Dorfbahn Serfaus - Dorfbahnstrasse

Dorfbahn Serfaus
Austria

Text and photos by Michel Azéma

Dorfbahnstrasse

Dorfbahnstrasse May 1985
The Dorfbahn required the contruction of an underground gallery (3,24 m width and 3,52 m high) all along the 1300 meters of the main street (Dorfbahnstrasse) of Serfaus.

The construction went on all the year 1985.

The construction of the gallery in May 1985.

(Photo from the Seilbahn Komperdell booklet.)

At the entrance of the village this notice board invites the motorists to leave their cars at the parking and freely use the Dorfbahn. Serfaus entrance

Station Parkplatz
Station Parkplatz

The entrance of Serfaus.

On the right the main street (Dorfbahnstrasse) and below the street you can see the entrance of the Dorfbahn subway.

I visited Serfaus on 16th September 1998. The cars were authorized to get around in the village. The subway was working only between 1:00pm to 5:00pm.

Station Parkplatz

The entrance of the subway just below the main street.

Station Kirche
Station Kirche

(Kirche = church)

The first stop after 500 meters from the station Parkplatz.

Station Raika
Station Raika

A very discreet station. So much discreet that I had to pass three times beside it before to notice it!

It is not the entrance of the bank!!!

Station Seilbahn
(Seilbahn = aerial cable lift) The end station of the Dorfbahn subway. The exit is the first opening on the white wall after the small grove.
The big white building is the station of the aerial tramway to Kölner. The small white building on the left is the departure of the gondolas. All these aerial cable lifts are managed by Seilbahn Komperdell Serfaus.
Note the small white dome on the right of the photo, it is a ventilation shaft and it also lights the engine room of the Dorfbahn which is just below the dome.

Map of the Dorfbahn tunnel

Map of the Dorfbahn tunnel with the 4 stations: Parkplatz, Kirche, Raika and Seilbahn.
( Lüftungsschacht = ventilation shaft )
(Drawing from the Seilbahn Komperdell booklet.)

Vertical profile

Vertical profile of the Dorfbahn tunnel
( Length: 1280 m, difference of levels: 20,10 m, maximum gradient: 5,35 % )
(Drawing from the Seilbahn Komperdell booklet.)