Ligerz–Prêles funicular

E298954

funicular railway hillside cable railway

The Ligerz–Prêles funicular is a hillside cable railway in Switzerland that links the lakeside village of Ligerz with the higher plateau settlement of Prêles above Lake Biel.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ligerz–Prêles funicular canonical	1
Ligerz–Prêles funicular lower station (via short walk)	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	funicular railway ⓘ hillside cable railway ⓘ
category	Funicular railways in Switzerland ⓘ Railway lines opened in 1912 ⓘ Transport in the canton of Bern ⓘ
connectsSettlement	lakeside village of Ligerz ⓘ plateau settlement of Prêles ⓘ
connectsToRailwayLine	Jura Foot Railway ⓘ surface form: Jura Foot railway line
connectsToTransport	Ligerz railway station ⓘ
connectsWith	Lake of Biel ⓘ surface form: Lake Biel
country	Switzerland ⓘ
electrification	electric ⓘ
hasIntermediateStop	Schernelz ⓘ
hasPassingLoop	yes ⓘ
hasStation	Ligerz railway station ⓘ surface form: Ligerz station Prêles station ⓘ
hasViewOf	Lake of Biel ⓘ surface form: Lake Biel vineyards above Lake Biel ⓘ
languageRegion	bilingual German–French area ⓘ
locatedIn	Jura Mountains ⓘ canton of Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ
lowerTerminusElevation	approximately 437 m above sea level ⓘ
numberOfCars	2 ⓘ
numberOfTracks	1 ⓘ
opened	1912 ⓘ
operator	Ligerz–Prêles-Bahn AG ⓘ
owner	Ligerz–Prêles-Bahn AG ⓘ
primaryFunction	public transport ⓘ tourist transport ⓘ
regionServed	Jura region ⓘ surface form: Bernese Jura Lake Biel region ⓘ
safetySystem	automatic safety brakes ⓘ
status	in operation ⓘ
terminusLower	Ligerz ⓘ
terminusUpper	Prêles ⓘ
trackGauge	1000 mm ⓘ metre gauge ⓘ
typeOfHaulage	cable-hauled ⓘ
upperTerminusElevation	approximately 820 m above sea level ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Ligerz–Prêles funicular
Description of subject: The Ligerz–Prêles funicular is a hillside cable railway in Switzerland that links the lakeside village of Ligerz with the higher plateau settlement of Prêles above Lake Biel.

Referenced by (2)

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

village of Ligerz → hasFunicular → Ligerz–Prêles funicular ⓘ

subject surface form: Ligerz

Ligerz railway station → connectsTo → Ligerz–Prêles funicular ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ligerz–Prêles funicular lower station (via short walk)