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The Gondelbahn Grindelwald-Männlichen is a gondola cable car
Gondola lift

A gondola lift is a type of aerial lift, often called a cable car, which consists of a loop of steel Wire rope that is strung between two stations, sometimes over intermediate supporting towers....
 linking Grindelwald
Grindelwald

Grindelwald is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Interlaken in the Cantons of Switzerland of Bern in Switzerland. The village is located at 3392 feet AMSL in the Bernese Alps....
 with Männlichen
Männlichen

M?nnlichen is a 2,343 metre mountain in the Swiss Alps located within the Canton of Berne.It can be reached from Wengen, Switzerland by the Luftseilbahn Wengen-M?nnlichen aerial tramway, or from Grindelwald using the Gondelbahn Grindelwald-M?nnlichen gondola lift....
. It is the longest passenger-carrying cable car (or aerial tramway
Aerial tramway

An aerial tramway is a type of aerial lift in which a cabin is suspended from a Wire rope and is pulled by another cable.An aerial tramway is often called a cable car or ropeway, and sometimes incorrectly referred to as a gondola lift ....
) in the world.


initiators of the cableway considered it essential provide direct access the snow-sure and wind-sheltered Männlichen
Männlichen

M?nnlichen is a 2,343 metre mountain in the Swiss Alps located within the Canton of Berne.It can be reached from Wengen, Switzerland by the Luftseilbahn Wengen-M?nnlichen aerial tramway, or from Grindelwald using the Gondelbahn Grindelwald-M?nnlichen gondola lift....
 ski region and thus extend the ski season into spring. It would also create interesting new round-trips and hiking attractions.

With a length of over 6071m, the Grindelwald-Männlichen Gondola Cableway is the world’s longest aerial gondola.






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The Gondelbahn Grindelwald-Männlichen is a gondola cable car
Gondola lift

A gondola lift is a type of aerial lift, often called a cable car, which consists of a loop of steel Wire rope that is strung between two stations, sometimes over intermediate supporting towers....
 linking Grindelwald
Grindelwald

Grindelwald is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Interlaken in the Cantons of Switzerland of Bern in Switzerland. The village is located at 3392 feet AMSL in the Bernese Alps....
 with Männlichen
Männlichen

M?nnlichen is a 2,343 metre mountain in the Swiss Alps located within the Canton of Berne.It can be reached from Wengen, Switzerland by the Luftseilbahn Wengen-M?nnlichen aerial tramway, or from Grindelwald using the Gondelbahn Grindelwald-M?nnlichen gondola lift....
. It is the longest passenger-carrying cable car (or aerial tramway
Aerial tramway

An aerial tramway is a type of aerial lift in which a cabin is suspended from a Wire rope and is pulled by another cable.An aerial tramway is often called a cable car or ropeway, and sometimes incorrectly referred to as a gondola lift ....
) in the world.

History

  • 1977 Company was founded.
  • 1978 The Grindelwald-Männlichen Gondola Cableway opened on 23 December. Building costs were CHF 22 million.


Operations

The initiators of the cableway considered it essential provide direct access the snow-sure and wind-sheltered Männlichen
Männlichen

M?nnlichen is a 2,343 metre mountain in the Swiss Alps located within the Canton of Berne.It can be reached from Wengen, Switzerland by the Luftseilbahn Wengen-M?nnlichen aerial tramway, or from Grindelwald using the Gondelbahn Grindelwald-M?nnlichen gondola lift....
 ski region and thus extend the ski season into spring. It would also create interesting new round-trips and hiking attractions.

With a length of over 6071m, the Grindelwald-Männlichen Gondola Cableway is the world’s longest aerial gondola. There is an intermediate station at Holenstein where the gondolas change cable. The gondola cableway can transport 900 persons per hour at a speed of 4 m/s. The journey time from Grindelwald
Grindelwald

Grindelwald is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Interlaken in the Cantons of Switzerland of Bern in Switzerland. The village is located at 3392 feet AMSL in the Bernese Alps....
 to Männlichen
Männlichen

M?nnlichen is a 2,343 metre mountain in the Swiss Alps located within the Canton of Berne.It can be reached from Wengen, Switzerland by the Luftseilbahn Wengen-M?nnlichen aerial tramway, or from Grindelwald using the Gondelbahn Grindelwald-M?nnlichen gondola lift....
 is 30 minutes.

The gondola cableway was constructed by Habegger Maschinenfabrik AG.

Connections

It is a 3 minute walk from the Gondelbahn base station at Grindelwald to the Wengernalpbahn
Wengernalpbahn

Wengernalpbahn is a 19.091 km long, Rail gauge rack railway line in Switzerland, which runs from Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald to Kleine Scheidegg, making it the world's longest continuous cogwheel railway....
 station at Grindelwald Grund.

It is a 4 minute walk from the Gondelbahn top station at Männlichen
Männlichen

M?nnlichen is a 2,343 metre mountain in the Swiss Alps located within the Canton of Berne.It can be reached from Wengen, Switzerland by the Luftseilbahn Wengen-M?nnlichen aerial tramway, or from Grindelwald using the Gondelbahn Grindelwald-M?nnlichen gondola lift....
 to the Luftseilbahn Wengen-Männlichen
Luftseilbahn Wengen-Männlichen

The Luftseilbahn Wengen-M?nnlichen is a aerial tramway linking Wengen with the M?nnlichen in Switzerland....
.

See also

  • List of aerial tramways in Switzerland
    List of aerial tramways in Switzerland

    This is a complete list of publicly-available Switzerland aerial tramways , according to official timetables 2004. Not all of them are open all year. Some of them are sections of aerial lift systems that consist also of other types of aerial lifts besides the tramway in this list....