Funivia di San Marino

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Cabin of the Funivia di San Marino
Mountain station

The Funivia di San Marino is a cabin cable car in the Republic of San Marino .

The two-lane aerial tramway in the city ​​of San Marino was built from 1956 by the Turin cable car company Agudio and put into operation in August 1959. The operator is the state company Azienda Autonoma di Stato per i Servizi Pubblici (AASS).

The aerial tramway runs from the valley station in Borgo Maggiore over a length of 338 meters to the highest mountain in San Marino, Monte Titano . The mountain station is located in San Marino in the immediate vicinity of the Basilica of San Marino .

Technical specifications

  • Length: 338 m
  • Difference in altitude: 166 m
  • Driving speed: 6 m / s
  • Capacity cabin: 50 + 1 people
  • Capacity: 1200 people per hour
  • Carrying rope diameter: 44 mm
  • Tow rope: 28 mm
  • Opposite rope: 26 mm
  • Motor power: 180 kW

In 1995 the cable car was completely modernized by the Italian cable car company Hölzl and reopened in 1996. The new cabins and suspension ropes can carry 50 people per trip (compared to 20 people on the original cable car), and the number of passengers carried increased from 530 to 1200 passengers per hour.

Web links

Commons : Funivia di San Marino  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Hölzl cable car construction

Coordinates: 43 ° 56 '25.4 "  N , 12 ° 26' 43.7"  E