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Gelmerbahn

Steepest funicular in Switzerland and Europe until the 2017 opening of the Stoosbahn (incline 106%)

Type
Funicular (cable-hauled)
From
Handegg
To
Gelmersee
Vertical
448 m
Canton
Bern
Operator
Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG (KWO)

Source: en.wikipedia.org

46.6144° N 8.3205° E · BernRelief interpolated · not a survey mapOpen the full map

Photographs

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Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG, Whgler, Horemu, Oskar Gross · Wikimedia Commons + Pexels · CC BY-SA 3.0 de / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Public domain

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I can tell you which weeks suit it, which base to stay in and how it fits into a route with the rest of your journey. Tell me when you are coming, and I will build the days around it.

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Tell me when you are coming and I will build the days around it — the right base, the right train, the right table — and say plainly if another season would serve it better.

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