Funiculaire Saint-Imier – Mont-Soleil is a funicular railway in the Jura Mountains, Switzerland. The line leads from the village of Saint-Imier at 828 m to the station Mont-Soleil at 1179 m,[1] on Mont Soleil (1291 m). The line of 743 m in length has a difference of elevation of 351 m at a maximum inclination of 60%.[1]
| Funiculaire Saint-Imier - Mont-Soleil | |
|---|---|
 aerial view (1930) | |
| Overview | |
| Other name(s) | Funisolaire; Chemin de fer funiculaire Saint-Imier - Sonnenberg; Funiculaire du Sonnenberg; Sonnenbergbahn |
| Status | In operation |
| Owner | Funiculaire Saint-Imier - Mont-Soleil SA |
| Locale | Saint-Imier, Switzerland |
| Termini |
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| Stations | 2 |
| Website | funisolaire.ch |
| Service | |
| Type | Funicular |
| Operator(s) | Funiculaire Saint-Imier - Mont-Soleil SA |
| Rolling stock | 1 for 60 persons (since 2003); 2 (before, for 54 persons in 1969)[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | August 10, 1903[2] |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 743 m (2,438 ft); before 2003: 728 m (2,388 ft)[1] |
| Number of tracks | 1 (before 2003: with passing loop)[1] |
| Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)[1] |
| Operating speed | 5 metres per second (16 ft/s); before 2003: 2.5 metres per second (8.2 ft/s)[1] |
| Highest elevation | 1,179 metres (3,868 ft) (since 2003)[1] |
| Maximum incline | 60% (min. 39%)[1] |
Built in 1903[2] as a single-track line with two cars and a passing loop, the track was lengthened and converted to a single car operation in 2003.[1] The line includes several bridges and a tunnel.[1][3]
The base station is ca. 800 m from St-Imier railway station.
The railway is owned and operated by Funiculaire Saint-Imier - Mont-Soleil SA.[4]
Further reading
edit- 1903-2003: un siècle d'allers-retours (PDF) (in French), archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2019
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Quelques données techniques (in French), archived from the original on 25 October 2009
- ^ a b Mathys, Ernst (1942), Hundert Jahre Schweizerbahnen, historisch und technisch dargestellt, 1841-1941; Les chemins de fer suisses au cours d'un siècle, aperçu historique et technique, 1841-1941 (in German and French), Bern, pp. 20, 68, 254
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Smallenburg, F. W. (1903–1904), "Le funiculaire St-Imier-Sonnenberg", Bulletin Technique de la Suisse Romande (in French), 29/30 (22/6): 293–298, 156–158
- ^ Organisation - Funiculaire Saint-Imier--Mont-Soleil (in French), archived from the original on 19 September 2021
External links
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