Hungerburgbahn is a hybrid funicular

Funicular

A funicular, also known as an inclined plane or cliff railway, is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope; the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalance each other.-Operation:The basic principle of funicular...

 railway in Innsbruck

Innsbruck

- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

, opened to the public on 1 December 2007. The system consists of four stations:

• Congress (Underground station)
• Löwenhaus
• Alpenzoo
• Hungerburg

The spectacular stations were designed by Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid, CBE is an Iraqi-British architect.-Life and career:Hadid was born in 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq. She received a degree in mathematics from the American University of Beirut before moving to study at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.After graduating she worked...

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Data

Length	1,838 m (1.14 mi)
Upper station	857 m (2,811 ft)
Rise	288 m (945 ft)
Duration	8'10"
Velocity	10 m/s (22.5 MPH)
Capacity of train	130 persons
Capacity of the system	1200 persons / h

Previous Hungerburgbahn

The current Hungerburgbahn has replaced the funicular service that was in operation between 1906 and 2005. The length of the track was 839 m and the rise was 287 m. The location of the lower station was in the city district of Saggen.

External links

• Nordkette (cable cars)