Hungerburgbahn

The Hungerburgbahn was a mountain railway in Innsbruck, which of the rotunda in Saggen district - was kept in the up to 2010 Cyclorama - led to hunger castle. She overcame it 286 meters. The railway was closed in 2005, one year before its 100th anniversary, in favor of the new Hungerburgbahn.

History

The first Hungerburgbahn was designed by engineer Joseph Riehl and perverse September 12, 1906 to December 8, 2005.

It led from the rotunda (572 m above sea level. A. ) in the district Saggen, which housed the Innsbruck Cyclorama by 2010, up to the hunger Castle (858 m above sea level. A. ).

The listed stamped concrete viaduct below the top station has a length of 160 meters and an average height of 12 meters. It performs over 15 arches with a clear width of 6 meters. From the valley station performs a built as a steel construction and is also Grade II listed bridge over the Inn. On 31 July 1987, a stop at the nearby Alpine Zoo was opened, however, which was slightly below the mid-span ( turnout ). When operating this stop the higher ground car had to wait on the open road.

The Hungerburgbahn opened up along with the Nordkettenbahn the Northern Chain ( Seegrube and Hafelekar ) and partly served a public service from the higher residential hunger castle in the center. The Hunger castle is a district that was founded around the turn of the century by Sebastian Kandler as a tourist center. In December 2005, almost 100 years old railway was discontinued in favor of the new Hungerburgbahn.

Specifications

The height difference of the Hungerburgbahn was 287 m, the path length 839 m. She had gauge of 1 m and rails after Stanserhorn wedge head format. The largest inclination was 48.7 %, it was up to 92 people per cabin are transported at a speed of 4 m / s and 2.5 m / s With the original AC motor of 1906, the travel time was 11 minutes per hour were 300 people are being transported. In 1957/58, the sheet was completely overhauled, corrected the longitudinal profile in the upper part of the route and the old drive replaced with a new drive of 190 kW.

Today's state

To this day, mountain and valley station of the old funicular hunger are still preserved, as well as the listed Innbrücke or the listed stamped concrete viaduct in front of the mountain. The railway tracks have now been mostly dismantled and the former route is largely overgrown, but still very noticeable.

Pictures

Historic image of the first Hungerburgbahn originated around 1906

The Inn Bridge (1994 )

Bridge over Richardsweg (1994 )

The turnout of the old Hungerburgbahn (1994 )

The valley station after closure (2008)

One of the cars of hunger Funicular Jenbach ( after decommissioning exhibited at the platform of the Achenseebahn )