Drahtseilbahn Schwyz–Stoos

Drahtseilbahn Schwyz-Stoos
passing loop (2015)
Overview
Other name(s)	Standseilbahn Schwyz-Stoos; Stoosbahn
Status	ceased operation
Owner	Stoosbahnen AG
Locale	Canton of Schwyz
Termini	Schlattli Stoos
Service
Type	funicular
Route number	(1570)
Rolling stock	2 for 100 passengers each (..–2017), 2 for 50 passengers each (1933–..)
History
Opened	19 August 1933 (1933-08-19)
Concession	1930
Planning for replacement	2004
Closed	7 December 2017 (7 years ago) (2017-12-07)
Technical
Line length	1,376 m (4,514 ft)
Number of tracks	1 with passing loop
Track gauge	800 mm (2 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	from opening
Highest elevation	1,294 m (4,245 ft)

Drahtseilbahn Schwyz–Stoos (also Stoosbahn) was a funicular railway in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. It led from Schlattli in the municipality of Schwyz at 569 m to Stoos at 1294 m. The funicular was in use from 1933 to 2017, when it had been replaced by the current Stoosbahn with a different route.

The line had a length of 1376 m^{[note 1]} with a maximum incline of 78%.^[2]

In 1930, the Swiss Federal Assembly granted a concession for the line.^[3][4][5] The line was opened in 1933.^[2]

• 
  tunnel (2015)
• 
  upper station (2015)

Further reading

• "Schwyz Schlattli - Stoos" (in German). standseilbahnen.ch. 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
• Erwin Horat: Stoos in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
• "Technische Daten alte und neue Stoosbahn" (PDF; 1,1 MB). Informationen zur neuen Stoosbahn (in German). Stoosbahnen AG. 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.

Notes

1. ^[1] notes track length of 1383 m and line length of 1361 m

References

1. Wägli, Hans G., Schienennetz Schweiz, Réseau ferré suisse (in German and French)
2. Hunziker, F., "Die Drahtseilbahn Schwyz–Stoos", Schweizerische Bauzeitung (in German), 103 (1934) (18)
3. "Botschaft des Bundesrates an die Bundesversammlung betreffend Konzession einer Standseilbahn von Schwyz nach dem Stoos. (Vom 7. März 1930.)", Bundesblatt (in German), 1930/1: 181–188
4. "Botschaft des Bundesrates an die Bundesversammlung über die Änderung der Konzession für eine Standseilbahn Schwyz-Stoos. (Vom 9. Juni 1933.)", Bundesblatt (in German), 1933/1: 924–925
5. Swiss Federal Council (14 June 1933), "Message du Conseil fédéral à l'Assemblée fédérale concernant la modification de la concession d'un chemin de fer funiculaire de Schwyz au Stoos. (Du 9 juin 1933.)" (PDF), Feuille Fédérale (in French), 1933/1 (24): 948–949, BAR-ADS: 10086934