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Standseilbahn Schwyz–Stoos

Standseilbahn Schwyz–Stoos, Funicular railway in Schwyz, Switzerland.

The Standseilbahn Schwyz–Stoos was a funicular in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, running from Schlattli near Schwyz at 569 m to Stoos at 1,294 m. Its 1,361 m track crossed a 60 m bridge over the Muota gorge, passed through two tunnels (150 m and 73 m), and had a maximum gradient of 781 ‰. Two 100-person cars, built by Gangloff, were hauled by a 500 PS drive in the upper station.

A first funicular on this route opened in 1933, giving the mountain village its first reliable link to the valley below. The original line was replaced in 2017 by a completely new system, which at the time of opening held the record as the world's steepest funicular.

The line's name appears in two forms: the operator was the Drahtseilbahn Schwyz-Stoos AG (DSS), while the route itself was called Standseilbahn Schwyz–Stoos. Its two cars each carried 100 people, and a platform trailer hauled goods and sports equipment, sometimes even livestock. The 1968–1971 rebuild added separate passenger and freight halls at the stations.

The line ran from Schlattli, about half a kilometre east of the Suworow bridge, up to the northern edge of the Stoos plateau, roughly a kilometre from the village centre. The track crossed the Muota gorge on a 60 m long and 60 m high bridge, then passed through a 150 m tunnel and a 73 m tunnel, partly built as an open cutting with a curved concrete roof.

The 1933 line's steepest section reached 781 per mille, about 78 percent, at the top of the 150 m first tunnel near the passing loop. Its two cars each carried 100 people, hauled by a 500 PS drive in the mountain station. The 60 m bridge over the Muota gorge was part of the route.

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