Pfänderbahn

The Pfänderbahn is an aerial cable car in Bregenz in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg. It connects the valley station at 419 m above sea level. A. with the 1022 meter high mountain station near the Pfänderspitze.

History

Planning

First, the establishment of a cog railway was planned, was finally chosen a cableway, as this was cheaper and would account for snow removal.

Construction and opening

The Pfänderbahn was built from July 1926 to February 1927 and opened on 20 March 1927 as a third - person cable car in Austria by President Michael Hainisch. The construction work was carried out by the company Adolf Bleichert & Co. of Leipzig- Gohlis. Plans for the station buildings were from Bregenz architect Willibald Braun.

" Pfänderbahn new"

In October 1994, the cable car system was completely renewed:

• Exchange of gondolas; they are now fully glazed and can accommodate up to 80 people.
• Reduction from four to two of the columns; thus provides a higher rope guide.
• Installation of a hydraulic device for rope tension: the shaft weighing 120 tons is passed by this hydraulic to the ropes. The advantage of this construction is that the weight of shaft geometry, could be separated from the cable geometry.
• The rope -board brakes are omitted, the pull rope was correspondingly larger.
• In the stations sliding Perrons ( " sliding platforms " ) can be used to optimally utilize the available space.
• A hydraulic Niveliereinrichtung stabilizes the car in the parking position so that getting in and out is very easy and also wheelchair is quite possible.

The renovation work took place under the direction of the company Doppelmayr. In 1998, the Pfänderbahn Museum was opened in the station of the railway.

Specifications

The height difference of 603 meters is covered in a driving distance of 2063 meters using a dual aerial tramway. The oblique portion comprises about 1980 meters, the horizontal length of about 80 meters. The track width is reduced in the stations to 2.5 meters, to support one it is, however, ten meters. At a medium slope of 31 %, the cars move at a speed of up to twelve feet per second. The travel time is six minutes when needed every ten minutes be transported 80 people. The gondolas are driven from the mountain station by means of two 500 -kW DC electric motors. The power supply cable car via two separate power supplies. In addition, an emergency generator and batteries are available. The communication between mountain and valley station is analogous to pulling the cable.

• Monitor path control
• Injection of the analog signals in the supporting cable
• Wheels
• Hydraulic cylinder for cable tension
• Control panel in the cab
• Weight shaft for the balance weight
• Hydraulic control
• Zugseilumlenkrolle