Montenvers Railway

E69032

mountain railway rack railway tourist railway

Montenvers Railway is a historic mountain rack railway in the French Alps that carries passengers from Chamonix up to the Mer de Glace glacier.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Montenvers Railway canonical	9
Chamonix-Montenvers railway line	1
Chemin de fer du Montenvers	1
Furka railway line	1
Mer de Glace railway	1
Montenvers Railway infrastructure	1
Montenvers railway	1
Montenvers railway (approach via glaciers)	1
Montenvers station	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain railway ⓘ rack railway ⓘ tourist railway ⓘ
builtFor	access to Mer de Glace glacier ⓘ
category	rack railways in France ⓘ rail transport in Haute-Savoie ⓘ tourist attractions in Chamonix ⓘ
connectsTo	Chamonix ⓘ Mer de Glace ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
designedFor	access to high mountain environment ⓘ
electrification	11 kV AC ⓘ overhead line ⓘ
elevationGain	about 878 m ⓘ
endElevation	about 1913 m ⓘ
gauge	1000 mm ⓘ metre gauge ⓘ
hasFrenchName	Montenvers Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chemin de fer du Montenvers
hasStation	Chamonix-Mont-Blanc station ⓘ Les Planards ⓘ Montenvers station ⓘ
heritage	historic railway ⓘ
languageOfName	French ⓘ
lineLength	about 5.1 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ⓘ Chamonix ⓘ surface form: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc French Alps ⓘ
near	Aiguille Verte ⓘ Aiguille du Dru ⓘ
numberOfStations	3 ⓘ
offersViewOf	Mer de Glace ⓘ Mont Blanc massif ⓘ surface form: Mont-Blanc massif
openingDate	1909-08-09 ⓘ
operator	Compagnie du Mont-Blanc ⓘ
owner	Compagnie du Mont-Blanc ⓘ
partOf	Mont-Blanc massif tourist infrastructure ⓘ
primaryUse	passenger transport ⓘ tourism ⓘ
rackSystem	Strub system ⓘ
region	Haute-Savoie ⓘ
seasonalOperation	year-round with variations ⓘ
serves	Mer de Glace ⓘ surface form: Mer de Glace glacier Montenvers Hotel ⓘ
startElevation	about 1035 m ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ
terminus	Chamonix ⓘ Mer de Glace ⓘ Montenvers ⓘ

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

Chamonix → hasRailway → Montenvers Railway ⓘ

Mer de Glace → hasTouristFacility → Montenvers Railway ⓘ

Mer de Glace → accessibleFrom → Montenvers Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Montenvers station

Rhône Glacier → hasNearbyRailway → Montenvers Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Furka railway line

Montenvers Railway → hasFrenchName → Montenvers Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chemin de fer du Montenvers

Sea of Ice → accessibleBy → Montenvers Railway ⓘ

Montenvers viewpoint → accessedBy → Montenvers Railway ⓘ

Aiguille Verte → accessPoint → Montenvers Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Montenvers railway (approach via glaciers)

Glacier de Leschaux → accessPoint → Montenvers Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Montenvers railway

Compagnie du Mont-Blanc → operates → Montenvers Railway ⓘ

Compagnie du Mont-Blanc → owns → Montenvers Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Montenvers Railway infrastructure

Montenvers Hotel → accessedBy → Montenvers Railway ⓘ

Montenvers Hotel → locatedAtTerminusOf → Montenvers Railway ⓘ

Les Planards → near → Montenvers Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mer de Glace railway

Montenvers station → terminusOf → Montenvers Railway ⓘ

Montenvers station → connectedTo → Montenvers Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chamonix-Montenvers railway line

Montenvers → hasTransportConnection → Montenvers Railway ⓘ