Schweizer Bobbahn, Steel bobsled roller coaster in Europa-Park, Germany

Schweizer Bobbahn is a steel roller coaster at Europa-Park in Rust, where freely moving cars shaped like bobsleds travel through a steel channel. The cars are not locked to a fixed rail, so they roll and sway naturally through the trough during the entire ride.

The ride was built in 1985 by Mack Rides and was the first prototype of its kind in the world. The concept of freely rolling cars inside a channel inspired similar attractions built in other parks afterward.

The cars are painted in the colors of different nations, echoing the look of real bobsled teams at winter competitions. The ride winds through a replica of a Swiss mountain village, with wooden buildings and alpine details visible along the route.

The ride sits in the Swiss area of Europa-Park, above the replica village of Chandolin, and the station doubles as a farm building. The queue is fed by trains of twelve riders, so the line moves in batches. The track runs close to the ground past wooden chalets, and the final brake building holds a rotating parking track for the trains.

The ride opened in 1985 as the first steel bobsled coaster with multi-car trains, and Mack Rides built it as the prototype for this design. Since La Vibora closed, it has been the oldest bobsled coaster still running. Five trains run in different colours, each carrying the flag of another nation.