Heimwehfluhbahn

Heimwehfluhbahn
Heimwehfluhbahn
	The funicular with Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau (postcard sent 1918)
Overview
Other name(s)	Drahtseilbahn Interlaken–Heimwehfluh
Status	In operation
Owner	Drahtseilbahn Interlaken-Heimwehfluh AG
Locale	Canton of Bern, Switzerland
Termini	"Interlaken (Heimwehfluhbahn)"; "Heimwehfluh";
Stations	2
Service
Type	Funicular
Route number	2360
Operator(s)	Drahtseilbahn Interlaken-Heimwehfluh AG
Rolling stock	2
History
Opened	21 July 1906; (117 years ago)
Technical
Line length	197 m (646 ft)
Number of tracks	1 with passing loop
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Electrification	from opening
Highest elevation	662 m (2,172 ft)
Maximum incline	59%

The Heimwehfluhbahn (DIH) is a funicular at Interlaken in the Swiss Canton of Bern. It runs to the top of the nearby Heimwehfluh hill at an altitude of 680 metres (2,230 ft) above sea level. The funicular provides access to the hilltop restaurant, an observation tower, an O scale model railway, a children's playground and a bobsleigh run^[1]^[2] (a second one existed but has since become overgrown and unused).

Overview[edit]

The funicular, built between 1904 and 1906, has a length of 197 metres (646 ft) and overcomes a vertical distance of 102 metres (335 ft) with a maximum gradient of 69%. There are two wooden cars dating from 1906, operating on a single track of narrow gauge track with a central passing loop. With curtains at the unglazed windows, the line presents an intentionally heritage image. A single journey takes 2 minutes.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Heimwehfluh Bahn". Funimag. Retrieved 1 February 2007.
^ ^a ^b Richard Green (2007). Railways in the Berner Oberland - Part 3. Today's Railways Europe: Issue 134: February 2007. Platform 5 Publishing Ltd.
^ "Heimwehfluh Fact Sheet". Heimwehfluhbahn. Archived from the original on 9 May 2007. Retrieved 3 February 2007.
^ Sources differ on the exact gauge of the Heimwehfluhbahn, with Funimag reporting 800mm and the archived factsheet 1 metre.