Albonabahn II

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Albonabahn II
A cabin on the Albonabahn II
A cabin on the Albonabahn II
Location: Stuben am Arlberg AustriaAustriaAustria 
Design type: 10 MGD
Construction year: 2016
Mountain: Albona
Valley station: Alpe Rauz , 1641 mWorld icon
Height difference: 680 m
Mountain station: Albonasattel , 2321 mWorld icon
Route length: 2171.81 m
Driving time: 8 min
Number of gondolas: 48 pcs.
Number of supports: 17 pcs.
Capacity: 2000 people / hour
Manufacturer: Doppelmayr
Operator: Stubner Tourismus-Gesellschaft mbH
Website: www.bergbahnen-stuben.com

The Albonabahn II is a cable car ( gondola ) in Stuben am Arlberg (municipality Klösterle ) in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg . The valley station is in the Alpe Rauz area and leads to the Albonasattel.

The Albonabahn II connects a valley station at 1636  m above sea level. A. with a mountain station at 2320  m above sea level. A. The facility is owned by Stubner Tourismus-GmbH.

Surname

The name of the cable car is taken from the Albonagrat, to which section II of the two cable cars, Albonabahn I and II, leads. There is also the Albonagrat double chairlift on the Albona, this chairlift overcomes a height difference of 309 m over a length of 954 m. and serves to develop slopes in the area of ​​the Albonagrat. The name Albona is used in the region for other geographical objects as part of the name, e.g. E.g .: Albonabach or Albona Alpe.

history

From 1949 T-bar lifts were built in Stuben on a private initiative. 1949 a pendulum lift for three people each on the Gitzibühel, in 1953 a pendulum lift in the area of ​​the Upper Angers, which was replaced in 1956 by a tow lift that still exists today (also: Walchlift after one of the initiators, Adolf Walch).

On May 28, 1956, the proponents of the later company applied for a permit under railway law. The required inspection took place on June 30, 1956 and on July 27, 1956 the constituent meeting of the Albonabahn Gesellschaft mbH was held in the Hotel Mondschein and in the same year the Albonabahn was built as a single chair lift. The railway law negotiation took place on March 14, 1957 and on April 13, the railway was put into operation by the initiators Emil Walch, Hansl Steiner and Mayor Karl Brändle. Erich Berthold was the manager at the time. Because of the large ground clearances, for reasons of railway law, there was initially an operating joint venture with the Muttersbergseilbahn in Bludenz, whereby the Albonabahn I and II facilities were subordinated to the Federal Ministry of Transport. In 1963 the Albonabahn was also operated in summer for the first time.

In 1964, a drag lift was built from the Grünen Bühel to the Seeli to relieve the Albonabahn II , which was extended to the middle station a year later and designed as a curved lift . Replaced ten years later by the Sonnleiten drag lift, which in turn was replaced by the Albonagrat double chairlift in 1984.

In 1978, due to the urgently needed investments, new partners joined forces and a new operating company was founded, the Stubener tourist company, Erich Brunner became managing director. In 1983 the construction of the section I to the lift to a double chairlift, 1985, the new building of the Section II. On 13 March 1988 the valley station to the lift, Section I, of a powder avalanche damage and then built the explosive cable cars Albona East and Albona West. In the same year the Albona Gratstube was opened. The restaurant at the Albona middle station was reopened in 1991.

The last major modernization step took place in 2016 with the construction of the Albonabahn II cable car and the Flexenbahn from Alpe Rauz . The new construction of the Albonabahn II was part of a total investment of 45 million euros for further improvements and cable car systems (with Flexenbahn and Trittkopfbahn I and II as well as conversion of the practice slope). This created the largest connected ski area in Austria on the Arlberg . Subsequently (after the construction of the Albonabahn II) it is also planned to renew section I of the Albonabahn.

Technical specifications

Albonabahn II, Flexenbahn, Valfagehrbahn and Rauzlift valley stations

The valley station of the Albonabahn II is a complex with the valley station of the Valfagehrbahn and the Flexenbahn . The access level of the Albonabahn II is about 25 m below the level of the Valfagehrbahn entry level at the access level to the Rauzlift and the passenger elevator to the Flexenbahn. The valley station building is a two-story steel structure with flat sloping roofs and all-round glazing. The vehicle depot is located in the basement. The mountain station is located in the state of Tyrol. The state border runs between the mountain station building and the topmost pillar. When the 10-seater gondola lift was built, the mountain station was built slightly more southeast than the double chair lift.

Albonabahn II

Mountain station
  • Valley station: Alpe Rauz at 1636 m
  • Mountain station: Albonasattel in the state of Tyrol at 2320 m
  • Owner: Stubner Tourismus-Gesellschaft mbH
  • Manufacturer: Doppelmayr , Wolfurt
  • Cable car type: 10-person single cable gondola (MGD)
  • Orientation of the facility: largely from north (valley station) to south (mountain station)
  • Establishment: 2016
  • Opening: December 2, 2016
  • Difference in altitude: 684 m
  • Route length: 2060 m
  • Horizontal length: 2048 m
  • Number of supports: 13
  • Largest ground clearance: 22.50 m
  • Maximum delivery rate: 2000 people / h
  • Average travel time: 6 min
  • Driving speed line: 6.0 m / s
  • Rope manufacturer: Teufelberger
  • Tensioning station for the hoist rope: valley station (hydraulically adjustable)
  • Drive station: mountain station
  • Drive type: electric
  • Equipment: CWA OMEGA IV-10 SI with seat heating
  • People per resource: 10
  • Parking: underfloor in the valley station
  • Direction of travel: counterclockwise
  • Season time: winter operation

Predecessor systems

2-seater chairlift from 1985

Aerial view of the route of the Albonabahnen old and new

The 10-person single-cable gondola lift Albonabahn II replaces the previous two-person chairlift Albonabahn II, the valley station of which was in the area of ​​the Albonabahn I mountain station. The mountain station was at the same point where today's gondola lift ends. The system was only dismantled in the spring of 2017, as it was still being used for material transport during the construction phase (the basement remains at the mountain station, as this is where the transformer station is located).

  • Valley station: Albona middle station at 1824 m
  • Mountain station: Albonasattel in the state of Tyrol at 2323 m
  • Owner: Stubner Tourismus-GmbH
  • Manufacturer: Doppelmayr , Wolfurt
  • Type of ropeway: double chairlift (2-CLF)
  • Orientation of the facility: largely from north (valley station) to south (mountain station)
  • Established: 1985
  • Opening: 1985
  • Closure: April 24, 2016
  • Difference in altitude: 499 m
  • Route length: 1417 m
  • Mean slope: 36.8%
  • greatest slope: 103.2%
  • Number of supports: 17
  • Maximum delivery rate: 1440 people / h
  • Average travel time: 8 min
  • Driving speed line: 2.5 m / s
  • Conveyor rope diameter: 38 mm
  • Tensioning station for the hoist rope: valley station (hydraulically adjustable)
  • Drive station: mountain station
  • Drive type: electric
  • Equipment manufacturer: Doppelmayr
  • Operating resources: 204 double armchairs without seat heating
  • People per resource: 2
  • Direction of travel: counterclockwise
  • Season time: winter operation

After the lift was dismantled in 2017, its individual parts were sold to Eplény Hungary, where the old lift went into operation in December of the same year.

1-seater chairlift from the 50s

Route on the Albonagrat, old Albonabahn II (1957–1985)

The first Albonabahn II system from 1956 did not go into operation until April 1957. It was a 1-seater chairlift from the company Steurer , Doren . The lift was replaced in 1985 by the 2-seater chairlift, which was in operation until spring 2016.

The railway was the continuation of the Albonabahn I (1956–1983) and led from the Albona restaurant in a southerly direction to the Albonagrat, both the former valley station and the former mountain station remained as restaurants to this day, with the restaurant at the former valley station in was rebuilt in the 90s.

Ski Area

The Albonabahn II belongs to the Ski Arlberg ski area and is located on the border between the Austrian states of Vorarlberg and Tyrol . Since the 2016/17 season it has been the largest contiguous ski area in Austria.

Trivia

To the left of the Albonabahn II is the ventilation shaft of the Arlbergstrasse tunnel , which at 736 m is the deepest ventilation shaft in Europe.

Web links

Commons : Albonabahn II  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Website Flex Bahn GmbH. - Kontakt and Ski Arlberg is investing 45 million euros in four new cable car projects , Vorarlberg Online, February 18.
  2. ↑ Christof Thöny in 60 Years of the Albonabahn , pp. 15, 27.
  3. ↑ Christof Thöny in 60 Years of the Albonabahn , pp. 4 and 16.
  4. ↑ 60 years of the Albonabahn , vol.at, April 20, 2017.
  5. ↑ Christof Thöny in 60 years of the Albonabahn , p. 19.
  6. ↑ Christof Thöny in 60 Years of the Albonabahn , p. 21.
  7. ↑ Christof Thöny in 60 Years of the Albonabahn , p. 27.
  8. ↑ 60 years of the Albonabahn , vol.at, April 20, 2017
  9. ↑ Christof Thöny in 60 years of the Albonabahn , p. 22.
  10. ↑ 60 Years Albonabahn , vol.at, April 20, 2017 and Christof Thöny in 60 Years Albonabahn , p. 22.
  11. ↑ Christof Thöny in 60 Years of the Albonabahn , pp. 4 and 23 f.
  12. ↑ 60 Years Albonabahn , vol.at, April 20, 2017 and Christof Thöny in 60 Years Albonabahn , p. 24.
  13. ↑ Christof Thöny in 60 Years of the Albonabahn , p. 27.
  14. ↑ 60 years Albonabahn , vol.at, April 20, 2017 and Christof Thöny in 60 years Albonabahn , p. 27.
  15. ↑ Website Flex Bahn GmbH. and "Free beer on the last ascent", Vorarlberger Nachrichten from 16./17. April 2016, p. A4.
  16. ^ Upgrade on the Albona , vol.at, March 23, 2009.
  17. ^ Building negotiation protocol, p. 8 f.
  18. ↑ mawid81: Albonabahn 2 rooms. (Video) YouTube , October 4, 2018, accessed May 21, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Data partly from: Lift-World.info , Albonabahn II.
  20. ^ Upgrade on the Albona , vol.at, March 23, 2009.
  21. ↑ Data partly from: Lift-World.info , Albonabahn II.
  22. ↑ Haladunk a fejlesztésekkel | Intersport Síaréna Eplény. Retrieved December 14, 2017 (hu-HU).
  23. ↑ Ski Arlberg: Flexenbahn is open orf.at, December 2, 2016, accessed December 2, 2016.

Coordinates: 47 ° 7 ′ 54.1 ″  N , 10 ° 10 ′ 19.7 ″  E