Ski Resorts News
05/04/2019
A new public transport hub is being built in Fiesch. This once-in-a-century construction project combines a new railway station with a train and bus terminal and direct access to the gondolas up to Fiescheralp.
The public transport hub includes a completely new station for the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway (Fiesch station), and Aletsch Bahnen AG is incorporating the valley station of the new 10-seater gondola lift to Fiescheralp into the building. This is a new cable-car line and the mountain station is being adapted to include new garage facilities. A new bus terminal is being built next to the valley station in Fiesch, with a focus on safety, customer benefit and site development for third-party use. All facilities will be barrier-free (disabled-accessible).
Train, PostBus and cable car all in one place: genuine added value for all winter sports enthusiasts, hikers and touring guests in the Aletsch Arena.
The new public transport hub will open on 7 December 2019.
The new 10-seater gondola lift technical data | ||
Capacity | 1800 guests/hour | |
Max. capacity | 1960 guests/hour | |
Travel speed | 7m/s | |
Journey time | 7.8 minutes | |
Number of passenger cabins | 48 | |
Number of transport cabins | 2 | |
Cabin type CWA Omega | 5 | |
Number of pylons | 13 | |
Altitude difference | 1144 metres | |
Inclined length | 2702 metres | |
Cable thickness | 56mm | |
Automatic rope monitoring | RPD Rope Position Detection System | |
D-Line | state-of-the-art, noise-optimised |
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