Starý Smokovec–Hrebienok funicular
| Starý Smokovec–Hrebienok funicular | |
|---|---|
 Station at Starý Smokovec | |
| Overview | |
| Coordinates | 49°8′43.85″N 20°13′14.14″E / 49.1455139°N 20.2205944°E |
| Service | |
| Type | Funicular |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 1,937 m (6,355 ft) |
| Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge |
| Maximum incline | 14.8% |
The Starý Smokovec–Hrebienok funicular (Slovak: Pozemná lanová dráha Starý Smokovec – Hrebienok) is a funicular between Starý Smokovec and the tourist complex at the summit of Hrebienok in the High Tatras, Slovakia.
History
[edit]The first rolling stock for the funicular was ordered from the legendary Ganz Works by Matejka és Kriger (Matejka Vince and Kriger Vilmos), a company based in Poprad (then part of Hungary, within Austria-Hungary). After several years of preparations, the first tourist passengers travelled by funicular on 20 December 1908. The funicular operated on the original track until 1967.[1]
Great reconstruction of the line took place in 1967. New technology for the entire line was provided by the Italian Ceretti-Tanfani company. The passenger capacity of the new funicular cars increased from 45 to 130 passengers. With the implementation of then up-to-date technology, the duration of a one-way ride on the route decreased from 11 to 7 minutes.
The 1960s rolling stock was replaced with brand new vehicles in November 2007.[2][3] New rolling stocks were made by Garaventa, a company based in Bern, Switzerland. Doppelmayr, an Austrian company helped in the creation of the new funicular, which has a capacity of 160 person, 30 more than the older one.
Operation
[edit]The line has the following parameters:[4]
| Number of cars | 2 |
| Configuration | Single track with passing loop etc. |
| Track length | 1,937 metres (6,355 ft) |
| Rise | 247 metres (810 ft) |
| gradient | 14.8% |
| Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge |
| Capacity | 1600 passengers per hour |
| Maximum speed | 10 metres per second (22.4 mph) |
| Travel time | 4.5 minutes |
References
[edit]- ^ "Százkoronás akció a százéves tarajkai (Hrebienok) siklón". Archived from the original on 2013-06-20.
- ^ Svjatoslav Dohovič (6 November 2007). "Lanovka na Hrebienok je už na koľajniciach" [Cableway to Hrebienok is already on the rails]. Pravda (in Slovak).
- ^ "képgaléria" [picture gallery]. Pravda. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
- ^ "Pozemná lanovka Starý Smokovec - Hrebienok" [The funicular Stary Smokovec - Hrebienok]. www.lanovky.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 18 October 2013.
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