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Giessbach funicular

First funicular built with a two-rail single-track layout (opened 1879), leading to the Abt switch design

Type
Funicular
From
Giessbach See (Brienzersee)
To
Giessbach Hotel
Canton
Bern
Operator
Preservation foundation (operator since 1983; owned by the Giessbach hotel)
Nearest town
Brienz

Source: en.wikipedia.org

46.7350° N 8.0241° E · BernRelief interpolated · not a survey mapOpen the full map

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Krol:k, Martin Abegglen, marsupium photography · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 / CC BY-SA 2.0

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