Hahnenkammbahn
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 Logo of the mountain railways
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| Location: |
Kitzbuhel , Austria
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| Design type: | Monocable gondola |
| Construction year: | 1929/1938/1996 |
| Mountain: | Hahnenkamm (Kitzbühel) |
| Valley station: | Kitzbühel, 786 m |
| Height difference: | 878 m |
| Mountain station: | Hochkitzbühel, 1662 m |
| Route length: | 2414 m |
| Driving time: | 7.8 min |
| Number of gondolas: | 98 pcs. |
| Number of supports: | 18 pcs. |
| Capacity: | 6 people / gondola, 2000 people / hour |
| Manufacturer: | Girak |
| Operator: | Bergbahn AG Kitzbühel |
| Website: | www.bergbahn-kitzbuehel.at |
The Hahnenkammbahn is a cable car originally built in 1929 in Kitzbühel , Tyrol in Austria .
history
In 1924 a commission was given the task of creating a cable car project up to the Hahnenkamm. Construction began in the spring of 1926. The planning and execution of the two station buildings was carried out by Alfons Walde . The Kitzbühel Lift Co. was founded 1928th A year later, the opening of the first Hahnenkamm lift could be celebrated. This was an aerial tramway with 2 cabins for 18 people and had 9 supports.
In 1938 the railway was completely rebuilt by the company Adolf Bleichert & Co. After that there were two gondolas with 48 people each, which led over only 3 supports. The capacity was 320 people / h. In 1958 the capacity was increased to 500 people / h with technical measures. increased, the cabins remained.
In 1996 there was another complete renovation, in which only the station buildings remained. The aerial tramway was replaced by a modern single-cable gondola with 6-seater gondolas. In 2011 a seat heater was installed. One of the old gondolas was hung up as a museum piece at the valley station.
The individual gondolas were named after the winners of the Hahnenkamm race . They also bear the name and flag of the runner's country of origin. Time and again, current winners receive their gondolas as part of a “baptism”.
The " Ernst Hinterseer " gondola at a cable car pillar
View from the mountain station of the old Hahnenkammbahn (1951)
model
A functional model of the new railway was released by the Brawa company in H0 2013.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Construction of the Hahnenkammbahn started. In: Allgemeine Tiroler Anzeiger , May 7, 1926, p. 3, middle column (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ Alfons Walde biography , aufonswalde.com
- ↑ Gondolas for Jansrud and Paris , mein district.at from July 1, 2015
Coordinates: 47 ° 25 ′ 36.3 ″ N , 12 ° 22 ′ 20.6 ″ E