Mountain route
Nerobergbahn
Wiesbaden (Nerotal) → Neroberg · Germany
Germany’s only surviving water-ballast funicular (1888), still climbing Wiesbaden’s Neroberg on 7,000 litres of tank water and no engine.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 284321 — 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
Questions and answers
How long is the Nerobergbahn?
The Nerobergbahn runs 440 m from Wiesbaden (Nerotal) to Neroberg.
How long does the Nerobergbahn take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 4 min for the 440 m. That is an average of 7 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Nerobergbahn?
ESWE Verkehr, with historic 1888 cars driven by 7,000-litre water ballast tanks.
How old is the Nerobergbahn?
The line has been in service since 1888. 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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