The funiculars of Kolbnitz	Austria
	Text and photos by Michel Azéma

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Reisseck Bahn - Technical

The Reisseckbahn team From left to right: Irmgard Maier (restaurant) Wilfried Bodner (conductor) Gotthard Golger (conductor) Armin Egger (conductor) Ernst Schweiger (control) Harald Jenkner (management)

	REISSECKBAHN A-9815 KOLBNITZ Tel. 00.43.4783.2410-0 Time table
	DRAUKRAFT Touristik GmbH Kohldorfer Strasse 98 A-9020 KLAGENFURT Tel. 00.43.463.23716 Fax. 00.43.463.2023.2256

TECHNICAL DATAS Section 1 Section 2  Section 3  1st train  Incline 2nd train  Status  public  public  public  public  private  private  Current state              Start March 1950 June 1953 March 1954  1953     End  ...  ...  ... ... ... ... Type of funicular             Type of tracks           Type of energy           Bottom station Zandlach  Schütter  Trog  Schoberboden      Top station  Schütter  Trog  Schoberboden  Reisseck Hotel     Length 1185 m  1260 m 1130 m 3300 m     Difference of levels 567 m 535 m 495 m 8 m     Max Gradient 82 %            Ave. Gradient 55 % 48 % 49 %       Speed 11 m/s      30 km/h      Time of a ride Total 3 sections: 30 ' 9 '      Cabin 1 1  1  2 trains of 2 cabins      Number of passengers  64 64  64        Funicular Waagner-Biro, Wien, AT Waagner-Biro, Wien, AT Waagner-Biro, Wien, AT

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