Mountain route
Mendelbahn
Sankt Anton (Kaltern) → Mendel Pass · Italy
Mendelbahn in pictures
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- Distance
- 2.37 km
- Fastest time
- 12 min
- Average speed
- 12 km/h
- Countries
- Italy
- In service since
- 1903
- Operator
- STA Südtiroler Transportstrukturen
- Train
- Two counterbalanced cars with passing loop
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Europe’s longest and steepest funicular at its 1903 opening, still climbing 854 m at up to 64% from South Tyrol’s wine country to the Mendel Pass.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 411922 — 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, a median 2 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Mendelbahn?
The Mendelbahn runs 2.37 km from Sankt Anton (Kaltern) to Mendel Pass.
How long does the Mendelbahn take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 12 min for the 2.37 km. That is an average of 12 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Mendelbahn?
STA Südtiroler Transportstrukturen, with two counterbalanced cars with passing loop.
How old is the Mendelbahn?
The line has been in service since 1903. 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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