Funicular de Montmartre
The Funiculaire de Montmartre (German: funicular of Montmartre ) is not a funicular in the strict sense, but an inclined elevator with two cabins. He drives to the hill of Montmartre and thus to the world-famous Sacré-Cœur Basilica located there . The train, located in the 18th arrondissement of Paris , is operated by the RATP , which is responsible for public transport in the city of Paris.
properties
The funicular, which went into operation on June 1, 1991, replaces an earlier system. It is electrically powered and has two independent cars with 60 seats each. This means it has a capacity of 2000 passengers per hour and direction. He climbs the 36 meter difference in altitude over a distance of 108 meters in less than 90 seconds. The two stations at the start and end point with their transparent architecture come from the architect François Deslaugiers , the new cars with their large window sections were designed by the designer Roger Tallon , who also designed the TGV Atlantique cars . Skylights in the cabin roofs provide a view of the Sacré-Cœur Basilica during the ascent . For each car there is its own drum winder similar to that of an elevator, so that the operation in the event of failure of a subsystem, e.g. B. due to maintenance work, can be continued with only one car.
history
The city council decided to build a funicular up the hill for the first time in 1891. On July 13, 1900, it was put into operation and operations were transferred to the Decauville company . Between November 1, 1931 and February 2, 1935, the train was replaced by a bus . In 1933, the STCRP (Société des transports en commun de la région parisienne) was the new operator and commissioned to modernize the infrastructure. The system of a funicular with water ballast was replaced by the two electrically operated hoisting machines. A few years later, the RATP was given responsibility. After the Second World War , the system was equipped with a conveyor system from Ernst Heckel's company in Saarbrücken .
In 1990 and 1991 the facility was completely renewed. For this, operations had to be suspended from October 1, 1990 to June 1, 1991. During this time, the Montmartrobus , which has been running between Place Pigalle and the top of the hill since then, took over the transport of people.
literature
- Le patrimoine de la RATP. Éditions Flohic, ISBN 978-2-84234-007-0 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Emil Maurer (editor): German Transport Exhibition - Official Catalog . Carl Gabler, Munich 1953, insert page 32, between p. 136 and 137.
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