on April 13, 2017, and the ride was included in the admission ticket to the expo.[4] [5]

Route

The line runs 1.58km (00.98miles), across the Erholungspark Marzahn, from the Kienbergpark to the Kienberg hill, and then down again to Blumberger Damm, at Gärten der Welt station. A journey takes five minutes, can transport 3,000 passengers per hour in both directions and there will be around 62 gondolas for ten people each.[3]

The eastern terminus station, Kienbergpark, is linked with the U-Bahn station of Kienberg (Gärten der Welt), on the U5 line. Named "Neue Grottkauer Straße" until 2016, it was renamed in that way for the upcoming expo.[6]

Other nearby stations are Cottbusser Platz (U5 line), 500 m from Kienbergpark station; and the tram stop "Adersleber Weg" (lines M8 and 18), 1 km west of Gärten der Welt station.

StationKmAmslCoordsLinks
Kienbergparkalign=center 0.00align=center 3552.5305°N 13.59°W Kienberg (metro station)
Kienberg (Bergstation)align=center 0.75align=center 10252.534°N 13.5804°Walign=center
Gärten der Weltalign=center 1.58align=center 4052.536°N 13.5686°Walign=center

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://gondolaproject.com/category/installations/iga-berlin-2017-cable-car/ IGA Cable Car on gondolaproject.com
  2. https://iga-berlin-2017.de/en/garden-exhibition/iga-ropeway IGA Ropeway
  3. "The construction of the IGA Cableway has officially begun". Berliner Woche
  4. "IGA cableway takes test operation". Berliner Woche
  5. http://www.seilbahn.berlin/de/seilbahn-berlin/bau-der-seilbahn.html Info about the construction of the Berliner Cableway
  6. "BVG is converting U5 station to IGA 2017". BVG, 10-2-2016