| Mini-Funiculaire d'Emosson | |
|---|---|
 Car and the two tracks near lower station (2019) | |
| Overview | |
| Status | In operation |
| Owner | Commune de Finhault (2023-), Parc d'attractions du Châtelard VS S.A. (2003-2022); Société anonyme des transports Emosson-Barberine (1991-1997, name change), Trains Touristiques d'Emosson SA (1997-2003, name change) |
| Locale | Valais, Switzerland |
| Termini |
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| Stations | 2 |
| Website | verticalp-emosson.ch |
| Service | |
| Type | Funicular |
| Rolling stock | 2 for 8 passengers each |
| Ridership | 200 persons/h |
| History | |
| Opened | 1991 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 260 m (850 ft) |
| Number of tracks | 2 |
| Track gauge | 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in) |
| Electrification | from opening |
| Operating speed | 2.5 metres per second (8.2 ft/s) |
| Highest elevation | 1,965 m (6,447 ft) |
Mini-Funiculaire d'Emosson is a funicular railway at the Emosson dam in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It leads from Pied du Barrage (literally "foot of the dam") at 1812 m to its top at 1952 m on Lake Emosson. The two-track line has a length of 260 m at a maximum incline of 73% for a difference of elevation of 140 m.
It was opened in 1991 and replaced a monorail rack railway. The lower station was reached by stream train from Funiculaire du Châtelard.
In 2023, the former owner "Parc d'Attractions du Châtelard VS S.A." entered liquidation. It was previously named "Trains Touristiques d'Emosson SA" and "Société anonyme des transports Emosson-Barberine".
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The two cars next to each other (2019)
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Lower station (2012)
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Emosson lake and dam as seen from the funicular (2008)
References
- ^ Federal Office for Spatial Development ARE; Federal Office of Transport BAV; Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications UVEK, eds. (January 2001), Touristische Transportanlagen der Schweiz, TTA–Statistik, 6. Auflage 1999; Installations de transport touristiques en Suisse, Statistique ITT, 6e édition 1999 (in German and French) (6 ed.), Bern, p. 34, 812.001 d/f 1.01 800,
61.999 Emosson–Barberine
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Mini Funiculaire Features (in French, English, and German), Verticalp, 28 August 2019, retrieved 28 August 2019
- Minifunic (in French and English), Vallée du Trient Tourisme SA
- Liquidation announcement (in French)
- PARC D'ATTRACTIONS DU CHATELARD VS S.A. (in English, French, and German), Commercial register (Lower Valais), CHE-106.008.348
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