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Sonnenbergbahn
Sonnenbergbahn
	lower station (2010)
Overview
Other name(s)	Standseilbahn Kriens–Sonnenberg; Sonnenbergbahn Kriens
Status	in operation
Owner	A.G. Sonnenbergbahn Kriens
Locale	Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
Coordinates	47°02′27″N 8°16′31″E / 47.0407°N 8.2752°E
Termini	"Kriens (Sonnenbergbahn)" at Waldheimstrasse 11 (47°02′14″N 8°16′37″E / 47.03727°N 8.27684°E); "Sonnenberg (Kriens)" (47°02′38″N 8°16′21″E / 47.04391°N 8.27253°E);
Stations	3 (including "Zumhof")
Service
Type	funicular
Route number	2515
Rolling stock	2 for 30 passengers each
History
Opened	5 May 1902; (122 years ago)
Hotel closed	1955
Technical
Track length	839 metres (2,753 ft)
Number of tracks	1 with passing loop
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Electrification	from opening
Operating speed	1.6 metres per second (5.2 ft/s)
Highest elevation	704 m (2,310 ft)
Maximum incline	42.5%

The Sonnenberg Funicular, also known as the Standseilbahn Kriens–Sonnenberg (KSB) or Sonnenbergbahn, is a funicular railway near the city of Lucerne in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. It links the town of Kriens with the Sonnenberg at 704 m, a hiking and recreational area, and serves an intermediate stop at Zumhof.^[2]^[3]

The line was opened in 1902. In recent years it has been restored electrically and mechanically.^[3]

The funicular has the following parameters:^[2]^[3]

Feature	Value
Number of stops	3
Configuration	Single track with passing loop
Track length	839 metres (2,753 ft)
Rise	210 metres (690 ft)
Maximum gradient	42.5%
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Number of cars	2
Capacity	30 passengers per car
Maximum speed	1.6 metres per second (5.2 ft/s)
Travel time	8 minutes

References

^ "2515: Sonnenberg - Kriens" (PDF), Fahrplanfelder.ch, Tableaux-horaires.ch (in German), 2022, 2515
^ ^a ^b "Sonnenberg-Bahn, Kriens". Seetal-plus.ch. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "61.044 Kriens - Sonnenberg, Kriens, Standseilbahn", Schweizer Seilbahninventar = Inventaire suisse des installations à câbles = Inventario svizzero degli impianti a fune [Swiss Inventory of Cableways] (in German, French, and Italian), Federal Office of Culture, 2011, retrieved 17 April 2014