Herzogstand Cable Car

The Herzogstand Cable Car (German: Herzogstandbahn) was built in 1994 as replacement for a 4,500-foot (1,400 m) chair lift through the Bavarian alps.

Its two cabins carry passengers from the village of Walchensee (800 metres/2,600 ft above NN) to the Fahrenberg mountain (1,600 metres/5,200 ft above NN) on the upper slopes of the Herzogstand mountain.

The cableway uses a 43 mm (1.7 in) carrying cable and a 21 mm (0.83 in) hauling cable.

The cable car is driven by a 185 kilowatt engine.

The journey time each way is four minutes and the cars reach a top speed of 8 metres per second (18 mph).