Fribourg funicular | |
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Overview | |
Other name(s) | Neuveville - Saint-Pierre funicular |
Native name | Funiculaire Neuveville - Saint-Pierre à Fribourg |
Status | in operation |
Owner | Transports publics Fribourgeois (since 2000); Société du Funiculaire Neuveville-St-Pierre à Fribourg SA (-1977); Transports en commun de Fribourg SA (1977-2000) |
Locale | Fribourg, Switzerland |
Termini |
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Stations | 2 |
Website | tpf.ch |
Service | |
Type | Commuter funicular |
System | Wastewater-powered funicular railway |
Route number | 2030 [1] |
Operator(s) | Transports publics Fribourgeois |
Rolling stock | 2 Von Roll cabins |
History | |
Commenced | 1898 |
Opened | 4 February 1899 |
Completed | 1899 |
Technical | |
Line length | 121 metres (397 ft) |
Number of tracks | 1 with passing loop |
Character | Commuter and touristic funicular |
Track gauge | 1,200 mm (3 ft 11+1⁄4 in) |
Electrification | - ( water counterbalancing) |
Operating speed | 1.2 metres per second (3.9 ft/s) |
Highest elevation | 609 metres (1,998 ft) |
Maximum incline | 55% |
The Fribourg funicular, also known as the Neuveville - Saint-Pierre funicular, is a funicular railway in the Swiss town of Fribourg.
It is powered by wastewater. [2]
The Fribourg funicular was opened February 4, 1899. [3] It connects the Saint-Pierre and Neuveville neighborhoods of Fribourg. It closed briefly for maintenance in 1996 and 2014. [4]
The rolling stock is made up of two opposing Von Roll cabins, which act as counterweights. Wastewater from the Saint-Pierre neighborhood is poured into the upper cabin, driving it downwards and the other cabin upwards. The wastewater is then dumped back out into the lower Neuveville neighborhood's sewer system. [2] Racks are present at the bottom station for braking.