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Gardena Ronda Express

Coordinates: 46°33′36″N 11°42′17″E / 46.56000°N 11.70472°E / 46.56000; 11.70472
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Gardena Ronda Express
Overview
Statusworking
Termini
  • Ruacia
  • Tschisles
Stations2
Service
Typepassenger
History
OpenedDecember 22, 2004
Technical
Line length1.24 km (0.77 mi)
Track gauge1,200 mm (3 ft 11+14 in)
Electrificationyes
Operating speed36 km/h (22 mph)

The Gardena Ronda Express is a funicular situated in the Val Gherdëina near Santa Cristina Gherdëina, connecting the Col Raiser lifts to the Sasslong/Ruacia and Ciampinoi lifts in northern Italy.

Trains

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Two funiculars operate on the system. Both were built by Gangloff, and the cable system was manufactured by Leitner Ropeways.[1] The funicular trains each have four seating cabins capable of seating around 10 and standing around 25. The total capacity is 140 people per train. The trains are 15.5 m (50 ft 10+14 in) long and 2.3 m (7 ft 6+12 in) wide, and weigh 15,500 kg (34,200 lb).

Track

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The whole line runs in a tunnel, which connects two gondola lifts and through them two ski resorts. The maximum speed is 36 km/h (22 mph) and the slope is 100 (10%). 2000 persons can be transported per hour from one terminus to the other.

History

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Planning started in 1990 and after some changes on the track to avoid buildings, construction started in 2003. With the line's opening in 2004, after nearly forty years without a railway (the Val Gardena Railway was closed in 1960), the valley has a train again.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "IF Val Gardena Ronda Express". Leitner AG. Archived from the original on June 20, 2018.
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46°33′36″N 11°42′17″E / 46.56000°N 11.70472°E / 46.56000; 11.70472