Gondelbahn Grindelwald-Männlichen
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Gondola lift
A gondola lift is a type of aerial lift, normally called a cable car, which is supported and propelled by cables from above. It consists of a loop of steel cable that is strung between two stations, sometimes over intermediate supporting towers. The cable is driven by a bullwheel in a terminal,...
linking Grindelwald
Grindelwald
Grindelwald is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The village is located at above sea level in the Bernese Alps.-Winter sports:...
with Männlichen
Männlichen
The Männlichen is a 2,343 metre mountain in the Swiss Alps located within the Canton of Berne.It can be reached from Wengen by the Luftseilbahn Wengen-Männlichen cable-car, or from Grindelwald using the Gondelbahn Grindelwald-Männlichen gondola. It then takes 15 minutes to walk to the summit...
. It is the third longest passenger-carrying gondola lift
Gondola lift
A gondola lift is a type of aerial lift, normally called a cable car, which is supported and propelled by cables from above. It consists of a loop of steel cable that is strung between two stations, sometimes over intermediate supporting towers. The cable is driven by a bullwheel in a terminal,...
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 MännlichenMännlichen
The Männlichen is a 2,343 metre mountain in the Swiss Alps located within the Canton of Berne.It can be reached from Wengen by the Luftseilbahn Wengen-Männlichen cable-car, or from Grindelwald using the Gondelbahn Grindelwald-Männlichen gondola. It then takes 15 minutes to walk to the summit...
ski region and thus extend the ski season into spring. It would also create interesting new round-trips and hiking attractions.
With an overall length of over 6071m, the Grindelwald-Männlichen Gondola Cableway is the world’s third 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 municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The village is located at above sea level in the Bernese Alps.-Winter sports:...
to Männlichen
Männlichen
The Männlichen is a 2,343 metre mountain in the Swiss Alps located within the Canton of Berne.It can be reached from Wengen by the Luftseilbahn Wengen-Männlichen cable-car, or from Grindelwald using the Gondelbahn Grindelwald-Männlichen gondola. It then takes 15 minutes to walk to the summit...
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 WengernalpbahnWengernalpbahn
Wengernalpbahn is a 19.091 km long, gauge rack railway line in Switzerland, which runs from Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald to Kleine Scheidegg, making it the world's longest continuous rack and pinion railway....
station at Grindelwald Grund.
It is a 4 minute walk from the Gondelbahn top station at Männlichen
Männlichen
The Männlichen is a 2,343 metre mountain in the Swiss Alps located within the Canton of Berne.It can be reached from Wengen by the Luftseilbahn Wengen-Männlichen cable-car, or from Grindelwald using the Gondelbahn Grindelwald-Männlichen gondola. It then takes 15 minutes to walk to the summit...
to the Luftseilbahn Wengen-Männlichen
Luftseilbahn Wengen-Männlichen
seen from the upper Männlichen terminus of the cableway.]]The Luftseilbahn Wengen-Männlichen is a cable car linking Wengen with the Männlichen in Switzerland.-History:*1949 The Wengen committee was formed.*1953 Construction started....
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