Top station

A top station[1] or upper station[2] is usually the highest station of an aerial lift, a funicular, a T-bar lift or a rack railway. The lowest station is the valley station. Passengers or skiers usually alight at the top station.

Top stations on a cable car may be ordinary buildings with a docking bay or open steel structures. Gondola lifts have horizontally arranged top stations. The top stations on chair lifts may have a simple jump-off point or a more substantial design.

References

  1. For example, see Predigtstuhl Cable Car at www.berchtesgaden.de. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  2. For example, see Chairlift Blausee (upper station) at www.outdooractive.com. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
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