Vinifuni Ligerz–Prêles
Funicular at Lake Biel, Switzerland
3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
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.
The line opened in 1910[2] after the Swiss Federal Assembly granted a concession in 1906.[3]
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.
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lower station (2017) -
former funicular car on bridge (2003) -
car in the vineyards (2005)
Further reading
- Schweizer, Martin (2013), vinifuni Ligerz–Prêles – ehemalige Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn (in German), ISBN 978-3-907579-54-1
- Stoll, Heinz, 100 Jahre Vinifuni Ligerz-Prêles Ehemalige Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn LTB 1912-2012 (in German)
See also
Notes
- ^ a b also Chemin de fer funiculaire Gléresse-Montagne de Diesse SA (LTB)
References
- ^ "2016 Ligerz-Prêles (Tessenberg)" (PDF), Fahrplanfelder.ch, Tableaux-horaires.ch (in German), 2022, 2016
- ^ a b c d e Von 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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