Vinifuni Ligerz-Prêles | |
Other Name: | Chemin de fer funiculaire Gléresse-Montagne de Diesse; Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn; Standseilbahn Ligerz-Prêles; Seilbahn Ligerz-Prêles (Tessenberg) |
Type: | Funicular (since 2004: lift) |
Status: | In operation |
Start: | "Ligerz (Talstation)" at Bahnhofplatz / Dorfgasse 1 |
End: | "Prêles" at Route de la Neuveville 1 |
Stations: | 4 (including "Pilgerweg", "Festi/Château") |
Routenumber: | 2016 |
Event1label: | Concession |
Event1: | 1906 |
Event2label: | Single-car, lift |
Owner: | Aare Seeland mobil AG (since 2003); Chemin de fer funiculaire Gléresse-Montagne de Diesse (1912–1997), Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn AG (LTB) (1997–2003) |
Operator: | Aare Seeland mobil AG (short: asm) |
Stock: | 1 for 50 passengers (since 2004); 2 for 60 each (1949–2004), 2 for 40 each (1912–1949) |
Linelength: | 1198m (3,930feet) |
Tracks: | 1 |
Maxincline: | 40% |
Electrification: | from opening |
Elevation M: | 820 |
Map State: | uncollapsed |
Vinifuni Ligerz–Prêles is a funicular above Lake Biel in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. The line leads from Ligerz/Gléresse at 437 m to Prêles at 820 m on Tessenberg, a plateau part of the Jura range. The line has a length of 1198 m with a difference of elevation of 383 m and a maximum incline of 40%. The single track funicular has had only one car since 2004, when the passing loop and the second car were removed. Two intermediate stations are Pilgerweg at 487 m and Festi/Château at 577 m. The lower station is next to Ligerz railway station and a landing stage for Lake Biel passenger ships.
The line opened in 1910 after the Swiss Federal Assembly granted a concession in 1906.
The funicular is owned and operated by Aare Seeland mobil AG since 2003. The railway company had absorbed Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn AG (LTB), founded in 1910 and initially named Chemin de fer funiculaire Gléresse-Montagne de Diesse.