Untersbergbahn - St. Leonhard, Austria
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N 47° 43.542 E 013° 02.527
33T E 353180 N 5287670
Untersbergbahn in St. Leonhard in Austria.
Waymark Code: WMH3ZP
Location: Salzburg, Austria
Date Posted: 05/18/2013
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At the beginning of the 20th century a connection between the City of Salzburg and Untersberg was planned by means of a postless "monster cable-car". After 1945, after the stabilization of the economic conditions in Austria, the plan could be realized. In 1958 the Untersberg cable-car Society was founded, in 1959 construction started and the opening followed in 1961.
The Untersberg cable-car (UBB) is operated by a two-cable system and runs in shuttle-traffic. The UBB, from a technical point of view, reaches several peak values in comparison to other cable-cars within the Alps: Exceptionally large difference in altitude of 1320 m, largest distance from the ground 286m, and an enormously long free-hanging span of 1.548 km between the valley station and post I.
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