Funiculaire Moléson-sur-Gruyères – Plan-Francey
Funiculaire Moléson-sur-Gruyères – Plan-Francey | |
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Overview | |
Other name(s) | Funiculaire du Moléson |
Status | In operation |
Owner | Centre Touristique Gruyères-Moléson-Vudalla S.A. |
Locale | Gruyères Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland |
Termini |
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Stations | 2 |
Website | moleson.ch |
Service | |
Type | Funicular |
Route number | 2045 [1] |
Operator(s) | Centre Touristique Gruyères-Moléson-Vudalla S.A. |
Rolling stock | 2 |
History | |
Opened | 1998 |
Technical | |
Line length | 1,350 m (4,430 ft) |
Number of tracks | 1 with passing loop |
Track gauge | 1,200 mm (3 ft 11+1⁄4 in) |
Highest elevation | 1,520 m (4,990 ft) |
Funiculaire Moléson-sur-Gruyères – Plan-Francey is a funicular railway in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The line leads from Moléson-sur-Gruyères at 1111 m to Plan-Francey at 1520 m.[2] From there, an aerial cableway continues to the summit of Moléson (2002 m). The line of the funicular has a length of about 1350 m[note 1] and a difference of elevation of 409 m.[2] The funicular with two cars has a single track with a passing loop.
Built in 1998, it replaced an aerial cableway from the 1960s.[10] Already in the 1900s projects of funiculars, rack-railways and a train line to the top of Moléson were made,[10] some receiving concessions,[11][12] but ultimately not realized.
The funicular is owned and operated by the company Centre Touristique Gruyères-Moléson-Vudalla S.A.[13] (abbreviated TTM or "GMV SA").
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2045 Moléson-sur-Gruyères - Plan-Francey - Le Moléson, 2 sections" (PDF), Fahrplanfelder.ch, Tableaux-horaires.ch (in French), 2023, 2045
- ^ a b c Mountain Cableways of Moléson
- ^ a b Wägeli, Hans G., Schienennetz Schweiz, Réseau ferré suisse (in German and French)
- ^ "1663.01 Moléson-sur-Gruyères - Plan-Francey", Standseilbahnen.ch (in German)
- ^ Azéma, Michel, "Moléson sur Gruyères", Funimag
- ^ "Moléson sur Gruyères", Funiculars.net (in English and Swedish)
- ^ "90-FUC Funicularie Moléson - Plan-Francey", Lift-world.info
- ^ "Funiculaire Moléson", 24Trains.tv
- ^ "Téléphérique et Funiculaire du Moléson", torpille.ch (in French), 13 November 2021
- ^ a b Mauron, François (1997), "Le Moléson : le "Righi de la Suisse occidentale"", Annales fribourgeoises, Lieux de mémoire fribourgeois, Actes du colloque des 7 et 8 octobre 1994 (in French), 61/62: 367–382, notably 377, 379
- ^ "Message du Conseil fédéral à l'Assemblée fédérale concernant les concessions des chemins de fer électriques du Moléson (Du 26 juin 1908)", Feuille fédérale (in French), 4 (27): 379–406, 1 July 1908
- ^ "Botschaft des Bundesrates an die Bundesversammlung, betreffend die Konzessionen für elektrische Bahnen auf den Moléson. (Vom 26. Juni 1908.)", Bundesblatt (in German), 4 (27): 299–325, 1 July 1908
- ^ Centre Touristique Gruyères-Moléson-Vudalla S.A. (in French and German), Registre du commerce du Canton de Fribourg, CHE-107.770.329