The Nerobergbahn is a

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railway in

Wiesbaden Wiesbaden () is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the state of Hesse. , it had 290,955 inhabitants, plus approximately 21,000 United States citizens (mostly associated with the United States Army). The Wiesbaden urban area ...

, Germany. The line links the city, with a station at the north of the

Nerotalanlagen The Nerotalanlagen (Nero Valley Park) is a park in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. The English landscape garden was built in the 19th century in the north of the city, below the Neroberg, along the stream valley of the Schwarzbach creek. The listed h ...

, with the

Neroberg Neroberg is a hill in Wiesbaden in Hesse, Germany. It offers a panoramic view of the city and is therefore a tourist destination, reached by the historic Nerobergbahn, a funicular railway from the Nerotalanlagen. File:Wiesbaden Nerobergbahn 201 ...

hill to its north, which offers a

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view.

History

The line opened in 1888, and is one of the few funiculars employing water propulsion. At the upper station, tanks on the downhill car are filled with up to of water to ensure that it is heavier than the uphill car. The downhill car then pulls the uphill car uphill with a long steel cable. When the downhill carriage arrives at the lower station, the water is discharged and pumped uphill. In 1939, it was planned to convert the line to electric propulsion and to provide larger cars, but the outbreak of

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prevented this. The line was taken out of service in 1944 due to war damage, and service was restarted in 1948. In 1988 the line was protected as a technical monument by the State of Hesse.

Specifications

The funicular has the following technical parameters: *Maximum

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: 26% *Average gradient: 19% *Journey time: 3.5 minutes *Traction: Water ballast

Gallery

File:Wiesbaden Nerobergbahn 2010-05-01 17.08.21.jpg, A car of the Nerobergbahn funicular in the upper station File:WiesbadenNerobergbahnBergstation.JPG, The upper station

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