The Gelmer Funicular is a cable railway in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. It links a lower terminus at Handegg, in the Haslital, with an upper terminus at the Gelmersee lake, 448 metres (1,470 ft) above.
History
The funicular was originally built to facilitate the construction of the Gelmersee, a reservoir, constructed in 1926 in order to exploit the hydroelectric resources of the area and was not opened for public use until 2001. The line is owned and operated by Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG (KWO), which owns the power station. Another funicular existed on the opposite side of the valley (1948-2015). == Operation ==
Operation
The line operates from the beginning of June through to mid-October, in daylight hours only. It has the following parameters: == See also ==