DFB
Furka Cogwheel Steam RailwayRoute map and facts
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DFBFurka Cogwheel Steam RailwayRoute map and facts |
| Openings Amalgamations Closure | Oberwald - Gletsch | * 06-30-1914 |
| Gletsch - Realp | * 06-04-1926 | |
| Closure Oberwald - Realp | + 10-31-1981 | |
| Reopening Realp - Tiefenbach | 07-11-1992 | |
| Reopening Tiefenbach - Furka | 07-30-1993 | |
| Reopening Furka - Gletsch | 07-14-2000 | |
| Reopening Gletsch - Oberwald | 08-12-2000 | |
| Technical facts | Gauge | 1000 mm |
| Length | 18100 m (actually 7400 m) | |
| Maximum gradient | 11,0 % | |
| Minimum radius | 70 m | |
| Rack system | Abt | |
| Bridges | 11 | |
| Tunnel | 5 |
| Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke AG | Verein Furka-Bergstrecke | |
| Travel service Postfach 35 CH-3999 Oberwald | Seecretariate c/o Simone Hurter Steinacherstrasse 6 CH-8910 Affoltern a/A | |
| Telephone: ++41 (0) 84800014427 Fax: ++41 (0)55 615 3093 email: reisedienst@fu-be.ch | email: simone_hurter@bluewin.ch |
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