Stresa – Monte Mottarone cable car

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Cable car
cable car Stresa-Mottarone
Cable car gondola on the second section Alpino - Mottarone
Cable car gondola on the second section Alpino - Mottarone
Location Stresa , ItalyItalyItaly 
type 47-seater cabin cable car
Construction year 1970
Valley station Stresa
45 ° 53 ′ 26 "  N , 8 ° 31 ′ 27.9"  E
Mountain station Monte Mottarone
45 ° 52 ′ 59.6 ″  N , 8 ° 27 ′ 30.4 ″  E
Height of the valley station 203 m
Height of the mountain station 1385 m
Height difference 1182 m
length 5238 m
Travel time 660 seconds
Gondolas 4th
Maximum transport capacity 390 people / hour
Cable car gondola at the entrance to the Stresa valley station
Stresa valley station
Cable car supports 2 and 3 on the first section Stresa - Alpino

The cable car Stresa-Mottarone ( Italian Funivia Stresa-Mottarone or Funivia Stresa-Alpino-Mottarone ) is a cable car in two independent sections above the town of Stresa on Lake Maggiore in the region of Piedmont in Italy .

The cable car runs from the town of Stresa ( 200  m slm ) on Lake Maggiore to a height of 1385 m just below the summit of Monte Mottarone ( 1491  m slm ). The operator is Ferrovie del Mottarone srl . From its mountain station, the summit can be reached in 20 minutes on foot or with a chair lift.

history

Stresa – Mottarone railway line

From 1911 to May 13, 1963, a narrow-gauge rack railway ran from Stresa to Monte Mottarone (Ferrovia Stresa-Mottarone - FSM) .

Cable car

After the web in 1963 shut down had been wrong in this connection to 1970 buses . However, their capacity was limited and operation was difficult in winter. That is why construction work on the cable car began in 1967. It started operating on August 1, 1970. In 2002, it was overhauled by Poma Italia . From 2014 to 2016, the drive and controls were refurbished by Leitner AG . On August 13 or 14, 2016, the cable car was put back into operation.

Cable car accident in 2021

After the shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic , operations resumed on April 24, 2021, according to other information on May 22, 2021.

On Pentecost Sunday, May 23, 2021, at around 11:45 a.m., one of the two gondolas in the upper section crashed shortly before the entrance to the mountain station. Of the 15 passengers (transport had been reduced from 40 to 15 because of the COVID-19 pandemic ) 13 died immediately; two children were seriously injured, one later died in hospital.

A break in the pulling rope is said to have triggered the accident shortly before the uphill gondola reached the mountain station. According to the Italian public prosecutor's office, the suspension cable brake of this gondola failed, whereupon the cabin held by the suspension cable rolled downwards without braking at up to 100 kilometers per hour to the support below . There it collided with the cable car support, derailed, detached itself from the suspension cable and fell to the ground from a height of around 15 to 20 meters. From there she slid several dozen meters down the slope before trees stopped her. The second cabin, which was traveling downhill, came to a halt shortly before the middle station (Alpino) due to the correctly working cable brake, and the passengers were abseiled.

In November 2020, the suspension and traction cables were subjected to a magnetic induction test , the suspension cable brakes were last subjected to a functional test on December 1, 2020 by the South Tyrolean cable car construction company Leitner .

On the morning of May 26, 2021, three employees of the operating company were arrested. According to the investigating public prosecutor's office, the suspension cable brake had been deliberately disabled in order to provisionally solve a problem with the brake that had existed for several months and which would have required a longer shutdown of the railway, and to maintain the operation of the system. According to the public prosecutor's office, the risk was deliberately taken that the gondola derailed if the pulling rope broke. An unsuccessful attempt at repair is said to have been carried out on May 3, but operations continued thereafter. The three arrested persons - the owner of the operating company, the technical director and the operations manager - confessed that the brake had been tampered with. The technical director has been with Leitner for many years.

Of the 14 fatalities, eight were Italian, five Israeli and one Iranian citizen.

On May 28, 2021, the 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia should lead over Monte Mottarone. An alternative route was set due to the cable car accident.

Technical specifications

2-seater chairlift. In the background the mountain station of the aerial tramway

The cable car leads from the valley station at 205  m slm via the middle station (Alpino) at 803  m slm (length of the first section: 2351 meters) and from there to the mountain station under the summit of Mottarone at 1385  m slm (length of the second section: 3020 meters) . The highest ground clearance is over 120 meters, the total length 5371 meters.

Since 2009, a 2-seater chairlift from the manufacturer Leitner has been leading from the mountain station to the top of the mountain and to the starting point of the summer toboggan run (built in 2010).

The construction work for the cable car began in 1967 and was carried out by the Poscio company (architect Mario Cracchi from Baveno ). The technical parts of the cable car were supplied by the company Piemonte Funivie from Turin and the electrical equipment by the company Marelli. The original steel ropes were supplied by Westfälische Drahtindustrie GmbH from Hamm .

first section

  • Valley station: in Stresa on Lake Maggiore
  • Mountain station (middle station): Alpino on Monte Mottarone
  • Year of construction: 1967 to 1970
  • Opening: August 1, 1970
  • Cableway Type: pendulum cableway
  • Length: 2351 meters
  • Difference in altitude: 598 meters
  • Number of supports: 3
  • Travel time: around 10 minutes
  • Driving speed: about 5 m / s
  • Driving equipment: two cabins for 47 people each (?)
  • Maximum passenger transport: 390 people / hour

second part

  • Valley station (middle station): Alpino on Monte Mottarone
  • Mountain station: Monte Mottarone
  • Year of construction: 1967 to 1970
  • Opening: August 1, 1970
  • Type of ropeway: aerial tramway
  • Length: 3020 meters
  • Difference in altitude: 582 meters
  • Number of supports: 3
  • Travel time: around 10 minutes
  • Driving speed: about 5 m / s
  • Driving equipment: two cabins for 47 people each (?)
  • Maximum passenger transport: 390 people / hour

Tourism and infrastructure

The Monte Mottarone is very popular for skiing, hiking, mountain biking and paragliding. Near the middle station there is a botanical garden with numerous alpine plants ( Giardino Botanico Alpinia ). At the summit itself there is a summer toboggan run under the name “Alpyland”. There is a museum for umbrellas and parasols on the toll road.

There are several antenna systems on the summit.

Web links

Commons : Stresa – Monte Mottarone Cable Car  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  3. ↑ The electric train on the Mottarone. In:  Electrical engineering and mechanical engineering , year 1912, p. 274 (right column) (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / emb
  4. ↑ An electric train on the Italian Rigi. In:  Pester Lloyd , July 23, 1911, p. 7 (right column, last paragraph) (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / pel
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  15. ↑ FOCUS: Julia Mumelter, ARD Rom, currently Stresa, with further details on the cable car accident in northern Italy. In: tagesschau.de. May 24, 2021, accessed May 24, 2021 .
  16. ↑ Cable car accident in Northern Italy: What is known - and what is not. In: srf.ch. May 24, 2021, accessed May 24, 2021 .
  17. ↑ LEITNER - Official statement. In: facebook.com. Retrieved May 24, 2021 (it-de-en).
  18. ^ Funivia caduta, l'ultima manutenzione il 3 maggio proprio sulla centralina dei freni che ieri sono andati ko. In: repubblica.it. May 24, 2021, accessed May 24, 2021 (Italian).
  19. ↑ Federica Cravero: Tragedia della funivia, 3 arresti nella notte: also il titolare dell'impianto Nerini. “Freno manomesso per aggirare anomalia”. In: repubblica.it. May 26, 2021, accessed May 26, 2021 (Italian).
  20. ↑ Oliver Meiler: Three arrests after the cable car accident on Lake Maggiore. In: sueddeutsche.de. May 26, 2021, accessed May 26, 2021 .
  21. ↑ Three arrests for possible manipulation. In: Deutschlandfunk. Retrieved May 26, 2021 .
  22. ↑ Mottarone, 3 fermi per la strage. L'ammissione: freno disattivato volontariamente. In: ilsole24ore.com. May 26, 2021, accessed May 26, 2021 (Italian).
  23. ^ Cable car accident: An employee of the Leitner company arrested. In: rainews.it. May 26, 2021, accessed May 26, 2021 .
  24. ^ Tragedia della funivia Stresa Mottarone, chi sono le vittime. In: lastampa.it. May 23, 2021, accessed May 25, 2021 (Italian).
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  26. ↑ 47-AT Stresa - Alpino , website: lift-world.info.
  27. ↑ 47-AT Alpino - Mottarone , website: lift-world.info.
  28. ↑ Alpyland , accessed on May 24, 2021.