Herzogstand Cable Car



The Herzogstand Cable Car  (Herzogstandbahn) was built in 1994 as replacement for a 4500 ft chair lift through the Bavarian alps. Its two cabins carry passengers from the village of Walchensee (800 m above NN) to the Fahrenberg mountain (1,600 m above NN) on the upper slopes of the Herzogstand mountain. The cableway uses a 43 mm carrying cable and a 21 mm hauling cable. The cable car is driven by a 185 kilowatt engine. The cable way has two supports, which are 28 m and 24 m high. The journey time each way is four minutes and the cars reach a top speed of 8 m/s.