Mountain route
Fribourg Funicular
Fribourg (Pertuis) → Fribourg (Saint-Pierre) · Switzerland
Europe’s last funicular driven by wastewater: since 1899 the descending car is weighted with up to 3,000 litres of city sewage.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2444086 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, on it to within a metre
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: TPF — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Fribourg Funicular?
The Fribourg Funicular runs 120 m from Fribourg (Pertuis) to Fribourg (Saint-Pierre).
How long does the Fribourg Funicular take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 min for the 120 m. That is an average of 4 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Fribourg Funicular?
TPF, with 1899 cars hauled by 3,000-litre wastewater ballast tanks.
How old is the Fribourg Funicular?
The line has been in service since 1899. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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