Standseilbahn Stuttgart

Stuttgart Cable Car
The funicular ascending to the forest cemetery
Overview
Native name	Standseilbahn Stuttgart
Status	operational
Locale	Heslach, Stuttgart, Germany
Termini	Südheimer Platz (lower) Stuttgart Degerloch (upper)
Stations	2
Service
Type	funicular
System	Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG (SSB)
Route number	20
History
Opened	30 October 1929 (1929-10-30)
Technical
Line length	536 metres (586 yd)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge

Car number 2 at the upper station

Car number 1 in the lower station

The Standseilbahn Stuttgart or Stuttgart Cable Car is a funicular railway in the city of Stuttgart, Germany. The line links the Südheimer Platz valley station with the Stuttgart Degerloch forest cemetery in the south quarters of Heslach. Operated by Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG (SSB), it was opened on 30 October 1929 to facilitate visitors to the forest cemetery which is located 90 metres (295 ft) above Stuttgart Heslach. At Südheimer Platz, the funicular connects to Stuttgart Stadtbahn lines U1 and U14.

Overview

The funicular has the following technical parameters:

• Altitude difference: 87 metres (285 ft)
• Maximum steepness: 28.3%
• Journey time: 3 minutes
• Capacity: 74 passengers per car
• Traction: Cable-hauled, electric

The two cars, constructed of teak, were manufactured by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen. In December 1999, one of the cars was damaged by an uprooted tree as a result of a thunderstorm, but was afterwards restored. The line was modernized in 2004 in order to meet the new European Union safety guidelines for cable cars after the Kaprun disaster. Since 24 July 2004, it is again running on schedule.

The line is one of two active transport tourist attractions in Stuttgart, the other being the Stuttgart Rack Railway (line 10).

The line sometimes is referred to as 'Erbschleicherexpress' which translates as legacy hunter express.

See also

• List of funicular railways

References

Specific

General

1. Hans-Joachim Knupfer: Hoch über Heslach - Die Stuttgarter Seilbahn. 75 Jahre Technik- und Verkehrsgeschichte. Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-00-013868-4
2. G. Bauer, U. Theurer, C. Jeanmaire: Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen. Eine Dokumentation über die Straßenbahnlinien von 1868 - 1975. Verlag Eisenbahn Gut Vorhard, Villigen AG 1976, ISBN 3-85649-026-4, page 232
3. Gottfried Bauer, Ulrich Theurer: Von der Straßenbahn zur Stadtbahn Stuttgart 1975-2000. Eine Dokumentation über den Schienenverkehr der Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG (SSB) zwischen 1975 und 2000. Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-00-006615-2, pages 167,204-205

External links

• (in German) Standseilbahn Stuttgart at trampicturebook.de
• (in German) Description of the heslach round walk which incorporates a ride with the Standseilbahn Stuttgart