Lech – Oberlech mountain railway
| Lech – Oberlech mountain railway | |
|---|---|
| Location: |
Lech (Vorarlberg) Austria
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| Design type: | Aerial tramway |
| Construction year: | 2016 |
| Mountain: |
Oberlech Austria
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| Valley station: | Lech , 1442 m |
| Height difference: | 217 m |
| Mountain station: | Oberlech Austria 1659 m |
| Route length: | 846 m |
| Driving time: | 3 min |
| Number of gondolas: | 2 pieces. |
| Number of supports: | 2 pieces. |
| Capacity: | 1230 people / hour |
| Manufacturer: | Ludwig Steurer machines and cable car construction |
| Operator: | Lech-Oberlech GmbH & Co KG |
| Website: | www.lech-zuers.at |
The Lech – Oberlech mountain railway is an aerial cableway ( aerial cableway ) in Lech in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg .
The cable car connects the valley station at 1,434 m above sea level. A. in the middle of the village with the mountain station at 1650 m above sea level. A. The facility is owned by Bergbahn Lech-Oberlech GmbH & Co KG. The cable car between Lech and Oberlech is not just a winter sports cable car, but also a means of public transport , as it connects the two districts in winter for the public alone.
history
The first cable car between Lech and Oberlech was built in 1947 according to the plans of the cable car designer Karl Peter . The first tests for a fully automatic cable car without operating personnel were also carried out in practice with this system, after Karl Peter had previously set up a demonstration and test system in Batschuns . The first cable car system with small cabins was able to transport four people per cabin.
The first major renovation took place in 1959, when cabins with a capacity of 25 people were installed (480 people per hour).
In 1978 cabins with a capacity of up to 28 people were installed. In 1995, various improvements in comfort were made (replacement of the central lane entry by a sliding lane entry, two cabins suitable for night operation, renewal of the electrical engineering, connection to the Oberlech tunnel system).
In 2007 the forecourt of the valley station was roofed over with a glass and steel construction and the exit areas were redesigned.
From April 2016 to December 2016, the runway was largely renewed. The new aerial tramway with two supports runs on the same route as the old system. The entire railway technology, the supports, ropes and cabins were renewed and the mountain and valley stations were rebuilt. The cable car system was supplied by Ludwig Steurer from Doren. The cost of the renovation was around 15 million euros (of which cable car technology around 5.5 million). The transport capacity has been increased to 80 people / cabin (from 514 to 1235 p / h).
Technical specifications
After many years of discussion and preparation, the Lech – Oberlech mountain railway was completely renewed in a very short time in 2016. For years, the transport capacity has been considered insufficient to meet the number of passengers. By converting the system, the total capacity of the system's conveying capacity has been increased by almost two thirds compared to the previous one.
Technical data of the new system
The system of the aerial tramway was also retained on the new lift. Technical specifications:
- Cable height in the valley station: 1434 m
- Cable height in the mountain station: 1650 m
- Difference in altitude: 215 m
- Operating length (horizontal length): 816 m
- Operating length ( inclined length ): 845 m
- Rope manufacturer: Fatzer
- Supports: 2 (weight: support 1–64 tons, support 2–93 tons)
- Vehicle equipment (cabins from Carvatech): 2
- Carrying capacity: 80 people each
- Car attendant required: yes
- largest transport capacity per hour and direction: 1235 people.
- Manufacturer of cable car control: Frey Austria
- Commissioning: December 8, 2016
Technical data of the old system (1959)
The old aerial tramway, which was replaced in 2016, was also built by the Steurer company in Doren in 1959.
- Cable height in the valley station: 1450 m
- Cable height in the mountain station: 1666 m
- Difference in altitude: 216 m
- Operating length ( inclined length ): 846 m
- mean slope: 28.20%
- greatest slope: 51.60%
- Driving equipment (cabins): 2
- Carrying capacity: 28 people (since 1978)
- Maximum travel speed 7 m / s
- Travel time: approx. 3 minutes
- largest transport capacity per hour and direction: 560 people
- Sliding platform: yes
- Commissioning: March 12, 1959
- Decommissioning date: April 17, 2016
- Start of demolition: April 25, 2016
Oberlecher tunnel system
Oberlech is closed to car traffic from December to April each year and is only connected to the center of Lech via the Lech – Oberlech cable car. Most holiday guests arrive by car and have to park it in one of the 800 underground parking spaces. The guests and their luggage are transported by cable car to Oberlech.
The Oberlech tunnel system cost around seven million euros and is based on the vision of hotelier Fridolin Lucian and his son Gerhard. The tunnel system was developed as a concept for gentle tourism and opened in 1996. Until 1995, these shipments were of 26 skidoo and snow groomers handled. The hotels and inns in Oberlech are connected underground by the two-kilometer tunnel system. Since then, all of the delivery and delivery has been handled via the tunnel system. The last stage of expansion was the construction of a 300 meter long tunnel from the mountain station of the Lech – Oberlech mountain railway to the Hotel Sonneburg and a branching 100 meter long line to the east to Landhaus Sonnenburg and Chalet Montana in summer 2007.
Web links
- Ski Arlberg Lech-Oberlech-Zürs
- Oberlech tunnel system , information from the Lech community
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oberlech has reason to celebrate , vol.at, December 10, 2008.
- ↑ Building negotiations on April 15, 2016.
- ↑ Steurer is building the new Lech-Oberlech cable car , Vorarlberger Nachrichten online, August 2, 2016.
- ↑ Heavy parts for the new Oberlechbahn , vol.at, August 9, 2016.
- ^ Vorarlberger Nachrichten of December 20, 2016, p. A7.
- ↑ 80-AT Bergbahn Lech-Oberlech and FÜNF new lifts, two new ski huts in the Lech Zürs am Arlberg ski area , Lechnews, 23 August 2016.
- ↑ Data see: 28-AT Bergbahn-Lech-Oberlech .
- ↑ Oberlech has reason to celebrate: 60 years of the Lech-Oberlech mountain railway and 10 years of the Oberlecher tunnel system and eleven million for the renewal of the cable car , Vorarlberger Nachrichten online, March 17, 2016; Bergbahn Oberlech approved at the last minute , ORF Vorarlberg, April 19, 2016; Vorarlberg from below - The tunnel system in Oberlech , vol.at from May 26, 2014.
Coordinates: 47 ° 13 ′ 1.6 ″ N , 10 ° 8 ′ 9.9 ″ E