Tyrolean Zugspitze Cable Car
| Tyrolean Zugspitze Cable Car Tiroler Zugspitzbahn |
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| Location: | Ehrwald-Zugspitze, Tyrol Austria |
| Mountainrange: | Wetterstein, Alps |
| Track length: | 3600 m |
| Elevation: | 1725 m 1225 m  2950 m |
| Trip | |
| Duration: | 10 Minutes |
| Velocity: | 36 km/h |
| Background | |
| Owner: | Zillertaler Gletscherbahn |
| Opening: | July 1926 (Renovation July 1991) |
| Contact: | zugspitzbahn.at |
The Tyrolean Zugspitze Cable Car (German: Tiroler Zugspitzbahn), which opened in 1926, connects the Austrian town of Ehrwald (1225 metres above sea level) with the top station at 2950 metres above sea level next to the summit of Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain on the border of Austria. The top station is opposite to the top station of the German Eibsee Cable Car. It has a length of 3600 metres and an elevation gain of 1725 metres. The Tyrolean Zugspitze Cable Car runs over three aerial lift pylons. The double track ropes have a diameter of 62 mm each, and the hauling rope has a diameter of 38 mm. It runs on 2 x 500 kilowatts of power, generated in the valley station. The journey normally takes less than 10 minutes at a speed of 36 km/h. The tramway's two cabins can accommodate 100 persons each and have a transport capacity of 730 persons per hour each way.
There is a cable lift from Ehrwald to the base of Zugspitze in Austria where the resort Ehrwald Alm houses skiers, and a ski run down to Ehrwald starts. The resort has a dramatic view of the face of Zugspitze.
Literature
- Wunder der Technik – Tiroler Zugspitzbahn. Die Geschichte der ersten Seilbahn Tirols. Herausgegeben von der Zillertaler Gletscherbahn GmbH&Co KG, Innsbruck 2006
References
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.