Odessa funicular railway

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Lower station of the Odessa funicular at the Potemkin Stairs

The Odessa funicular ( Ukrainian Одеський фунікулер , Russian Одесский фуникулёр ) is a rail-based means of transport in the Ukrainian city ​​of Odessa . It runs next to the city's landmark, the Potemkin Stairs , and overcomes the height difference between the port and the center of the city.

The cable car has a track width of 1000 mm and is built on the principle of an inclined elevator . The travel time of the 120-meter-long, electrically operated train, whose cabins run independently on separate lanes, is two minutes.

Odessa funicular railway

history

The history of the Odessa funicular began in 1841 with the opening of the Potemkin Stairs. The funicular itself was designed by engineer NI Pyatnitsky and opened on June 8, 1902. It was equipped with two 35-person passenger cabins from Paris. After being replaced by escalators in 1969, which had to be closed in 1997, the city decided in 1998 to restore the funicular. Construction began in the same year, but was delayed and only ended in 2005. On September 2, 2005, the cable car was reopened.

Web links

Commons : Odessa Funicular  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oleg Gubar, Alexander Rozenboim: Daily Life in Odessa. In: Nicolas V. Iljine, Patricia Herlihy (eds.): Odessa Memories. University of Washington Press, Seattle 2004, ISBN 0-295-98345-0 , pp. 49–122, here p. 95 (translated by Antonina W. Bouis); Patricia Herlihy: Odessa Memories. In: ibid., Pp. 3–37, here p. 12.
  2. ↑ History of the Odessan funicular on odessatrolley.com , accessed on September 24, 2014.
  3. ↑ About the Odessa funicular railway , on narrow.parovoz.com, accessed on September 24, 2014.

Coordinates: 46 ° 29 ′ 18.2 "  N , 30 ° 44 ′ 31.9"  E