The Kurwaldbahn is a funicular railway in the town of Bad Ems in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It links the city with a view point, complete with a Bismarckturm (Bismarck Tower), and lies opposite the closed Malbergbahn funicular on the other bank of the River Lahn. [1]
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The funicular was constructed in 1979 and reconditioned in 2005. It operates daily every few minutes between 06:15 and 22:30.
The funicular has the following technical parameters: [1] [2]
- Length: 220 metres (722 ft)
- Height: 132 metres (433 ft)
- Maximum Steepness: 78%
- Configuration: single track with passing loop
- Cars: 2
- Capacity: 25 passengers per car
- Journey time: 70 seconds
- Track gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
- Traction: Electricity
