Vinifuni Ligerz–Prêles
Vinifuni Ligerz-Prêles | |
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![]() car at intermediary station Festi/Château, Lake Biel in background, vineyard in the foreground (2021) | |
Overview | |
Other name(s) | Chemin de fer funiculaire Gléresse-Montagne de Diesse; Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn; Standseilbahn Ligerz-Prêles; Seilbahn Ligerz-Prêles (Tessenberg) |
Status | In operation |
Owner | Aare Seeland mobil AG (since 2003); Chemin de fer funiculaire Gléresse-Montagne de Diesse (1912–1997), Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn AG (LTB) (1997–2003)[note 1] |
Locale | Canton of Bern, Switzerland |
Termini |
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Stations | 4 (including "Pilgerweg", "Festi/Château") |
Service | |
Type | Funicular (since 2004: lift) |
Route number | 2016 [1] |
Operator(s) | Aare Seeland mobil AG (short: asm) |
Rolling stock | 1 for 50 passengers (since 2004); 2 for 60 each (1949–2004), 2 for 40 each (1912–1949) |
History | |
Opened | 8 June 1912 |
Concession | 1906 |
Single-car, lift | 18 May 2004 |
Technical | |
Line length | 1,198 m (3,930 ft) |
Number of tracks | 1 |
Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
Electrification | from opening |
Operating speed | 5.0 metres per second (16 ft/s) |
Highest elevation | 820 m (2,690 ft) |
Maximum incline | 40% |
Vinifuni Ligerz–Prêles is a funicular above Lake Biel in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. The line leads from Ligerz/Gléresse at 437 m to Prêles at 820 m on Tessenberg, a plateau part of the Jura range.[2] The line has a length of 1198 m with a difference of elevation of 383 m and a maximum incline of 40%.[2] The single track funicular has had only one car since 2004,[2] when the passing loop and the second car were removed. Two intermediate stations are Pilgerweg at 487 m and Festi/Château at 577 m. The lower station is next to Ligerz railway station and a landing stage for Lake Biel passenger ships.
The line opened in 1910[2] after the Swiss Federal Assembly granted a concession in 1906.[3]
The funicular is owned and operated by Aare Seeland mobil AG since 2003.[2] The railway company had absorbed Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn AG (LTB),[note 1] founded in 1910 and initially named Chemin de fer funiculaire Gléresse-Montagne de Diesse.
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lower station (2017)
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former funicular car on bridge (2003)
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car in the vineyards (2005)
Further reading
[edit]- Schweizer, Martin (2013), vinifuni Ligerz–Prêles – ehemalige Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn (in German), ISBN 978-3-907579-54-1
- Stoll, Heinz, 100 Jahre Vinifuni Ligerz-Prêles Ehemalige Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn LTB 1912-2012 (in German)
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2016 Ligerz-Prêles (Tessenberg)" (PDF), Fahrplanfelder.ch, Tableaux-horaires.ch (in German), 2022, 2016
- ^ a b c d e Von der Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn (LTB) zur Standseilbahn Ligerz–Prêles ("vinifuni") (in German), AS Mobil
- ^ Swiss Federal Council (16 February 1906), "Botschaft des Bundesrates an die Bundesversammlung, betreffend Konzession einer elektrischen Drahtseil- (eventuell Zahnrad-) Bahn von Ligerz nach Prêles.", Bundesblatt, vol. 1, pp. 337–347
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