Kurwaldbahn
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A Kurwaldbahn car
The track
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The upper station
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 at the Bismarckturm (Bismarck Tower), and lies opposite the closed funicular on the other bank of the River Lahn.[1]
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
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. p. 76. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "Lift-Database : Bad Ems : Kurwaldbahn". Lift-World.info. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2007.
External links[]
Media related to Kurwaldbahn at Wikimedia Commons
- Kurwaldbahn web page
Coordinates: 50°19′56″N 7°43′31″E / 50.3322°N 7.7252°E
Categories:
- Railway lines in Rhineland-Palatinate
- Funicular railways in Germany
- Metre gauge railways in Germany
- Railway lines opened in 1979
- 1979 establishments in West Germany
- Germany rail transport stubs