Funicular Rigiblick

Seilbahn Rigiblick
Overview
Other name(s)Seilbahn Rigiviertel
StatusIn operation
OwnerVerkehrsbetriebe Zürich
LocaleZürich, Switzerland
Termini
  • "Zürich, Seilbahn Rigiblick" at Geissbergweg 3
  • "Zürich, Rigiblick" at Freudenbergstrasse 147
Stations5 (including Goldauerstrasse, Hadlaubstrasse, Germaniastrasse)
Websitestadt-zuerich.ch
Service
TypeFunicular
Operator(s)Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich
Rolling stock2 for 30 passengers each
History
Opened4 April 1901
(123 years ago)
 (1901-04-04)
Extension29 May 1979 (1979-05-29)
Technical
Track length385 metres (1,263 ft) (since 1979)
Number of tracks1 with passing loop
Track gaugeMetre (3 ft 3+38 in)
Electrificationfrom opening
Maximum incline36%
The line in 1901
Car at lower station
Intermediate station and passing loop

The Funicular Rigiblick (German: Seilbahn Rigiblick) is a funicular railway in the north-east of the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It links a lower station served by Zürich tram routes 9 and 10 and Zürich trolleybus route 33, with an upper station at Rigiblick on the Zürichberg hill.[1][2][3]

The Rigiblick funicular is one of two funiculars within the city of Zürich, the other being the Polybahn funicular in the city centre. Additionally, the city's Dolderbahn rack railway was originally a funicular, until its conversion to rack working in the 1970s.

  1. ^ "Seilbahn Rigiblick" (in German). VBZ. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Zürich - Seilbahn Rigiblick". Lift-World.info. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Seilbahn Rigiblick". Funiculars.net. Pantograph.se. Retrieved 9 August 2011.