Téléphérique du Salève

46°09′46″N 6°11′21″E

View from the descending car towards the base station

The Téléphérique du Salève is a passenger cable car providing access to the top of the Salève in Haute-Savoie, France, overlooking the city of Geneva, Switzerland. The cable car is operated by a joint venture between RATP (through its subsidiary RATP Dev), Transports Publics Genevois, and COMAG (a subsidiary of lift manufacturer Poma).[1]

History

The cable car was inaugurated in 1932, replacing a now-disused rack railway[2] (for which one of the tunnels can still be seen walking up). It was shut down in 2021 (delayed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) for refurbishment, and is scheduled to re-open in 2023.[3][4] The projected cost is 12 million euros.[5]

Features

The base station in Étrembières is at an altitude of 432m, while the top station at 1097m. The cable car climbs very steeply due to the near-vertical face of the ridge, with an ascension of 665m in an overall length of 1172m.

The cabins can hold up to 60 people each.

References
  1. "Le groupe RATP, via sa filiale RATP Dev, renouvelé pour l'exploitation du Téléphérique du Salève pour 12 ans". RATP DEV. 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  2. Lepère, Gérard (1992). "Le chemin de fer du Salève". Le Globe. Revue genevoise de géographie. 132 (1): 19–50. doi:10.3406/globe.1992.1302.
  3. Dutheil, Arnaud (2022-04-15). "La reconnaissance et la protection d'un patrimoine franco-suisse : le téléphérique du Salève". In Situ. Revue des patrimoines (in French) (47). doi:10.4000/insitu.34604. ISSN 1630-7305.
  4. Renard, Florence (2020-10-22). "La cure de jouvence du téléphérique du Salève reportée d'un an". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  5. Mielot, Gilles (2022-06-03). "Pose de la première pierre au téléphérique du Salève". www.lemanbleu.ch (in Swiss French). Retrieved 2022-08-15.
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