Funiculaire de Thonon-les-Bains

Funiculaire de Thonon-les-Bains
Overview
Locale	Thonon-les-Bains, France
Stations	2
Service
Ridership	230,000 (per year)
History
Opened	2 April 1888

The Funiculaire de Thonon-les-Bains, or Thonon-les-Bains Funicular, is a funicular railway in the spa town of Thonon-les-Bains, in the French département of Haute-Savoie. The line links the Belvedere, in the city centre, to the port of Rives, on the shores of Lake Geneva.^[1][2]

The funicular is managed by the Syndicat intercommunal des bus de l'agglomération thononaise (SIBAT), which is also responsible for the local bus service. It was opened in 1888. It has been renovated twice, first in 1951.

After another renovation finished in 1989 a fully automated system designed by Poma was put into operation. It was the 1st of its kind in France.^[3][1]

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

• Length: 243 metres (797 ft)
• Height: 46 metres (151 ft)
• Average steepness: 21 %
• Capacity: 54 passengers per car
• Haulage speed: 3 metres per second (9.8 ft/s)

• List of funicular railways

• Media related to Funiculaire de Thonon-les-Bains at Wikimedia Commons
• Funicular page on SIBAT web site Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine

46°22′30″N 6°28′47″E / 46.37500°N 6.47972°E / 46.37500; 6.47972

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