Monte Generoso Railway

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mountain railway rack railway tourist railway

The Monte Generoso Railway is a historic rack railway in southern Switzerland that climbs from the lakeside to the summit of Monte Generoso, offering scenic alpine views.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Monte Generoso railway 2
Monte Generoso railway line 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain railway ⓘ
rack railway ⓘ
tourist railway ⓘ
connectsTo Capolago-Riva San Vitale railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsWith Swiss Federal Railways network NERFINISHED ⓘ
convertedToElectricTraction 1950s ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
electrification electric ⓘ
electrificationCurrent DC ⓘ
electrificationVoltage_V 3000 ⓘ
endingPoint Monte Generoso summit NERFINISHED ⓘ
gauge metre gauge ⓘ
hasStation Bellavista NERFINISHED ⓘ
Capolago Lago NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monte Generoso Vetta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rovio NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Nicolao NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus historic railway ⓘ
languageRegion Italian-speaking Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
length_km 9 ⓘ
locatedIn canton of Ticino NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Monte Generoso NERFINISHED ⓘ
lowerTerminusElevation_m 274 ⓘ
maximumGradient_percent 22 ⓘ
notableFeature historic rolling stock ⓘ
scenic alpine views ⓘ
offersViewOf Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Lugano NERFINISHED ⓘ
opened 1890 ⓘ
openingDate 1890-06-04 ⓘ
operator Ferrovie Monte Generoso SA NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalTraction steam ⓘ
owner Ferrovie Monte Generoso SA NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse tourist transport ⓘ
rackSystem Abt system ⓘ
region Lugano Prealps NERFINISHED ⓘ
seasonalOperation yes ⓘ
startingPoint Capolago NERFINISHED ⓘ
summitFacilities panoramic terrace ⓘ
restaurant ⓘ
terminus Capolago NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monte Generoso summit NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismCategory Swiss mountain railways ⓘ
trackGauge_mm 1000 ⓘ
typicalOperatingSeason spring to autumn ⓘ
upperTerminusElevation_m 1704 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Capolago-Riva San Vitale railway station → connectsTo → Monte Generoso Railway ⓘ
Monte Generoso railway lower terminus → serves → Monte Generoso Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monte Generoso railway
Monte Generoso railway lower terminus → terminusOf → Monte Generoso Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monte Generoso railway
Monte Generoso railway lower terminus → partOf → Monte Generoso Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monte Generoso railway line