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The wire ropes came from Germany and had to be transported by horse from Grindelwald station to the construction site. The Wetterhorn Elevator, finally inaugurated on July 27, 1908, was a pioneering achievement, as it was the first cable car to transport people in Switzerland.
It was ultimately not pursued. A later project for a Y cableway was considered but abandoned in 2011. In 2012, the first plans for the V cableway were undertaken and in 2014 a vote took place in Grindelwald to decide if it should be built. The vote did not pass, however a second plan was approved in early 2015. [7] [8] [9]
The First cable car station 100622. First is a mountain location and minor summit on the slopes of the Schwarzhorn in the Bernese Oberland. It is mostly known as a cable car station above Grindelwald (Firstbahn) and as a popular hiking area with the Bachalpsee in proximity. It is also the destination of the classic hike: Schynige Platte ...
Grindelwald Terminal housing the new rail station, Eiger Express, and the Männlichen gondola cableways. The V-cableway is a gondola cableway with a shared base station at Grindelwald; it has one route to Männlichen and another to Eigergletscher railway station. It was built by Jungfraubahn AG. [1]
In travel news this week: A spectacular new cable car has opened in Switzerland’. Also, the science and folklore of winter solstice and skiing across international borders. ‘World’s steepest ...
The cableway is constructed in two sections, and there is an intermediate station at Holenstein where the gondolas change cable. Each gondola carries up to ten passengers (four in the original gondola prior to 2020), and the cableway can transport 1,800 passengers (previously 900) per hour.
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