Starý Smokovec–Hrebienok 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.

Starý Smokovec–Hrebienok funicular
Station at Starý Smokovec
Overview
Coordinates49°8′43.85″N 20°13′14.14″E
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

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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