Braunwaldbahn

The Braunwaldbahn is a funicular railway in the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland. The railway company is also responsible for the sports cars in Braunwald. The Braunwaldbahn connects the SBB station Linthal Braunwaldbahn to 674 m above sea level. St with air mountain resort of Braunwald at 1254 m above sea level. M. Braunwald is a car-free destinations in Switzerland which are only reachable by train.

Route

• Track width: 1000 mm
• Track length: 1367 m
• Difference in altitude: 580 m
• Rope diameter: 42 mm
• Speed: 6 m / s
• Driving time: 6.5 minutes
• Maximum incline 68 %

Car

• Capacity: 114 per person.
• Year built: 1997

History

The railway was built for tourism and fully privately financed. Because for the transport of goods to Braunwald existed since 1902, the cable car Ruti - Braunwald.

The construction of the railway was initiated by Albert Bebié, who won as an engineer together with his brother Friedrich Hefti, Josef Durrer. This was responsible for preparing the plans of the web and also launched the construction work. The railway construction was carried out by the contractor Hünerwadel & Toneatti. The cost estimate of 480 000 Swiss francs could be observed.

The train was two months late, opened on August 6, 1907, and initially ran only in the summer. It was not until 1928, the year-round operation was introduced. This year also changed the owner, because the tourist office of Braunwald was able to secure a majority share. In 1932, the drive has been replaced, which allows an increase in speed of 1.2 m / s to 2.6 m / s. This means that the traveling time of 20 dropped to 10 minutes. The two old and open wooden carriages, in 1939 replaced by lightweight metal cart with a capacity of 60 people. The hill station was canceled in 1964 and replaced by a new building, which was based in 1966. At the same time the propulsion system and the traction cable were replaced (installation hawser November 1965 ). This modification allowed an increase in the travel speed to 3.3 m / s The existing silver-colored cars were replaced on 13 November 1967 new car with a capacity of 100 people. These were made by Gangloff in Bern in aluminum construction and painted red. With the new car even a maximum travel speed was granted s to 3.5 m / s. In normal operation, but still drove 2.6 m / s and Reserve left the published journey time 10 minutes. In 1981 we moved the valley station directly to the SBB railway line, at the same time the stop Linthal Braunwaldbahn was created. This was opened with the timetable change on 23 May 1982.