Beiseförth Fulda cable car
The Beiseförth Fuldaseilbahn is a 50-meter-long aerial cableway for pedestrians and cyclists to cross the 40-meter-wide Fulda between the Malsfeld district of Beiseförth and the Morschen district of Binsförth in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse . On the sign on site it is called a cable ferry , which is technically incorrect.
It has been in operation since May 2009. The railway was planned and built by the engineering office Intium in Melsungen together with the Reisch company from Malsfeld.
Up to four people and their bicycles fit into an open steel basket. Using two hand cranks mounted in the gondola, they operate a drive that moves the gondola over the Fulda in about five minutes while hanging on the wire rope. With similar cranks, which are attached to the two anchorages and which act on a pull rope , the car can be fetched from the bank with an empty trip to the river side where the passengers want to get on. It is in operation from April to the end of October, but may only be used in daylight. The cable car connects two ends of the Hessian R1 cycle path (Fulda cycle path) . The state of Hesse took on around three quarters of the production costs of 134,000 euros .
Before the cable car went into operation, cyclists on the Fulda cycle path had to take the road along with road traffic on a busy country road. A pedestrian and cyclist bridge, however, would have cost a lot more and would therefore not have been possible, so the cable car, which is considered an attraction, was installed.
Critics, however, object that the cable car could develop into a serious obstacle to traffic during rush hour in summer and could mean waiting times for users of the Fulda cycle path. In addition, the cost / benefit ratio of the cable car is questionable, since the cyclists simply do not have to climb a small hill. In addition, cranking the cable car to get to the other side is extremely strenuous and, in terms of the force applied, can be compared to overcoming the hill. The running costs and a constant guarantee of functionality could also pose a problem, since the cable car is located outside of built-up areas and manipulation or partial destruction can quickly endanger the safety of passengers.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hessen opens Germany's first cable car. Fulda crossing. In: Spiegel Online . May 20, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Amazing - special cable cars. (No longer available online.) In: reisch.at . Reisch Maschinenbau GmbH, formerly in the original ; accessed on February 8, 2017 (with description of the Fulda cable car). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ According to the sign on the system on site.
- ↑ In a wire basket over the Fulda. First bicycle cable car in Germany. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . May 20, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2017 .
Web links
- Fulda Cycle Path on Wikivoyage - a more detailed description of the railway with user experience
Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 21.3 " N , 9 ° 33 ′ 22.2" E