Rigi Railways (German: Rigi Bahnen) is a railway company that operates a group of railways on the mountain Rigi, located between two of the arms of Lake...
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summit. The Rigi Kulm and other areas, such as the resort of Rigi Kaltbad, are served by Europe's oldest mountain railways, the Rigi Railways. The whole...
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is now owned by Rigi Railways, along with the Arth–Rigi railway line, which runs on the other side of the mountain, and the Weggis–Rigi Kaltbad cable car...
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Rigi railway may refer to: Vitznau–Rigi railway line Arth–Rigi railway line Rigi Railways Seilbahn Rigiblick Zecca–Righi funicular This disambiguation...
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effects of snow or ice on the rails. Most rack railways are mountain railways, although a few are transit railways or tramways built to overcome a steep gradient...
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'Arth-Rigi Railways') between 1873–1875 and operated by that company until its merger with the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn in 1992 to form Rigi Railways. When the...
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Rigi Staffel railway station is a railway station at 1,604 m (5,262 ft) on Rigi at the junction of the rack railways Arth–Rigi railway and Vitznau–Rigi...
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the municipality of Weggis. Rigi Kaltbad is located on the flanks of the Rigi and is connected to Vitznau by the Rigi Railways. It is also connected to Weggis...
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of Lucerne. It is the terminus of the standard gauge Vitznau–Rigi line of Rigi Railways. The Lake Lucerne Navigation Company (SGV) operates regular ferry...
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Arth–Rigi line of Rigi Railways. The station consists of an elevated platform above the mainline Arth-Goldau station of Swiss Federal Railways. As of...
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double-track line. Further, the Arth-Rigi-Bahn's trains (nowadays Rigi Railways), are also listed in the Gotthard railways' timetable. The timetable's scale...
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Küssnacht am Rigi railway station (German: Bahnhof Küssnacht am Rigi) is a railway station in the municipality of Küssnacht, in the Swiss canton of Schwyz...
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mountain railways, provide services with well-preserved historic trains for tourists, for instance the Rigi Railways, the oldest rack railway in Europe...
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Opened in 1816, it can only be reached on foot or via the Vitznau–Rigi or Arth–Rigi railways. It is said that 125 named peaks and thirteen lakes are visible...
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Bahn) Monte Generoso Railway Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line Pilatusbahn Rhätische Bahn Rigi Bahnen (Arth-Rigi-Bahn, Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn) Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn...
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the Ober Nas (upper nose) of the Rigi to the east to reach the Vitznauer Bucht. In front of Vitznau below the Rigi the lake turns sharply west again...
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before and afterwards) Monte Generoso Railway Pilatus Railway Rigi Bahnen (Arth-Rigi and Vitznau-Rigi railways) Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn, Rorschach to Heiden...
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Railway (rack) Reichenbachfall Funicular Rhaetian Railway, notably on the Albula and Bernina lines (adhesion) Riffelalp tram (adhesion) Rigi Railways...
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This list of heritage railways includes heritage railways sorted by country, state, or region. A heritage railway is a preserved or tourist railroad which...
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Küssnacht (redirect from Küssnacht am Rigi)
Küssnacht am Rigi (official name since 2004: Küssnacht) is a village and a district and a municipality in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. The municipality...
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The Rigi–Scheidegg railway (German: Rigi-Scheidegg-Bahn; RSB) is a former railway line built high on the Rigi massif on the cantonal border between Lucerne...
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A band brake fitted to an 1873 steam locomotive of the Rigi Railways...
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Sylvester Marsh (section Cog railway)
drawings of the machinery and track, from which a similar railway, Rigi Railways, was built up Mount Rigi in Switzerland.[citation needed] Rines, George Edwin...
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Both lines have two platforms serving three tracks. Additionally, the Arth–Rigi line terminates in its own platforms above and at right angles to the Gotthard...
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Küssnacht am Rigi landing stage (German: Küssnacht am Rigi (See)) is a landing stage in the municipality of Küssnacht, in the Swiss canton of Schwyz....
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Commission on Railway Gauges reported in favour of a standard gauge. The subsequent Gauge Act ruled that new passenger-carrying railways in Great Britain...
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Társaság (~ Public Railway Society of Buda). Nikolaus Riggenbach (the designer of the Vitznau-Rigi railway, Europe's first rack railway that opened in 1871)...
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one type of brakes historically used on trains. In the earliest days of railways, braking technology was primitive. The first trains had brakes operative...
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the community of Arth, canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. It lies between the Rigi and Rossberg mountains, and between lakes Zug and Lauerz. Well known attractions...
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