Marzilibahn funicular

The cable car Marzili -Stadt Bern (DMB ), short Marzilibahn, is a funicular railway in Switzerland. It connects the location at the Aare Marziliquartier with the higher Old Town, the center of Bern. The base station is located at the Weihergasse, the mountain station on the main terrace between the house and the Federal Bernerhof.

The course was designed by the Bernese construction company for special tracks, Pümpin, Herzog & Cie. built and put into operation on 18 July 1885. Construction began on 15 March and thus lasted only four months. Already in its first year of operation promoted the Marzilibahn to 100,000 people. From 1885 to 1973 she was a water ballast train; a tank at the mountain station was filled with water from the local stream, whereupon the heavier upper car the lower cabin, along with the passengers went up the slope when sliding down.

1914, the plant for the National Exhibition has been overhauled. Here you procured new cars due to an auxiliary water tank preconceived even 30 people 18 people initially and later. In 1944, the renewal of the valley station, five years later the roof of the hill station. In 1973/74, the web has been completely renovated; since they are electrically operated. One of the old brown water ballast wooden car was placed near the cable car station, another in the Museum of Transport Switzerland.

The height difference of the train is 32 m at a distance of 105 m. It is named after the Zagreb Funicular with a range of 66 m, the second shortest public funicular in Europe. The maximum speed is 3 m / s The journey takes around one minute.