List of funiculars in Switzerland - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Funicular
A funicular, also known as an inclined plane or cliff railway, is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope; the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalance each other.-Operation:The basic principle of funicular...

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Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

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Abbr	Name	Line	Length Metres	Height Metre	Web
asm	Tessenberg Bahn	Ligerz Ligerz Ligerz is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.-Geography:Ligerz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 31.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 50.6% is forested... - Prêles (Tessenberg)	1183	384	X
BB	Bürgenstock Bahn	Kehrsitten - Bürgenstock Bürgenstock The Bürgenstock is a mountain above the Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. It is a very famous viewpoint because the mountain is almost completely surrounded by the lake and the summit is accessible by the Hammetschwand Elevator.- External links :*...	944	445	X
BE	Biel/Bienne–Leubringen/Evilard funicular Biel/Bienne–Leubringen/Evilard funicular The Biel/Bienne–Leubringen/Evilard funicular is a funicular railway in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne in the Swiss canton of Bern...	Biel/Bienne Biel/Bienne Biel/Bienne is a city in the district of the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.It is located on the language boundary and is throughout bilingual. Biel is the German name for the town, Bienne its French counterpart. The town is often referred to in both... - Leubringen/Evilard Evilard Evilard is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The German name of the bilingual municipality is Leubringen.-Geography:...	933	242	X
BLM	Grütschalpbahn (removed 2006)	Lauterbrunnen Lauterbrunnen Lauterbrunnen is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.The municipality lies in the Lauterbrunnen Valley and comprises the villages Lauterbrunnen, Wengen, Mürren, Gimmelwald, Stechelberg and Isenfluh... BLM - Grütschalp (Mürren Mürren Mürren is a traditional Walser mountain village in Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, at an elevation of 1,650 m above sea level and unreachable by public road.... )	1420	696
BM	Biel/Bienne–Magglingen/Macolin funicular Biel/Bienne–Magglingen/Macolin funicular The Biel/Bienne–Magglingen/Macolin funicular is a funicular railway in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne in the Swiss canton of Bern...	Biel/Bienne Biel/Bienne Biel/Bienne is a city in the district of the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.It is located on the language boundary and is throughout bilingual. Biel is the German name for the town, Bienne its French counterpart. The town is often referred to in both... BM - Magglingen/Macolin	1681	438	X
BrB	Braunwaldbahn	Linthal Linthal Linthal is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Linthal is part of the municipality of Glarus Süd.-Geography:... BrB - Braunwald Braunwald Braunwald is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Braunwald is part of the municipality of Glarus Süd.-Geography:...	1376	605	X
BUIC	Chäserrugg-Bahn	Unterwasser Unterwasser Unterwasser is a small village in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is part of the municipality of Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann. It is a relatively small ski resort, and many of its trails are shared with the nearby village of Wildhaus... - Iltios	1209	428	X
CG	Funiculaire Cossonay–Gare–Ville Funiculaire Cossonay–Gare–Ville The Funiculaire Cossonay–Gare–Ville is a funicular railway in the municipality of Cossonay in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It links a lower station at Cossonay-Gare, on the railway line from Lausanne to Vallorbe and Yverdon-les-Bains, with the village of Cossonay-Ville some above.The line was opened...	Cossonay Cossonay Cossonay is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district of Morges.-History:Cossonay has both Roman ruins and medieval graves. The first documentation of the settlement dates from 1096 under the name Cochoniacum... -Gare - Cossonay-Ville	1228	133	X
DIH	Heimwehfluhbahn Heimwehfluhbahn The Heimwehfluhbahn is a funicular at Interlaken in the Swiss Canton of Berne. It runs to the top of the nearby Heimwehfluh hill at an altitude of 680 metres above sea level...	Interlaken Interlaken Interlaken is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland, a well-known tourist destination in the Bernese Oberland.-History:... - Heimwehfluh	186	102	X
DMB	Marzilibahn Marzilibahn The Marzilibahn, officially the Drahtseilbahn Marzili–Stadt Bern is a very short funicular in Bern, the capital of Switzerland...	Bern - Marzili	105	32	X
DPB	Parsenn Bahn	Davos Davos Davos is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 11,248 . Davos is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range... Dorf - Weissfluhjoch Weissfluhjoch The Weissfluhjoch is a minor summit southeast of the Weissfluh situated in the Plessur Range in Graubünden. Since 1932 a cable car leads to the summit from Davos.-Weather:-References:...	1860	662
DSB	Schatzalp Bahn	Davos Davos Davos is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 11,248 . Davos is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range... Platz - Schatzalp	712	300
FLMS	Funicolare Locarno - Madonna del Sasso	Locarno Locarno Locarno is the capital of the Locarno district, located on the northern tip of Lake Maggiore in the Swiss canton of Ticino, close to Ascona at the foot of the Alps. It has a population of about 15,000... - Madonna del Sasso Madonna del Sasso, Switzerland The Madonna del Sasso is a sanctuary in Orselina above the city of Locarno in Switzerland. It is the principal sight and goal of pilgrimage in the city....	825	173
FMB	Funicolare Monte Brè	Cassarate Cassarate Cassarate is a village in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland, today a quarter of the city of Lugano.Cassarate is located in the former municipality Castagnola. In 1972 Castagnola municipality was incorporated into its larger neighboring municipality Lugano.There is also a... - Monte Brè Monte Brè Monte Brè is a small mountain east of Lugano on the flank of Monte Boglia with a view of the bay of Lugano and the Pennine Alps and the Bernese Alps...	1621	660	X
FR	Funicolare del Ritom	Piotta - Ritom	1369	786	X
FüB	Führingenbahn	Harissenbucht (Stansstad Stansstad Stansstad is a village in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.-Geography:Stansstad has an area, , of . Of this area, 33.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 49.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 14.9% is settled and the remainder is non-productive .-Demographics:Stansstad has a... ) - Fürigen	276	201	X
GB	Gurtenbahn Gurtenbahn The Gurtenbahn is a funicular railway in the southern suburbs of the Swiss capital city of Bern. The line links Wabern, in the municipality of Köniz, with the summit of the Gurten mountain, which overlooks the city...	Wabern Wabern bei Bern Wabern, or Wabern bei Bern, is a village in the municipality of Köniz in the Swiss canton of Bern. Situated some from the centre of the city of Bern, it can be considered a suburb of that city.... - Gurten Kulm Gurten (mountain) The Gurten is a mountain situated just to the south of Bern, the capital city of Switzerland. It is high, and the summit yields views of Bern, of the Jura mountains and of the Alps....	1059	266	X
GB	Gütschbahn	Luzern - Gütsch	180	81
GbB	Giessbachbahn Giessbachbahn The Giessbachbahn is a historic funicular at Giessbach in the Swiss Canton of Berne. It links a landing stage on Lake Brienz, served by shipping services on the lake, to the Grand Hotel Giessbach and waterfall above...	Giessbach See - Giessbach	345	90	X
HB	Harderbahn Harderbahn .The Harderbahn is one of two funiculars that operate from the town of Interlaken to the mountain of Harder Kulm, in Switzerland. This funicular, the longer of the two, runs from a base station to a station near the summit of the Harder Kulm , Interlaken’s own mountain...	Interlaken Interlaken Interlaken is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland, a well-known tourist destination in the Bernese Oberland.-History:... - Harder	1435	737	X
KSB	Standseilbahn Kriens-Sonnenberg	Kriens Kriens Kriens is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.The municipality lies at the foot of Mount Pilatus, and is a western suburb of Lucerne.-History:... - Sonnenberg	839	210	X
KWO	Gelmerbahn	Handegg - Gelmersee Gelmersee Gelmersee is a lake in Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. The hydroelectric reservoir was built at the same time as Grimselsee. The reservoir's volume is 13 million m³ and its surface area 0.645 km²....	1028	448
LSF	Metro Alpin Metro Alpin The Metro Alpin is the highest subway in the world. It is an underground funicular situated above Saas Fee in Switzerland in the Valais canton....	Felskinn - Mittelallalin Mittelallalin The Mittelallalin is a minor summit below the Allalinhorn situated above Saas Fee. This place is well known for the revolving restaurant which is the highest in the world and a glacier cave.-Access:... (Saas-Fee Saas-Fee Saas-Fee is the main village in the Saastal, or the Saas Valley, and is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland... )	1473	465	X
MMB	Muottas Muralg Bahn	Punt Muralg - Muottas Muragl Muottas Muragl Muottas Muragl is a minor summit situated near St. Moritz in Switzerland. It is accessible by funicular railway from a train station between Samedan-St. Moritz and Pontresina on the Bernina Express line.-External links:*...	2199	709
MS	Funicolare Lugano Monte San Salvatore	Lugano Lugano Lugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy... - Monte San Salvatore Monte San Salvatore The Monte San Salvatore is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps above Lake Lugano and the city of Lugano in Switzerland.-External links:*...	1658	601
MVR	Chemin de fer funiculaire Territet-Glion Chemin de fer funiculaire Territet-Glion The Chemin de fer funiculaire Territet–Glion is a funicular in Switzerland, which runs between the Territet and Glion suburbs of the the town of Montreux. At its upper terminus, the funicular connects with what was the lower terminus of the Chemin de fer Glion-Rochers-de-Naye mountain railway,...	Territet - Glion	640	301	X
MVR	Chemin de fer funiculaire Vevey-Chardonne-Mont Pèlerin Chemin de fer funiculaire Vevey-Chardonne-Mont Pèlerin The Chemin de fer funiculaire Vevey–Chardonne–Mont Pèlerin is a funicular which runs between Vevey, a town on the north shore of Lake Geneva, between Lausanne and Montreux through the Chardonne vineyards of the Lavaux region to the summit of Mont Pèlerin.The line was constructed in 1899 and opened...	Vevey Vevey Vevey is a town in Switzerland in the canton Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Geneva, near Lausanne.It was the seat of the district of the same name until 2006, and is now part of the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District... - Chardonne - Mont-Pèlerin	1578	417
MVR	Chemin de fer Les Avants-Sonloup Chemin de fer Les Avants-Sonloup The Chemin de fer Les Avants–Sonloup is a metre gauge funicular which runs from the railway station of the Chemin de fer Montreux-Oberland Bernois at Les Avants, between Montreux and Montbovon, and an upper terminus at Sonloup...	Les Avants Les Avants Les Avants is a village in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located in the municipality of Montreux, in the east of the canton, in the district of Vevey. It lies north-east of the town of Montreux and east of Lausanne.... - Sonloup	532	184	X
NB	Niesenbahn	Mülenen - Niesen Niesen The Niesen is a mountain, located in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss Alps, overlooking Lake Thun and is often called the Swiss Pyramid.-Overview:... Kulm	3499	1643	X
PBZ	Polybahn Polybahn The Polybahn, also known as the UBS Polybahn, is a funicular railway in the centre of the city of Zurich, Switzerland. Previous names for the line include the SBG Polybahn and the Zürichbergbahn....	Zürich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... Central - Hochschulen	176	41	X
RfB	Reichenbachfall-Bahn Reichenbachfall-Bahn The Reichenbachfall-Bahn , , is a funicular in the Swiss Canton of Berne. It links Willigen, near Meiringen, with the famous Reichenbach Falls, where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional hero, Sherlock Holmes, apparently dies at the end of "The Adventure of the Final Problem".The funicular, opened in...	Meiringen Meiringen -References:... (Willigen) - Reichenbach Falls Reichenbach Falls The Reichenbach Falls are a series of waterfalls on the River Aar near Meiringen in Bern canton in central Switzerland. They have a total drop of 250 m . At 90 m , the Upper Reichenbach Falls is one of the highest cataracts in the Alps...	714	244	X
SMA	Allmendhubelbahn Allmendhubelbahn Seilbahn Mürren Allmendhubel , also Allmendhubelbahn, is a funicular in Bernese Oberland in Switzerland.The Allmendhubelbahn was brought into service in 1912, in order to simplify trade with other communes. It was soon used by many tourists and mountain hikers, and in the winter by skiers...	Mürren Mürren Mürren is a traditional Walser mountain village in Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, at an elevation of 1,650 m above sea level and unreachable by public road.... - Almendhubel	551	258
SMBB	Standseilbahn St.Moritz - Corviglia	St. Moritz St. Moritz St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden... - Chantarella - Corviglia	4555	1247	X
SMC	Funiculaire Sierre Montana Crans	Sierre Sierre Sierre is the capital of the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of 14,355.It is situated on the French–German language border of the canton of Wallis... /Siders - Montana-Vermala	4191	927
SMtS	Funiculaire Saint-Imier-Mont-Soleil	St-Imier - Mont-Soleil	743	351	X
SSSF	Stoosbahn	Schwyz - Stoos Stoos Stoos is a village located in the municipality of Morschach. It lies at 1,300 metres in the Swiss canton of Schwyz and has about 100 inhabitants. It is used as a small ski resort with a cable car leading to the Fronalpstock. The village itself is car-free and is accessible via a funicular.-External...	1383	703	X
SthB	Stanserhorn-Bahn	Stans Stans Stans is the capital of the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.-History:Stans is one of the oldest settlements in the entire Nidwalden valley. The first traces of human settlement date to the 2nd Century BC... - Stanserhorn Stanserhorn Stanserhorn is a mountain located in Switzerland, specifically, in the canton of Nidwalden, at 1898 meters above sea level. In 1893 a cable way was built to transport people from the base of the mountain to the summit. From the top, one can view as far as Elsass, France and The Black Forest in...	3941	1400	X
TBB	Thunersee–Beatenberg Bahn	Beatenbucht - Beatenberg Beatenberg Beatenberg is a municipality in the Interlaken district of the canton of Bern in Switzerland.-History:Beatenberg is first mentioned in 1275 as super rupes. In 1281 it was mentioned as ob den fluen and in 1357 as Sant Beaten berge....	.	.	X
TLT	Funiculaire St-Luc Chandolin	St-Luc - Tignousa	1275	498	X
TMF	Funiculaire Territet–Mont Fleuri	Territet - Mont Fleuri Mont Fleuri Mont Fleuri is an administrative district of Seychelles with its main part located on the island of Mahé. It also includes the six islands of the Ste. Anne Marine National Park and two islets further east ....	432	190
TN	Funiculaire Ecluse Plan	(Neuchâtel-)Ecluse - Plan	391	110	X
TN	Funiculaire La Coudre Chaumont	(Neuchâtel-)La Coudre - Chaumont	2091	570	X
TN	Funambule	(Neuchâtel-)Gare - Université	315	48	X
TPF	Funiculaire Neuveville - Saint-Pierre	Fribourg-Neuveville - St-Pierre	121	60	X
TPFM	Funiculaire Moléson sur Gruyères	Moléson-Village - Plan-Francey	1368	409	X
TPL	Funicolare Lugano Città - Stazione	Lugano Lugano Lugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy... Città - Lugano Stazione	220	53
TSB	Treib-Seelisberg-Bahn	Treib - Seelisberg Seelisberg Seelisberg is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.-History:The Rütli meadow, according to legend the site of the original oath foundational to the Old Swiss Confederacy, is situated in the territory of the municipality....	1149	332	X
TTE	Trains touristiques d'Emosson	Le Châtelard VS - Château-d'Eau	1306	692	X
VBSG	Mühleggbahn	St. Gallen (Stadtmitte - St. Georgen)	317	68	X
VBZ	Seilbahn Rigiblick Seilbahn Rigiblick The Seilbahn Rigiblick is a funicular railway in the north-east of the city of Zurich, Switzerland. It links a lower station served by tram lines 9 and 10 and trolley bus line 33, with an upper station at Rigiblick on the Zürichberg hill.- History :...	Zürich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... Universitätsstrasse - Rigiblick	385	96	X
ZBB	Zugerbergbahn	Schönegg Schönegg Schönegg is a municipality in the district of Rohrbach in Upper Austria, Austria.-References:... - Zugerberg	1261	366	X
ZSB	SunneggaExpress	Zermatt Zermatt Zermatt is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of about 5,800 inhabitants.... - Sunnegga - Rothorn	1590	690	X

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