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Vinifuni Ligerz–Prêles

Ligerz, Italy

Vinifuni Ligerz–Prêles

Vinifuni Ligerz–Prêles is a funicular above Lake Biel in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. The line leads from Ligerz/Gléresse at 437 m (1,434 ft) to Prêles at 820 m (2,690 ft) on Tessenberg, a plateau part of the Jura range. The line has a length of 1,198 m (3,930 ft) with a difference of elevation

of 383 m (1,257 ft) 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 (1,598 ft) and Festi/Château at 577 m (1,893 ft). 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.

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