Talk:Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[edit] Cog Railway?

According to Tramways and Light Railways of Switzerland and Austria (see citation in article) the upper section of this railway is an electric tramway with no indication that it is a cog railway. And the 5% maximum gradient quoted both in the original article and that book is well within the limits of adhesion for an ordinary electric railway. So I have removed the reference to cog railway. -- Chris j wood 13:58, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Yes, the upper section is indeed an adhesion narrow gauge railway, no cog. Gestumblindi 22:18, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The funicular will close

The funicular was effectively used to transport the trains from Lauterbrunnen to the line, how, I have no idea. In fact, this line is strange exactly because it has no connection with the world other than the funicular.

The funicular will close next year to be changed with a "cable passenger telepheric". During he transition (between 1 May and 9 December) passengers must use the Stechelberg-Mürren telepheric, and the Grütschalp-Mürren line will have a less frequent service (because, as said, after Grütschalp you can't go anywhere without the funicular, except by foot).

[edit] Aerial tram?

Why change "cable car system" to "aerial tram"? Here they're known as cable cars! Thrapper 22:58, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Cable car is ambiguous - please see Cable car which is a disambiguation page. Lots of transportation systems relying on cables are called "cable cars", so the more specific term Aerial tramway is appropriate here, especially since the funicular it replaces could also be called a cable car - and you don't want to write "a cable car replaced by a cable car" when the replacing transportation system is something very different... 00:56, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Debatable point. Personally I had no clue what an aerial tramway was until I clicked on the link - it doesn't help if noone understands what it is. The system being replaced could be called a funicular, or a cable train, but I would never call it a cable car. As far as I'm concerned a "tramway" runs on rails, and doesn't hang from a cable. Calling it "aerial" implies (to me) that the rails are suspended in the air and the tram runs on top of those rails. Maybe this is a regional issue, but this particular system is in Europe. Thrapper 23:33, 7 October 2006 (UTC)