Funicular - Suchard chocolate factory

Suchard chocolate factory

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Certainly the most unknown and mysterious funicular of Switzerland!

I was built at the end of the XIXth century to link the bottom of the Serrieres dale to the Jura-simplon train station. The Serrieres dale was full of industrial factories and since 1826, the main factory was the Suchard chocolate factory created by Philippe Suchard.

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Suchard chocolate factory funicular

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Technical Datas
Start	June 2, 1892
End	August 1954
Status
Type of funicular
Type of tracks
Energy
Bottom station	Vallon de Serrières (453,8 m)
Top station	Gare de Serrières (482 m)
Length	54,70 m
Difference of levels	28,20 m
Maximum gradient	60 %
Number of carriages	2
Weight of a carriage	3500 kg
Tank volume	3500 liters
Total weight	7000 kg
Payload	3 trolleys of 800 kg each = 2400 kg
Diameter of the main pulley	2,50 m
Volume of water necessary to move the carriage	600 liters
Speed	1,5 m/s
Gauge	1 m

Company Informations


Chocolats Philippe Suchard

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