Gütsch cable car
| Gütsch cable car | |||||||||
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 The old cable car (1885)
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| Route length: | 0.173 km | ||||||||
| Gauge : | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) | ||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 485.5 ‰ | ||||||||
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The Gütschbahn (formerly also known as the Gütsch cable car , abbreviated DBG ) is a double inclined elevator in the Swiss city of Lucerne . It leads from Baselstrasse in the Lucerne underground in a straight line to the Hotel Château Gütsch . The original double-track funicular railway was built by Bell Maschinenfabrik in Kriens from 1881 to 1884 together with the hotel for its development. It was open to the public for the entire duration of its operation from 1884 to 2008. The inclined lift built on the route of the former funicular went into operation on September 26, 2015.
history
On August 22, 1884, the Gütschbahn, built by Johann Eduard Näf-Meier (1835–1899) and operated as a water ballast track , was opened. Initially, the funicular with its summer carriages did not run all year round.
With the relocation of the access to Lucerne station in connection with the construction of the second station, the Gütschbahn was extended in 1897. Since then, from the point of view of Baselstrasse, the valley station is no longer behind the Emmenbrücke – Lucerne railway line, but below it.
Due to several landslides, the railway, which was located in a cut, was not in operation from 1943 to 1948. From 1961, after being converted to electrical operation, it operated all year round. From 1974 to 1975 operations were again interrupted for a long time due to landslides. From 1990 the Gütschbahn operated automatically after a comprehensive overhaul by the Kündig company.
On April 21, 2008, the Gütschbahn operated as a funicular, surprisingly for the last time after a change of owner.
The old Gütschbahn was replaced in 2015 by two modern inclined elevators from Inauen-Schätti from Dallenwil . The trip in the inclined elevator takes one and a half minutes. The two cabins each hold 8 people and run independently of one another on parallel tracks.
Hotel Château Gütsch
The history of the Gütschbahn is closely linked to that of the Hotel Château Gütsch. The Gütschbahn was an independent company during the entire time, which was initially partially, but then completely, owned by the hotel owners.
At that time it was not uncommon for hotels to be opened up with independent or company-owned funiculars. In Central Switzerland, for example, the Bürgenstock Railway (BB) has reopened the hotel complex on the Bürgenstock from Kehrsiten on Lake Lucerne after its renovation . The Fürigenbahn (FüB) opened up from Easter 1924 until the end of October 2005, the Hotel Fürigen with the associated beach in Harissenbucht in Stansstad. The Hotel Montana in Lucerne was also originally accessed by a funicular, which was replaced by an inclined elevator in 1987.
The Hotel Château Gütsch was built by the Lucerne architect Emil Vogt based on the model of Neuschwanstein Castle . The year of completion is 1888. The hotel was operated as a high-quality hotel for decades. In 1989 the longstanding owners, the Furler family, sold the hotel. In 2003, UBS was awarded the contract as the main creditor to buy the hotel from a bankruptcy estate for 9,100,000 Swiss francs , but subsequently sold the hotel on in 2007. As of 2013, the extensive renovation work by a private investment company is making only slow progress. Immediate completion and the next steps were long uncertain. In 2014, the city's renovated landmark was reopened.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE): Tourist transport facilities in Switzerland (PDF) , 6th edition, 1999
- ^ Ernst B. Leutwiler: Standseilbahn-Lexikon Schweiz , Verlag Ernst B. Leutwiler, Ennenda, 2011; ISBN 3-906681-16-5 , page 58
- ↑ www.bahndaten.ch Via Storia, Center for Transport History, Gütschbahn (Lucerne) , accessed on January 25, 2014
- ↑ The Gütsch-Bahn is back. . In: Luzerner Zeitung , September 26, 2015
- ^ Prellbock Verlag: Gütschbahn , accessed on January 28, 2014
- ^ INSA, Inventory of Modern Swiss Architecture 1850–1921, Volume 6 . Published by the Society for Swiss Art History, Orell Füssli 1991, ISBN 3-280-02410-2 , pages 372 and 445 ( doi: 10.5169 / seals-7530 )
- ^ "SA Château Gütsch, Lucerne, inclined elevator type Comfort"
- ↑ The new Gütschbahn flies through the air , accessed on August 31, 2015
- ↑ Switzerland: Lucerne - Hotel Château Gütsch
- ↑ www.zeit.de Peer Teuwsen: A castle in the air from June 14, 2011, in: Die Zeit (Online) ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 28, 2014
- ↑ Schlosshotel Gütsch awakens from a deep slumber, Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich May 27, 2014
