Mühleggbahn is a funicular in the city of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It leads from a lower station south of the old town, near the abbey, at 676 m, to Mühlegg at 747 m in St. Georgen.[3][note 1] The 323 m-long[3] line functions as an inclined elevator with a single car, 287 m in a tunnel. Journey time is ca. 90 seconds.[6]
Mühleggbahn
Car at upper station
Overview
Other name(s)
Standseilbahn St. Gallen-Mühlegg; Drahtseilbahn St. Gallen-Mühleck
When opened in 1894, the line worked as a water counterbalancing funicular with two cars and a passing loop. Water was drawn from Mühleggweiher at its upper station.[7]
The system was replaced in 1950 with a rack railway[4] that operated until 1975.[7][8]
On 7 May 1975 (1975-05-07), it was reopened as a funicular.[8] The car was replaced in 2004[7] and 2018, tracks in 2018.
^ abGf. (1951), "Umstellung der Drahtseilbahn St. Gallen-Mühleck auf elektrischen Zahnradbetrieb", Die Schweiz: Offizielle Reisezeitschrift der Schweiz. Verkehrszentrale (4): III–IV
^Federal Office for Spatial Development ARE; Federal Office of Transport BAV; Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications UVEK, eds. (January 2001), Touristische Transportanlagen der Schweiz, TTA–Statistik, 6. Auflage 1999; Installations de transport touristiques en Suisse, Statistique ITT, 6e édition 1999 (in German and French) (6 ed.), Bern, p. 90, 812.001 d/f 1.01 800, 61.053 Mühleggbahn (St. Gallen){{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Betriebszeiten, Fahrpreise (in German), Mühleggbahn AG
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