Batschuns test cable car
The Batschuns test cable car was an aerial cableway ( aerial cableway ) in Batschuns, a district of Zwischenwasser in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg .
The cable car connected a valley station at 683 m above sea level. A. with the mountain station at 825 m above sea level. A. The facility was owned by Karl Peter (1917–2005).
history
1947 Karl Peter at his own expense a test track ( pendulum cableway built) in his place of residence from the district to the district Batschuns Suldis to render evidence that a pendulum cable car can be fully automatic, largely operated without staff. The building permit for this was granted in 1946 by the Feldkirch district administration and the finished system was approved. He then received the first such permit for the construction of fully automatic cable cars in Austria from the minister responsible at the time, Karl Waldbrunner (1906–1980). The first order for the practical implementation of this concept in real passenger traffic was realized by him with the Lech – Oberlech mountain railway project . Further systems based on this concept (all still in operation): Brusino Arsizio – Serpiano cable car , Härmelekopfbahn (rebuilt) , Graseckbahn (original) . The Seefelder Jochbahn was taken out of operation in 2018 after it had already been rebuilt and replaced by a new aerial tramway from the Steurer company .
The cable car system in Batschuns next to the Schulertobel was not used for public transport. Karl Peter planned public transport in connection with an extension of the aerial tramway to the district of Furx (approximately tripling the length of the system); However, this was not carried out because the district was developed by the community with a road. The test facility was demolished in 1962/1963.
The valley station (now the residence of the Peter family) is very well preserved, but most of the cable car parts have been removed and the tension shaft has been converted into a cellar. The mountain station in Suldis is now in ruins. There are still some parts of the cable car in it, such as B. the pulley including the brake linkage, the suspension bollard to anchor the suspension cables, in the entrance area of one of the two drives of the aerial tramway. Neither of the cabins has survived.
Technical specifications
- Orientation of the facility: largely from northwest (valley station) to southeast (mountain station)
- Cable height in the valley station: 683 m
- Cable height in the mountain station: 825 m
- Difference in altitude: 142 m
- Track length (horizontal length): approx. 450 m
- Operating length ( inclined length ): approx. 472 m
- mean slope: approx. 32%
- Supports: 1 (about halfway down)
- Carrying rope diameter: approx. 16 mm
- Pull rope diameter: approx. 11 mm
- Counter rope diameter: approx. 9 mm
- Driving resources: 2
- Drive: valley station, electric
The mountain station was supplied with electrical energy and the signals were transmitted via an overhead line.
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Remarks
- ↑ Neue Vorarlberger Tageszeitung, March 22, 1998, p. 14.
Coordinates: 47 ° 16 ′ 42.8 " N , 9 ° 40 ′ 45.3" E