Luftseilbahn Adliswil-Felsenegg

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Luftseilbahn Adliswil-Felsenegg
Felseneggbahn
File:Felseneggbahn (LAF) IMG 3221.jpg
Adliswil station (June 2009)
Overview
Status Operational
Character Elevated
System ZVV
Location Adliswil, canton of Zürich
Country Switzerland
Termini Adliswil
Felsenegg
Elevation lowest:  497 m (1,631 ft)
highest: 804 m (2,638 ft)
No. of stations 2
Open 1954
Reopened 1 May 2008
Website http://www.laf.ch
Operation
Owner LAF (Luftseilbahn Adliswil-Felsenegg LAF AG)
Operator SZU (Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn SZU AG)
No. of carriers 2
Carrier capacity 30 + 1
Ridership 345 p/h per direction (2015: 253,182 ppa)
Operating times Winter: Mo-Th: 9:05-20:05, Fr+Sa: 9:05-22:05, So: 9:05-20:05
Summer: Mo-Th: 8:05-22:05, Fr+Sa: 8:05-22:05, So: 8:05-20:05
Trips daily at least every 15 minutes
Trip duration 5-6 minutes
Fare 2 zones (ZVV zones: 150, 155)
Technical features
Aerial lift type Aerial tramway
Manufactured by CWA Constructions SA
Line length 1,048 m (3,438 ft)
No. of support towers 1, 44 m (144 ft)
Cable diameter catenary 22 mm (0.87 in), pull rope 39 mm (1.5 in)
Operating speed 6 m/s (20 ft/s) (21.6 km/h (13.4 mph))
Notes Maximum height from the ground: 60 m (200 ft)

Luftseilbahn Adliswil-Felsenegg is a cable car in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Its name is abbreviated to LAF and owned by the Luftseilbahn Adliswil-Felsenegg LAF AG; the tramway usually is commonly called Felseneggbahn.

Structure

LAF is a cable car between the municipality of Adliswil in the Sihl Valley and the Felsenegg mountain in the district of Horgen, operated by the SZU (Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn), organized as an Aktiengesellschaft. The lower station is located in the municipality of Adliswil, the mountain station is situated on Felsenegg nearby the Felsenegg-Girstel TV-tower.

History

On December 30, 1954, LAF was given to operational service; it was built within seven months for one million Swiss francs by the Swiss company Von Roll in Berne. Not just for nostalgic reasons, the provider used the former two cabins of the so-called "Landi-Schwebebahn 1939" (Landi = Swiss national exhibition) across the Lake Zürich. The cabins for 30 passengers had been constructed by SIG Neuhausen. Renewals of the infrastructure have been done in 1960, 1967, 1980, and in 1996/97. In 1972, Felsenegg station was bought by the owner; in 1977 the majority of the share holder value went into the property of the Swiss Denner AG. Established in May 1990, the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) first was an elaborate web of railway lines, among them the SZU including Felseneggbahn and Zimmerbergbus. Its 50-year anniversary the Felseneggbahn celebrated in 2004 when the provider planned a complete renewal according to the conditions for the license given by the Swiss government.

The complete renewal resulted in costs of 3.5 million Swiss francs, financed by the municipality of Adliswil and the city of Zürich (300,000 each), by the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (2 million), by fundraising in the public and by sponsoring.[1][2] The renewal included the cable car control and monitoring, the carriers and the guy ropes buffer. The fifty-year-old cabins were replaced by more comfortable, spacious and "sleek" cabins constructed by CWA Constructions SA. The new cable car cabins also necessitated an increase in the streamlining of the masts and carrying ropes. Also renewed were the valley and mountain stations and their technical infrastructure between February 4 and 30 April; the Luftseilbahn Adliswil-Felsenegg was re-opened on 1 May 2008.[3] On 31 March 2010, the 10th million passenger used the cableway.[4]

  • Felseneggbahn (LAF) - Talstation IMG 3207.jpg

    LAF Logo and "cow map" of the Albis area

  • Felseneggbahn (LAF) - Talstation IMG 3206 ShiftN.jpg

    Base station in Adliswil

  • Felseneggbahn (LAF) - Talstation IMG 3211.jpg

    Base station as seen from the cabin

  • Felseneggbahn (LAF) - Bergstation IMG 3259.jpg

    Top station Felsenegg

  • Felsenegg IMG 5269.JPG

    Hiking signs at the top station

  • Felseneggbahn (LAF) IMG 3219.jpg

    One of the two cabins

  • Felseneggbahn (Luftseilbahn Adliswil-Felsenegg LAF) IMG 5263.JPG

    Support tower

Technical data

The cable car has a single tower (45 m) between Adliswil and Felsegg mountain and a total diagonal length of 1,048 m (3,438 ft). The drive is done by a DC electro engine with 100 kW in the valley station. The average speed of the two cabins is 6 m/s.[5]

  • Cabins: 2, 30 passengers each
  • Capacity: 690 passengers per hour
  • Elevation Valley Station: 497 m
  • Elevation Mountain Station: 804 m
  • Horizontal Length: 1048 m
  • Height difference: 307 m
  • Average inclination: 34,1 0%
  • Maximum inclination: 80,5 0%
  • Number of Towers: 1
  • Tower height: 45 m
  • Maximum height from the ground: 60 m
  • Largest spanfield: 552 m
  • Average speed: 6 m/s
  • Diameter suspension rope: 39 mm
  • Diameter pushing rope: 62 mm
  • Drive: DC engine, 100 kW (max 185 kW)

References

  1. ↑ Sihltaler Zeitung (18 May 2005): Mit Musik in eine gelbe Zukunft (German)
  2. ↑ Tages-Anzeiger (3 February 2008): Fitness-Kur für die Felseneggbahn (German)
  3. ↑ Luftseilbahn Adliswil-Felsenegg: Neueröffnung (German)
  4. ↑ Tages-Anzeiger online (1 April 2010): Der 10-millionste Fahrgast kommt aus Schweden
  5. ↑ Luftseilbahn Adliswil-Felsenegg: Facts & figures (German)

External links

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