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 . in 6 minutes to the slopes of the Grande Motte. On arrival at one can transfer to the Grande Motte cable-car that brings the skier to , the highest point in Tignes.
The system opened on 15 June 1989. The name Perce-Neige is a play on words, in that perce-neige is the French word for a snowdrop but can also be interpreted more literally as the funicular that pierces through the snow.
Technical details + Du Perce-Neige name valueNumber of trains: 2 cabins per train: 2 Altitude base station: . Altitude mountain station: . difference: . slope length: . speed: track width: diameter pulling cable: . 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: Power: 3 engines totaling . location: mountain station make: SICME MOTORI length dual tubepassing loop: (passing area) train mass: empty, maximum
See also List of funicular railways Funival
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