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.
| Mini-Funiculaire d'Emosson | |
|---|---|
 Car and the two tracks near lower station (2019) | |
| Overview | |
| Status | In operation |
| Owner | Commune de Finhault (2023-), Parc d'attractions du Châtelard VS S.A. (2003-2022); Société anonyme des transports Emosson-Barberine (1991-1997, name change), Trains Touristiques d'Emosson SA (1997-2003, name change) |
| Locale | Valais, Switzerland |
| Termini |
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| Stations | 2 |
| Website | verticalp-emosson.ch |
| Service | |
| Type | Funicular |
| Rolling stock | 2 for 8 passengers each |
| Ridership | 200 persons/h |
| History | |
| Opened | 1991 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 260 m (850 ft) |
| Number of tracks | 2 |
| Track gauge | 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in) |
| Electrification | from opening |
| Operating speed | 2.5 metres per second (8.2 ft/s) |
| Highest elevation | 1,965 m (6,447 ft) |
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]
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The two cars next to each other (2019) -
Lower station (2012) -
Emosson lake and dam as seen from the funicular (2008)
References
edit- ^ 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) - ^ a b c Mini Funiculaire Features (in French, English, and German), Verticalp, 28 August 2019, retrieved 28 August 2019
- ^ Minifunic (in French and English), Vallée du Trient Tourisme SA
- ^ Liquidation announcement (in French)
- ^ 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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