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Kriens–Sonnenberg Funicular

The Sonnenberg Funicular, also known as the Standseilbahn Kriens–Sonnenberg (KSB) or Sonnenbergbahn, is a funicular railway near the city of Lucerne in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. It links the town of Kriens with the Sonnenberg at 704 m, a hiking and recreational area, and serves an intermediate stop at Zumhof.

The line was opened in 1902. In recent years it has been restored electrically and mechanically.

The funicular has the following parameters:

Feature Value
Number of stops 3
Configuration Single track with passing loop
Track length 839 metres (2,753 ft)
Rise 210 metres (690 ft)
Maximum gradient 42.5%
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge
Number of cars 2
Capacity 30 passengers per car
Maximum speed 1.6 metres per second (5.2 ft/s)
Travel time 8 minutes

See also

References

  1. ^ "2515: Sonnenberg - Kriens" (PDF), Fahrplanfelder.ch, Tableaux-horaires.ch (in German), 2022, 2515
  2. ^ "Sonnenberg-Bahn, Kriens". Seetal-plus.ch. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  3. ^ "61.044 Kriens - Sonnenberg, Kriens, Standseilbahn", Schweizer Seilbahninventar = Inventaire suisse des installations à câbles = Inventario svizzero degli impianti a fune [Swiss Inventory of Cableways] (in German, French, and Italian), Federal Office of Culture, 2011, retrieved 17 April 2014