Iltiosbahn

Funicular railway in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland

"Unterwasser (Iltiosbahn)" at Frühweidstrasse 8
"Iltios"

Stations2ServiceTypeFunicularRoute number2767 ^[1]Operator(s)Toggenburg Bergbahnen AG (short: TBB)Rolling stock2HistoryOpened26 July 1934
(90 years ago) (1934-07-26)Concession1933Enhancements2005TechnicalLine length1,195 metres (3,921 ft)Number of tracks1 with passing loopElectrificationfrom openingHighest elevation1,339 m (4,393 ft)Maximum incline27%

Iltiosbahn is a funicular railway in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It leads from Unterwasser at 911 m to Iltios at 1339 m,^[2] from where an aerial cableway continues to Chäserrugg (2262 m), a peak of the Churfirsten range above Lake Walen. The line has a length of 1195 m with a maximum incline of 27% and a difference of elevation of 428 m.^[2]

The funicular is owned and operated by Toggenburg Bergbahnen AG.^[3]

The railway was built in 1934,^[4] the aerial lift 1972.^[2]

References

^ "2767 Unterwasser - Iltios (Chäserrugg)" (PDF), Fahrplanfelder.ch, Tableaux-horaires.ch (in German), 2022, 2767
^ ^a ^b ^c Federal Office for Spatial Development ARE, ed. (January 2001), Touristische Transportanlagen der Schweiz, TTA–Statistik, 6. Auflage 1999; Installations de transport touristiques en Suisse, Statistique ITT, 6e édition 1999 (in German and French) (6 ed.), Bern: Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, p. 88, 812.001 d/f 1.01 800, 61.049 Unterwasser–Iltios
^ Portrait, Toggenburg Bergbahnen AG
^ Mathys, Ernst (1942), Hundert Jahre Schweizerbahnen, historisch und technisch dargestellt, 1841-1941; Les chemins de fer suisses au cours d'un siècle, aperçu historique et technique, 1841-1941 (in German and French), Bern, pp. 32, 68, 89, 226, 256{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)