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Gelmerbahn

3864 Guttannen-Handegg, Switzerland (Bern)
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Museum typ
Mountain Railways & Cableways

Opening times
 The line operates from the beginning of June through to mid-October, in daylight hours only.
Öffentliche Fahrten finden von Juni bis Oktober statt.
2020: 6. Juni – 25. Oktober 9.00–16.00 Uhr (letzte Bergfahrt 15.48 Uhr, letzte Talfahrt 16.00 Uhr)
Juli & August: 9.00–17.00 Uhr (letzte Bergfahrt 16.36 Uhr, letzte Talfahrt 16.48 Uhr)

Admission
Status from 08/2020
Erwachsene: retour CHF 32 / einfach CHF 16
Kinder 6–15 Jahre: retour CHF 12 / einfach CHF 6
Contact
Tel.:+41-33-982 26 26  Tel.2:+41-33-982 26 60  
eMail:welcome grimselwelt.ch   
Homepage
to Location / Directions
www.grimselwelt.ch/bahnen/gelmerbahn
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Location / Directions
N46.613611° E8.308889°N46°36.81666' E8°18.53334'N46°36'48.9996" E8°18'32.0004"
The Gelmer Funicular is a cable railway in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. It links a lower terminus at Handegg, in the Haslital (the valley of the upper Aar River), with an upper terminus at the Gelmersee lake.

The Handegg terminus of the line is close to the road over the Grimsel Pass. It is accessible by car and by an infrequent PostBus service.
Description

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The Gelmerbahn was the steepest funicular in Switzerland and Europe, until the opening of the new Stoos Funicular in 2017.

It is technically not a funicular, which has two cars that counterbalance each other, but is propelled by a winch.

History

The funicular was originally built to facilitate the construction of the Gelmersee, a reservoir, constructed in 1926 in order to exploit the hydroelectric resources of the area and was not opened for public use until 2001. The line is owned and operated by Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG (KWO) which owns the power station.

Operation

It has the following parameters:
Number of cars: 1
Number of stops: 3
Configuration: Single track with no passing loop
Track length: 1,028 metres (3,373 ft)
Rise: 448 metres (1,470 ft)
Maximum gradient: 106% (46°41')
Track gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Speed: 2 metres per second (6.6 ft/s)
Journey time: 10 mins
Capacity: 24 passengers per car; 60 persons in each direction per hour
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