Status Operating Designer Erich Heidrich Lift/launch system Cable-lift Height 9.754 m Opened 1928 Duration 1 minute 30 seconds | Opening date 1928 Track layout Terrain Inversions 0 Max speed 50 km/h Track length 400 m Province Gipuzkoa | |
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Address Itsasargi Pasealekua, 134, 20008 Donostia, Gipuzkoa, Spain Similar Leap‑The‑Dips, Rutsjebanen, Scenic Railway, Zach's Zoomer, Sea Dragon | ||
Monta a suiza front seat on ride hd pov parque de atracciones monte igueldo
Montaña Suiza ("Swiss Mountain") is a steel scenic railway roller coaster located at Parque de Atracciones Monte Igueldo, on the coast at Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain. It was designed and built by German engineer Erich Heidrich and opened at the site in 1928. It is the oldest steel roller coaster still operating in the world.
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The ride was built with wooden running rails which were in a trough, like usual scenic railways; only the trough is partially set into the landscape and is concrete in construction. The ride lacks the tradition supporting trestles of scenic railways; the track running in depressions made into the ground and along the top of a coastal wall at one point. The running rails have since been changed to steel.
The roller coaster operates with two trains, each of which are composed of two 2x5 person cars. The cars are wooden in construction and ride on steel bogies; like scenic railways at Margate, UK, Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach, UK and Luna Park, Melbourne. A brakeman still rides onboard each train to control its speed.