Bürgenstock Funicular

Bürgenstock-Bahn
Overview
Type Funicular
Status Operating
Locale Lucerne, Switzerland
Termini Kehrsiten-Bürgenstock BB
Bürgenstock
Stations 2
Operation
Opened 1888, 28 August 2017
Closed 2011
Technical
Track length 929 metres (3,048 ft)
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Highest elevation 869 m (2,851 ft)
Maximum incline 58%

The Bürgenstock Funicular (German: Bürgenstock-Bahn; BB) is a funicular railway in the canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland. The line links the landing stage at Kehrsiten-Bürgenstock, served by the regular passenger boats of the Schifffahrtsgesellschaft des Vierwaldstättersees, with the Bürgenstock resort and its famous hotels.[1][2][3]

The funicular was opened in 1888 and was originally a water-ballast funicular with an Abt rack braking rail. The funicular is electric and automatic, but until the closure in 2011 it still used the original cabins. The line has been suspended since November 2011 whilst work is undertaken to create a new luxury resort financed by a Qatar finance group at its upper station, and was reopened on 28 August 2017.[2][4][5]

It got bad press even before its reopening due to its exorbitant fare prices which are high, even for Swiss standards. The resort management announced a fare of CHF 50 for a roundtrip.[6]

The line has the following parameters:[1][2][3]

Number of cars 2
Number of stops 2
Configuration Single track with passing loop
Track length 929 metres (3,048 ft)
Rise 434 metres (1,424 ft)
Maximum gradient 58%
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Speed 6 metres per second (19.7 ft/s)
Journey time 4 mins

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers+Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. 1 2 3 "BB - Bürgenstock Bahn". funimag.com. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  3. 1 2 "61.006 Kehrsiten - Bürgenstock, Bürgenstock, Standseilbahn". Swiss Inventory of Ropeways (in German). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  4. ↑ "Bürgenstock-Bahn wird saniert" [Bürgenstock railway will be renovated]. Baublatt (in German). 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  5. ↑ "The Bürgenstock Railway". Bürgenstock Resort. Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  6. ↑ Martina Odermatt (23 June 2017). "Bürgenstock eckt mit Preispolitik an". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Lucerne, Switzerland. Retrieved 2017-08-03.


Coordinates: 46°59′58″N 8°22′54″E / 46.999471°N 8.381667°E / 46.999471; 8.381667

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