Beckenried – Gersau car ferry
The car ferry Beckenried – Gersau , also known as the Vierwaldstättersee car ferry , is a ferry connection in Switzerland . It crosses Lake Lucerne between the lake towns of Beckenried and Gersau . The ferry connection saves 50 kilometers bypassing the lake and is part of the Grand Tour of Switzerland route .
Ferry service
The only car ferry, Tellsprung II, takes around 20 minutes for the four-kilometer route . The ferry service is in operation from around the end of March to the end of October.
history
Ferry traffic started in 1930. During the Second World War, the service was temporarily suspended due to a lack of demand and as a result of fuel rationing. A legal dispute between the owners of the landing stages and the ferry company led to a three-week interruption of ferry traffic in 2013. Since 2016, the ferry service, like the two landing stages, has been owned by F&R Asset Management AG in Beckenried.
ferry
Since the ferry connection opened in 1930, the Tellsprung ferry has ensured ferry traffic. The ship was built in 1929 by Kaspar Burkhard in Uerikon, dismantled again into individual parts and then completed in the Hasler boatyard on the Alpnachersee . In the 1950s, the use of the ferry increased significantly. In 1960 the Bodan shipyard in Kressbronn received the order to enlarge the old ferry. In the Hasler shipyard, the old ship was cut up and new parts were added. On March 18, 1963, a practically new ship was launched. The maiden voyage also took the enlarged Tellsprung II to Lucerne and Stansstad.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Coordinates of the pier in Beckenried , coordinates of the pier in Gersau
- ↑ Beckenried - Gersau: Ferry is back in operation On: SRF from March 18, 2013
- ↑ Car ferry floats under a new flag In: Luzerner Zeitung from April 15, 2016
- ^ The chronicle of the "Tellsprung" car ferry . Beckenried-Gersau car ferry. Archived from the original on April 13, 2012. Retrieved on September 4, 2012.
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