Mini-Funiculaire d'Emosson

Funicular in Valais, Switzerland

2 ft 11+7⁄16 in)Electrificationfrom openingOperating speed2.5 metres per second (8.2 ft/s)Highest elevation1,965 m (6,447 ft)

Mini-Funiculaire d'Emosson is a funicular railway at the Emosson dam in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It leads from Pied du Barrage (literally "foot of the dam") at 1812 m to its top at 1952 m on Lake Emosson.[1][2] The two-track line has a length of 260 m[2] at a maximum incline of 73%[3][2] for a difference of elevation of 140 m.

It was opened in 1991[1] and replaced a monorail rack railway. The lower station was reached by stream train from Funiculaire du Châtelard.

In 2023, the former owner "Parc d'Attractions du Châtelard VS S.A." entered liquidation.[4] It was previously named "Trains Touristiques d'Emosson SA" and "Société anonyme des transports Emosson-Barberine".[5]

  • The two cars next to each other (2019)
    The two cars next to each other (2019)
  • Lower station (2012)
    Lower station (2012)
  • Emosson lake and dam as seen from the funicular (2008)
    Emosson lake and dam as seen from the funicular (2008)

References

  1. ^ a b Federal Office for Spatial Development ARE; Federal Office of Transport BAV; Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications UVEK, eds. (January 2001), Touristische Transportanlagen der Schweiz, TTA–Statistik, 6. Auflage 1999; Installations de transport touristiques en Suisse, Statistique ITT, 6e édition 1999 (in German and French) (6 ed.), Bern, p. 34, 812.001 d/f 1.01 800, 61.999 Emosson–Barberine{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ a b c Mini Funiculaire Features (in French, English, and German), Verticalp, 28 August 2019, retrieved 28 August 2019
  3. ^ Minifunic (in French and English), Vallée du Trient Tourisme SA
  4. ^ Liquidation announcement (in French)
  5. ^ PARC D'ATTRACTIONS DU CHATELARD VS S.A. (in English, French, and German), Commercial register (Lower Valais), CHE-106.008.348
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