Interlaken – Heimwehfluh cable car

Interlaken – Heimwehfluh

Timetable field :

2360

Route length:

0.197 km

Gauge :

1000 mm ( meter gauge )

Maximum slope :

590 ‰

Legend

		Heimwehfluh	662 m above sea level M.

		Interlaken West	565 m above sea level M.

The Interlaken – Heimwehfluh cable car is a funicular in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland and opens up the Heimwehfluh, a mountain for excursions near Interlaken .

history

The Interlaken – Heimwehfluh cable car opened on July 21, 1906 and was already operated electrically at that time. It is a single-track system without a brake rack , with an avoidance station in the middle in the form of an Abt switch and 2 cars. A trip takes about three minutes. The railway is operated as a nostalgic cable car, both engine compartment and rolling stock are largely in their original condition.

At the mountain station there is a restaurant, the Heimwehfluhturm , a 0-gauge model railway system as well as a toboggan run and a monorail toboggan run down to Interlaken.

From May to June 2012 the open-air theater Oh Schreck was performed on the Heimwehfluh . It was written by the German actor Michael Goessler, the Swiss theater actress Deborah Lanz directed and directed it.

Technical specifications

Company: DIH (cable car Interlaken – Heimwehfluh)
Valley station: 565 m above sea level M.
Mountain station: 662 m above sea level M.
Length: 197 m (driving length 186 m)
Difference in altitude: 102 m
Incline: 55 - 59%
Track width: 1 meter

literature

Wolfgang Finke: The vehicles of the Jungfrau Railways 2 . A book on DVD, tram-tv publisher, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-9813669-3-8
Hansruedi Brawand: Interlaken-Heimwehfluh cable car: the unique original . Prellbock Druck & Verlag, Krattigen 2011, ISBN 978-3-907579-52-7 .

Web links

46.677083 7.851222Coordinates: 46 ° 40 '37.5 " N , 7 ° 51' 4.4" E ; CH1903: six hundred thirty-one thousand five hundred sixty-nine / 169623