Hungerburgbahn

Hungerburgbahn
Legend Hungerburg altitude: 860m length: 462m Stampfbeton Viaductlength: 160m altitude: 750mAlpenzoo x20px "Abt's points" passing loop Alpenzooclosed 1987 Inn bridge length: 445mWeiherburgtunnel Riesenrundgemälde altitude: 572m Inn bridge Löwenhaus length: 371.5 mRennwegtunnel altitude: 560mCongress

Hungerburgbahn is a hybrid funicular railway in Innsbruck, Austria, connecting the city district of Hungerburg with the city centre. It opened on 1 December 2007 and has four stations:

• Congress (underground station)
• Löwenhaus
• Alpenzoo
• Hungerburg

The stations were designed by Zaha Hadid.

Data

Top station: Hungerburg

Length	1,838 m (1.14 mi)
Upper station	857 m (2,811 ft)
Rise	288 m (945 ft)
Duration	0:08:10
Velocity	10 m/s (22.5 MPH)
Capacity of train	130 persons
Capacity of the system	1200 persons / h

Previous Hungerburgbahn

Hungerburgbahn crossing the Inn river, about 1907

The current Hungerburgbahn has replaced a funicular of the same name, but rather different routing, which was in operation between 1906 and 2005. The length of the track was 839 m and the rise was 287 m. The lower station was in the city district of Saggen.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Nordkette (cable cars)
• Hungerburgbahn Innsbruck on YouTube