Funiculaire du Perce-Neige
The Funiculaire du Perce-Neige in Tignes, France is an underground Funicular from the neighborhood Val Claret to the summer-skiing area and the lower station of the Telepherique Grande Motte.
General information
The Perce-Neige transports the passenger from Val Claret at 2,100 m (6,890 ft). in 6 minutes to the slopes of the Grande Motte. On arrival at 3,032 m (9,948 ft) one can transfer to the Grande Motte cable-car that brings the skier to 3,456 m (11,339 ft), the highest point in Tignes.
The system opened on 15 June 1989. The name Perce-Neige is a play on words, in that perce-neige is the French word for a snowdrop but can also be interpreted more literally as the funicular that pierces through the snow.
Technical details
| name | value |
| Number of trains: | 2 |
| cabins per train: | 2 |
| Altitude base station: | 2,100 m (6,890 ft). |
| Altitude mountain station: | 3,032 m (9,948 ft). |
| difference: | 932 m (3,058 ft). |
| slope length: | 3,484 m (11,430 ft). |
| speed: | 12 metres per second (39.37 ft/s) |
| track width: | 1,200 mm (3 ft 11+1⁄4 in) |
| diameter pulling cable: | 52 mm (2.05 in). |
| trip length: | 6 minutes |
| Builder: | Von Roll |
| maximum gradient: | 30% |
| average gradient: | 18% |
| capacity: | 3000 persons/hour |
| capacity per train: | 334 passengers+1 conductor (167 per train) |
| smallest tunnel diameter: | 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) |
| Power: | 3 engines totaling 2,900 kW (3,900 hp). |
| location: | mountain station |
| make: | SICME MOTORI |
| length dual tube passing loop: |
203 m (666 ft) (passing area) |
| train mass: | 32 tonnes (31 long tons; 35 short tons) empty, 58.8 tonnes (57.9 long tons; 64.8 short tons) maximum |
See also
References
- "Perce-Neige". Remontees-Mechaniques.net.
- "Grande Motte Funiculaire". Lift World database.