Vinifuni Ligerz–Prêles is a funicular above Lake Biel in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. The line leads from Ligerz/Gléresse at 437 m to Prêles at 820 m on Tessenberg, a plateau part of the Jura range.[2] The line has a length of 1198 m with a difference of elevation of 383 m and a maximum incline of 40%.[2] The single track funicular has had only one car since 2004,[2] when the passing loop and the second car were removed. Two intermediate stations are Pilgerweg at 487 m and Festi/Château at 577 m. The lower station is next to Ligerz railway station and a landing stage for Lake Biel passenger ships.
Vinifuni Ligerz-Prêles
car at intermediary station Festi/Château, Lake Biel in background, vineyard in the foreground (2021)
Overview
Other name(s)
Chemin de fer funiculaire Gléresse-Montagne de Diesse; Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn; Standseilbahn Ligerz-Prêles; Seilbahn Ligerz-Prêles (Tessenberg)
Status
In operation
Owner
Aare Seeland mobil AG (since 2003); Chemin de fer funiculaire Gléresse-Montagne de Diesse (1912–1997), Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn AG (LTB) (1997–2003)[note 1]
The funicular is owned and operated by Aare Seeland mobil AG since 2003.[2] The railway company had absorbed Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn AG (LTB),[note 1] founded in 1910 and initially named Chemin de fer funiculaire Gléresse-Montagne de Diesse.
^ abalso Chemin de fer funiculaire Gléresse-Montagne de Diesse SA (LTB)
Referencesedit
^"2016 Ligerz-Prêles (Tessenberg)" (PDF), Fahrplanfelder.ch, Tableaux-horaires.ch (in German), 2022, 2016
^ abcdeVon der Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn (LTB) zur Standseilbahn Ligerz–Prêles ("vinifuni") (in German), AS Mobil
^Swiss Federal Council (16 February 1906), "Botschaft des Bundesrates an die Bundesversammlung, betreffend Konzession einer elektrischen Drahtseil- (eventuell Zahnrad-) Bahn von Ligerz nach Prêles.", Bundesblatt, vol. 1, pp. 337–347
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