Fleißalmbahn Heiligenblut. This funicular is unique for many reasons. Built in 1987 by Doppelmeyer, the Fleißalmbahn takes skiers from the talstation at Roßbach, above the Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße from above the town of Heiligenblut to the skiing area of Fleißalm. The line is 1,810 metres long, and transports 80 customers at a time in five connected cars. The cars are suspended from the line, for this is a monorail – but the unique aspect of this line is that 90% of it is in tunnel. The line uses the bore of a hydro-electric power scheme pipeline which uses meltwater from the Pasterze glacier in summer. The pipeline, and therefore the funicular, loses 63 metres in height between the end stations.

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updated 1st May 2006
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