The Standseilbahn Linth-Limmern is a funicular railway at the Linth-Limmern pumped storage plant in the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Built in 2013[1][2] for a transport capacity of 215 tonnes (237 tons),[3][4][5] the funicular moved the four transformers of the hydroelectric plant from Tierfehd at an elevation of 816 m (2,677 ft) to the machinery cavern of the Limmern plant at 1,697 m (5,568 ft).[6] This made it the highest-capacity funicular.[4] The 3,778-metre-long (12,395 ft) line, passing through a tunnel, has an elevation difference of 882 m (2,894 ft) and an incline of 24 per cent.[3] The single track has a passing loop[4] for the descending car.
| Standseilbahn Linth-Limmern | |
|---|---|
 The lower station (2020) | |
| Overview | |
| Other name(s) |
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| Status | In operation |
| Owner | Kraftwerke Linth-Limmern AG (KLL) |
| Locale | Linthal, Glarus, Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 46°51′59″N 8°59′57″E / 46.8665°N 8.9992°E |
| Termini |
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| Website | axpo.com |
| Service | |
| Type | Funicular, underground |
| Rolling stock | 2 for 30 passengers or 120t each (also: 1 for 215 t) |
| History | |
| Opened | September 2013 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 3,778 m (12,395 ft) |
| Number of tracks | 1 with passing loop |
| Track gauge | 1,800 mm (5 ft 10+7⁄8 in) |
| Electrification | from opening (2x 870 kW) |
| Operating speed | 6 metres per second (20 ft/s) for 40 t; 0.5 metres per second (1.6 ft/s) for 215 t |
| Maximum incline | 24% (constant) |
Since the completion of the plant's expansion, the funicular is used by the staff of and visitors to the hydroelectric plant. It is owned by Kraftwerke Linth-Limmern AG (KLL), a joint venture of Axpo (85%) and the Canton of Glarus (15%).[7]
The lower station is accessed through a short tunnel from Tierfehd,[8] near the aerial cableways to Kalktrittli and Baumgartenalp: 46°52′42″N 8°59′14″E / 46.878421°N 8.98714°E.[2]
The upper station is in the machinery cavern near the dam of Limmernsee; 46°50′56″N 9°00′39″E / 46.848783°N 9.010871°E.[2] In proximity, another underground funicular leads from Kavernenzentrale Muttsee at 1870 m to Muttenkopf at 2393 m, near Muttsee.[9][10]
The funicular was built by Garaventa.[1][11] A tunnel boring machine (TBM) with a diameter of 8 metres (26 ft) was used to excavate the tunnel.[12]
References edit
- ^ a b "30-SPB Tierfehd-Maschinenkaverne PSW Limmern", Bergbahnen.org (in German and English), archived from the original on 8 April 2023, retrieved 8 April 2023
- ^ a b c "8783.03 Standseilbahn Kraftwerk Linth-Limmern Tierfehd - Maschinenkaverne", Seilbahndatenbank (in German), archived from the original on 8 April 2023, retrieved 8 April 2023
- ^ a b Kraftwerke Linth-Limmern AG (PDF) (in German), Axpo, July 2016, archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2023, retrieved 7 April 2023
- ^ a b c Seitz, Peter (2017), "Auf Bohren, Biegen und Brechen durch den Berg", Tec21 (in German) (19): 34–38
- ^ Messmer, Stefan; Berger, Patric (December 2014), "Standseilbahn Tierfehd–Maschinenkaverne (SSB1)", Sicherheitstechnische Betrachtungen zu Standseilbahnen für den Zugang zu einem zukünftigen geologischen Tiefenlager, Arbeitsbericht NAB (in German), vol. 14–77, Nagra, pp. 39–40
- ^ Bauunternehmung Vetsch Klosters AG, Projekt Linthal 2015 – KW Limmern Los E1 Standseilbahn 1 im Zugangsstollen (PDF) (in German)
- ^ "Aktionäre", Kraftwerke Linth-Limmern AG Jahresbericht 2019/20 (in German), p. 2
- ^ Bumann, Damian (November 2016), "Les téléphériques lourds de la nouvelle centrale de pompage de Linth-Limmern" (PDF), VTK/UCT (in French) (162): 28–31, archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2023, retrieved 7 April 2023
- ^ "Standseilbahn Muttsee", seilbahnen.ch (in German), archived from the original on 20 May 2023, retrieved 20 May 2023
- ^ "8783.02 Linthal Kraftwerk Linth-Limmern Kavernenzentrale Muttsee - Muttenkopf", standseilbahnen.ch (in German), archived from the original on 20 May 2023, retrieved 20 May 2023
- ^ "Materialstandseilbahn Linth-Limmern", Doppelmayr (in German), archived from the original on 8 April 2023, retrieved 8 April 2023
- ^ Thomas, Tris (26 July 2010), "TBM to incline drive in Switzerland", Tunnelling Journal, archived from the original on 21 April 2023, retrieved 21 April 2023
Further reading edit
- Bumann, Damian (November 2016), "Les téléphériques lourds de la nouvelle centrale de pompage de Linth-Limmern" (PDF), VTK/UCT (in French) (162): 28–31
- Hug, Rudolf (2019), "Zugangsstollen 1 mit Standseilbahn", Jahrhundertwerk im Glarner Kalk: Pumpspeicherwerk Limmern (in German), Oberrohrdorf, pp. 49–60, ISBN 978-3-9524084-7-6
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