Heimwehfluhbahn

Heimwehfluhbahn
The funicular with Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau (postcard sent 1918)
Overview
Other name(s)Drahtseilbahn Interlaken–Heimwehfluh
StatusIn operation
OwnerDrahtseilbahn Interlaken-Heimwehfluh AG
LocaleCanton of Bern, Switzerland
Termini
  • "Interlaken (Heimwehfluhbahn)"
  • "Heimwehfluh"
Stations2
Service
TypeFunicular
Route number2360
Operator(s)Drahtseilbahn Interlaken-Heimwehfluh AG
Rolling stock2
History
Opened21 July 1906
(118 years ago)
 (1906-07-21)
Technical
Line length197 m (646 ft)
Number of tracks1 with passing loop
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Electrificationfrom opening
Highest elevation662 m (2,172 ft)
Maximum incline59%

The Heimwehfluhbahn (DIH) is a funicular at Interlaken in the Swiss Canton of Bern. It runs to the top of the nearby Heimwehfluh hill at an altitude of 680 metres (2,230 ft) above sea level. The funicular provides access to the hilltop restaurant, an observation tower, an O scale model railway, a children's playground and a bobsleigh run[1][2] (a second one existed but has since become overgrown and unused).

  1. ^ "Heimwehfluh Bahn". Funimag. Retrieved 1 February 2007.
  2. ^ Richard Green (2007). Railways in the Berner Oberland - Part 3. Today's Railways Europe: Issue 134: February 2007. Platform 5 Publishing Ltd.