Coordinates: 49°8′43.85″N 20°13′14.14″E / 49.1455139°N 20.2205944°E / 49.1455139; 20.2205944

Starý Smokovec–Hrebienok funicular

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Starý Smokovec–Hrebienok funicular
Station at Starý Smokovec
Overview
Coordinates49°8′43.85″N 20°13′14.14″E / 49.1455139°N 20.2205944°E / 49.1455139; 20.2205944
Service
TypeFunicular
Technical
Line length1,937 m (6,355 ft)
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Maximum incline14.8%
Funicular car (1960s Ceretti-Tanfani model) at the terminus of Starý Smokovec
No. 2 rolling stock of the funicular

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

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

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

  1. ^ "Százkoronás akció a százéves tarajkai (Hrebienok) siklón". Archived from the original on 2013-06-20.
  2. ^ Svjatoslav Dohovič (6 November 2007). "Lanovka na Hrebienok je už na koľajniciach" [Cableway to Hrebienok is already on the rails]. Pravda (in Slovak).
  3. ^ "képgaléria" [picture gallery]. Pravda. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  4. ^ "Pozemná lanovka Starý Smokovec - Hrebienok" [The funicular Stary Smokovec - Hrebienok]. www.lanovky.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 18 October 2013.

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