Funiculaire Moléson-sur-Gruyères – Plan-Francey is a

funicular railway A funicular ( ) is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep slope. The system is characterized by two counterbalanced carriages (also called cars or trains) permanently attached to opposite ends ...

in the

Canton of Fribourg The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg, is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by more than two thirds of the citizens and German by a little more than a quarter. Both are official languages in th ...

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. The line leads from

Moléson-sur-Gruyères Moléson-sur-Gruyères (also known as ''Moléson-Village'') is a village in the Swiss Alps, located in the canton of Fribourg. The village is situated in the municipality of Gruyères, south of Bulle, at a height of 1,132 metres above sea level. Th ...

at 1111 m to Plan-Francey at 1520 m. From there, an aerial cableway continues to the summit of

Moléson The Moléson (French language, French: ''Le Moléson'') () is a mountain of the Swiss Prealps, overlooking the region of Gruyères in the canton of Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg. It lies at the northern end of the chain between Lake Geneva and t ...

(2002 m). The line of the funicular has a length of about 1350 m and a difference of elevation of 409 m. The funicular with two cars has a single track with a

passing loop A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place, refuge loop or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at or near a station, where trains o ...

. Built in 1998, it replaced an aerial cableway from the 1960s. Already in the 1900s projects of funiculars, rack-railways and a train line to the top of Moléson were made, some receiving concessions, but ultimately not realized. The funicular is owned and operated by the company ''Centre Touristique Gruyères-Moléson-Vudalla S.A.'' (abbreviated ''TTM'' or "GMV SA").

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