Braunwaldbahn

Braunwaldbahn
Overview
Other name(s)	Braunwald-Standseilbahn
Status	In operation
Owner	Braunwald-Standseilbahn AG (since 1994), Braunwaldbahn AG (1905-1994)
Locale	Canton of Glarus, Switzerland
Termini	"Linthal Braunwaldbahn" "Braunwald"
Stations	2
Website	https://braunwald.ch/de/planen-buchen/bergbahnen/standseilbahn.html
Service
Type	Funicular
Route number	2840 [1]
Operator(s)	Braunwald-Standseilbahn AG
Rolling stock	2 for 114 passengers each
History
Opened	6 August 1907 (117 years ago) (1907-08-06)
all year service	1928
Technical
Track length	1,367 metres (4,485 ft)
Number of tracks	1 with passing loop
Track gauge	Metre (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Electrification	from opening
Highest elevation	1,254 m (4,114 ft)
Maximum incline	64%

The Braunwaldbahn, Braunwald-Standseilbahn (BRSB), or Braunwald Funicular, is a funicular railway in the canton of Glarus, Switzerland. The line links Linthal Braunwaldbahn station, on the Swiss Federal Railways' Weesen to Linthal line, with the car-free resort of Braunwald on the mountain 605 m above. ^[2]

The line was opened in 1907. ^{[3] [4]}

Operation

The line is operated by the Braunwald-Standseilbahn AG and has the following parameters: ^[2]

Feature	Value
Number of cars	2
Number of stops	2
Configuration	Single track with passing loop
Track length	1,367 metres (4,485 ft)
Rise	605 metres (1,985 ft)
Maximum gradient	64%
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge

See also

• List of funicular railways
• List of funiculars in Switzerland

Further reading

• von Andrian, Walter (1997), "Die neue Standseilbahn Linthal–Braunwald", Schweizer Eisenbahn-Revue (in German) (12): 599–601, ISSN   1022-7113
• Stüssi, Heinrich (1982), "75 Jahre Berg- und Talfahrt", Neujahrsbote für das Glarner Hinterland (in German): 7–40

References

1. "2840: Braunwald - Linthal" (PDF), Fahrplanfelder.ch, Tableaux-horaires.ch (in German), 2022, 2840
2. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers+Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 24. ISBN   978-3-89494-130-7.
3. "Braunwald". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (in French). 14 October 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
4. "Braunwald - Cable Railway". Braunwald-Klausenpass Tourismus AG. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2015.

External links

• Media related to Braunwaldbahn at Wikimedia Commons
• Braunwaldbahn web page
• Video of ascent of the Braunwaldbahn

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