Type Funicular Stations 2 Track length 944 metres (3,097 ft) Termini Bürgenstock | Status Suspended Opened 1888 Locale Canton of Nidwalden | |
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Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ⁄8 in) | ||
The Bürgenstock railway (German: Bürgenstock-Bahn; BB) is a funicular railway in the canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland. The line links the landing stage at Kehrsiten-Bürgenstock, served by the regular passenger boats of the Schifffahrtsgesellschaft des Vierwaldstättersees, with the Bürgenstock resort and its famous hotels.
The railway was opened in 1888 and was originally a water-ballast funicular with an Abt rack braking rail. Today the funicular is electric and automatic, but it still uses the original cabins. The line has been suspended since November 2011 whilst work is undertaken to create a new luxury resort at its upper station, and it is not expected to reopen until the summer of 2014.
The line has the following parameters:
References
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