Lisebergbanan, Steel roller coaster in Liseberg amusement park, Sweden
Lisebergbanan is a steel roller coaster built on Geteberget hill inside Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg. Its 1.34 km track reaches 80 km/h and passes the Flume ride, Uppswinget and Helix attractions. The station is themed as a railway station, and five trains of 11 cars each seat two riders per car.
Lisebergbanan opened in 1987 as the first ride Anton Schwarzkopf produced with Zierer after his own company went bankrupt. It was then Europe's longest and highest steel coaster, and Schwarzkopf called it his personal favourite. The track was custom-designed for the slopes of Geteberget, and no trees were to be felled unless diseased.
The name means "Liseberg rail line", and the station is built as a railway station; a themed restaurant beneath it lets guests eat inside replica freight and passenger carriages. The park calls the 1987 ride a "true classic".
The coaster sits on Geteberget hill inside Liseberg, and its 1.34 km track passes the Flume ride, Uppswinget and Helix. Five trains of 11 cars carry up to 110 riders at once, so capacity is high. The first lift is 65 m long; the trains reach 80 km/h.
After a chain lift malfunction in 2006, the ride was fitted with safety improvements that went beyond what was standard at the time. This means the coaster now runs with systems that are more advanced than most other rides built in the same era.
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