Olympiabahn (Axamer Lizum)

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Olympiabahn mountain railway
Olympiabahn with mountain station
Olympiabahn with mountain station
Location Axamer Lizum
design type Funicular railway with Abt'scher switch
Construction year 1975
Valley station Axamer Lizum
47 ° 11 ′ 37.9 ″  N , 11 ° 18 ′ 10.3 ″  E
Mountain station Hoadl
47 ° 10 ′ 59.5 "  N , 11 ° 16 ′ 56.3"  E
Height of the valley station 1572 m
Height of the mountain station 2334 m
Height difference 762 m
length 2105 m
Travel time about 230 seconds
dare 2
Maximum transport capacity 1200 people / hour
website www.axamer-lizum.at

The Olympiabahn is a funicular with an Abt switch in the Axamer Lizum ski area in Tyrol . It was built from 1973 to 1975 and leads from the Axamer Lizum to the Hoadl ( 2340  m above sea level ).

History and construction

The ski area in the Axamer Lizum was built on the occasion of the 1964 Winter Olympics for alpine competitions. For the 1976 Winter Olympics , the chairlifts to the Hoadl were supplemented by the parallel Olympic lift. It was put into operation on December 20, 1975.

The 2105 m long track with a track width of  1427 mm runs with guaranteed snow on a bridge 1.5 to 20 m above the ground. The bridge structure was built by VÖEST-Alpine AG  , the electrical equipment comes from the ELIN-Union , the pull cables were manufactured by the St. Egydier Eisen- und Stahlindustriegesellschaft. The railway is operated by Axamer Lizum Aufnahmungs-AG.

Technical specifications

The route overcomes an altitude difference of 762 m, the lowest incline is 31.7%, the average incline 42.0% and the largest incline 54.0%.

The drive in the valley station is provided by two direct current motors with 490 kW each. The two cars built by Waagner-Biro (machine drive and frames) and Bombardier-Rotax (car bodies) can each transport 120 people. Depending on the operating mode, the travel speed is 5 m / s in summer and 10 m / s in winter, the maximum travel time is five minutes.

photos

  • Valley station

  • Car at the valley station

  • Route

literature

  • Helmut K. Missbach: Railways in Tyrol. Prehistory - railway construction - operation . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-87943-640-1 , p. 262-264 .
  • Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (publisher): Railway and cable car statistics (railways, trams, overhead line omnibus lines, cable cars and T-bar lifts) of the Republic of Austria for the reporting period 2001/2002. Vienna 2003, pp. 54–55 ( PDF; 2 MB )

Web links

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