Herzogstand Aerial Tramway
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The Herzogstand Cable Car was built in 1994 as replacement for a 1,388.35 m (4,500 feet) chair lift through the Bavaria
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. Its two cabins carry passengers from the Walchensee lake (800 m above NN) to the Fahrenberg mountain (1,600 m above NN). The cableway uses a 43mm (1.7 inches) thick carrying cable and a 21 mm (0.8 inches) thick hauling cable. The cable car is driven by a 185 kilowatt engine. The cable way has two supports, which are 28m (91 feet) and 24 m (78 feet) high. The journey time each way is four minutes and the cars reach a top speed of 8 m/s (18 mph).
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
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Alps
The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....
. Its two cabins carry passengers from the Walchensee lake (800 m above NN) to the Fahrenberg mountain (1,600 m above NN). The cableway uses a 43mm (1.7 inches) thick carrying cable and a 21 mm (0.8 inches) thick hauling cable. The cable car is driven by a 185 kilowatt engine. The cable way has two supports, which are 28m (91 feet) and 24 m (78 feet) high. The journey time each way is four minutes and the cars reach a top speed of 8 m/s (18 mph).