The Skansens Bergbana is a funicular railway

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...

 in the Skansen

Skansen

Skansen is the first open air museum and zoo in Sweden and is located on the island Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in 1891 by Artur Hazelius to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before the industrial era....

 open air museum

Open air museum

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 and zoo

Zoo

A zoological garden, zoological park, menagerie, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred....

, located on the island of Djurgården in Stockholm

Stockholm

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, Sweden

Sweden

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The Bergbana was built on the northwest side of the Skansen hill for the Stockholm Exhibition

General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm (1897)

The General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm of 1897 also known as Stockholm Exhibition or Stockholm World's Fair was a World's Fair staged in 1897 in Stockholm, Sweden....

 of 1897, by Von Roll. The railway was single-track with a passing siding and had a rise of 30 meters over a total length of 107 meters, giving a grade varying from 25% to 34%. Service was provided by small 16 seat cars. The funicular was in daily operation until the 1940s, and in summer only operation until it completely closed in 1959. During the 1970s the railway was restored and slightly extended, reopening in 1973. Von Roll again supplied the equipment, including new and larger cars.

The funicular has the following technical parameters:

• Length: 196.4 meters
• Height: 34.67 meters
• Maximum steepness: 24.7 %
• Capacity: 45 people per car
• Trip time: 90 seconds
• Maximum speed: 2.5 metres per second
• Configuration: Single track with passing loop
• Track gauge: 1 metre
• Traction: Electricity