(Standseilbahn St. Anton - Mendelpass)
Italy
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(Standseilbahn St. Anton - Mendelpass) |
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| Text and photos by Michel Azéma |
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the drawbridges were working | The funicular
The funicular
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Photo of the entire line. The length of the line is 2370 meters and goes to the real top of
the Mendola Pass. You can see, on the photo, the steepest part (64 %)
of the line just before the track disapears thru a tunnel. |
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Interesting vue of the top station which shows the new cabin built by Agudio but also the strange stairs which look like terraces. In fact the terraces are divided in five parts which correspond to five waiting queues: one queue for each door of the five compartments of the cabin. But as you see the cabin has only two doors and one compartment! The explanation is that the original cabins built in 1903 were built with five separate compartments. The terraces were built also in 1903 and never modified even when the cabins were replaced by the new ones. |
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Click here to see the horizontal
profile of the line (1903)
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Click here to see the vertical
profile of the line (1903)
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Click here to see the plan (1903)
of the top station which is unchanged today. Note the terraces with the
queues.
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