Innsbruck – Hungerburg work-progress

Here are the latest Martin Schönherr's pictures of the new Hungerburg funicular in Innsbruck (Austria).
Thank you Martin!

Voici les toutes dernières photos de l'avancement des travaux du nouveau funiculaire Hungerburg à Innsbruck (Autriche).
Photos de Martin Schönherr.


The suspension-bridge over the Inn river.
Le pont suspendu sur l'Inn.


Alpenzoo station.
Gare de l'Alpenzoo


Alpenzoo station.
Gare de l'Alpenzoo


Hungerburg top station.
La nouvelle gare supérieure d'Hungerburg.

All station buildings and the bridge are designed by the famous Iraqui architect Zaha Hadid.
Les gares et le pont suspendu ont été conçus par la célèbre architecte iraquienne Zaha Hadid.

Innsbruck – Last summer picts

Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria

 

Martin Schönherr sent me pictures he took last summer of the the replacement work on the Hungerburg Bahn funicular. Martin Schönherr m'a fait parvenir les dernières photos, prises cet été, du chantier du funiculaire qui va remplacer le Hungerburg Bahn.

 


The pylons of the new suspension-bridge on each side of the Inn River.
Les deux pylones du nouveau pont suspendu de chaque côté de l'Inn.

 


One pylon of the suspension-bridge above the roof of Innsbruck.
Au dessus des toits d'Innsbruck, un pylone du nouveau pont suspendu.

 


The upper part of the new line, above Alpenzoo.
La section supérieure de la nouvelle voie au dessus de l'Alpenzoo.

 


The new top station.
La nouvelle gare supérieure

All pictures Martin Schönherr

Hungerburg – The dismantling started December 14th

Innsbruck, Austria.The Hungerburg Bahn started to be dismantled on December 14th, 2005!

The cable was sawed and the two carriages were transported onto a truck to a warehouse. One of the two carriages is intended to be exposed in the Eisenbahn Museum in Vienna.

Other photos here…


Note, under the carriage, the cable which was just sawed.