Iltiosbahn

Iltiosbahn
Car at the passing loop with Unterwasser in the background (2020)
Overview
Other name(s)	Standseilbahn Unterwasser–Iltios; Drahtseilbahn Unterwasser-Iltios
Status	In operation
Owner	Toggenburg Bergbahnen AG (since 2008)
Locale	Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Termini	"Unterwasser (Iltiosbahn)" at Frühweidstrasse 8 "Iltios"
Stations	2
Service
Type	Funicular
Route number	2767 [1]
Operator(s)	Toggenburg Bergbahnen AG (short: TBB)
Rolling stock	2
History
Opened	26 July 1934 (90 years ago) (1934-07-26)
Concession	1933
Enhancements	2005
Technical
Line length	1,195 metres (3,921 ft)
Number of tracks	1 with passing loop
Electrification	from opening
Highest elevation	1,339 m (4,393 ft)
Maximum incline	27%

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

1. "2767 Unterwasser - Iltios (Chäserrugg)" (PDF), Fahrplanfelder.ch, Tableaux-horaires.ch (in German), 2022, 2767
2. 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
3. Portrait, Toggenburg Bergbahnen AG
4. 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