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.

Technical details

Du Perce-Neige
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 14 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

Sources

All data taken from the Perce-Neige page on Remontees-Mechaniques.net website and the Lift World database on Grande Motte Funiculaire.

Coordinates: 45°26′07″N 6°54′07″E / 45.4354°N 6.9020°E / 45.4354; 6.9020

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