Hungerburgbahn, Funicular railway in Innsbruck, Austria
The roughly 1,500-meter (1,640-yard) route links downtown with the Hungerburg district through underground sections near Congress and surface stretches offering views across the city and surrounding mountains.
The initial installation began service in 1906 and provided transport to Hungerburg for 99 years before being replaced by the new line that commenced operations on December 1, 2007.
Zaha Hadid's design for the stations incorporates flowing forms and transparent materials that establish a dialogue between contemporary architecture and the Alpine environment, earning international recognition.
Daily service runs from early morning until evening, transporting up to 1,200 passengers per hour across the four stations: Congress, Löwenhaus, Alpenzoo and Hungerburg in both directions.
Each cabin houses five separate compartments within a shared frame, a technical feature designed to handle the extreme gradient changes along the route with slopes reaching 48 percent.
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