Mountain route
Funiculaire Sierre–Crans-Montana
Sierre → Crans-Montana · Switzerland
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Switzerland’s longest funicular: 4.2 km and 927 m of climb from the Rhône valley vineyards at Sierre to the Crans-Montana plateau.
Stations
- 0 kmSierre/Siders (funi)
- 1 kmVenthône
- 2 kmDarnona
- 2 kmSt-Maurice-de-Laques
- 3 kmBluche
- 4 kmCrans-Montana Gare
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 3747091 — 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 3 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 Funiculaire Sierre–Crans-Montana?
The Funiculaire Sierre–Crans-Montana runs 4.19 km from Sierre to Crans-Montana.
How long does the Funiculaire Sierre–Crans-Montana take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 13 min for the 4.19 km. That is an average of 19 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Funiculaire Sierre–Crans-Montana?
SMC, with fully renewed cars, track and drive (2022).
How old is the Funiculaire Sierre–Crans-Montana?
The line has been in service since 1911. 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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