Technical Characteristics
It has two cars for 28 passengers each (16 seated and 12 standing places). The cars are 5640 mm long, and weigh 5,05 tons when empty. Each can carry 2240 kg. The electrical engine is in the northern (upper) station. It has a power output of 28.5 kW, operates on 400 V direct current, at 720 revolutions per minute. The funicular runs on 1200 mm gauge rails, track length is only 66 m, but height difference is 30.5 m and inclination 52%. This makes it one of the shortest, but also one of the steepest funiculars in the world. It runs at a speed of 1.5 m/s, needing 55 seconds to cross the distance.
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