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AdventuresTechnology cogwheel railway Goldau - Rigi Klösterli - Rigi Kulm
| Opening of service Arth am See - Goldau - Rigi Kulm The route Arth am See - Goldau was closed on 1 September 1959 and replaced by a bus service |
4 June 1875 | |
| Introduction of electrified operation | 1 May 1907 | |
| Installations for electrified operation | Rectifier substations | 2 |
| Supply with three phase alternating current |
15 kV/50 Hz | |
| D.C. traction power | 1'500 V | |
| Rectifier substation output (Kräbel 1'500 kW, Klösterli 2'050 kW) |
3'550 kW | |
| Tracks Standard gauge | 1'435 mm | |
| Operating length | 8'551 m | |
| Rack and pinion system | Niklaus Riggenbach | |
| Steepest gradient | 200 o/oo | |
| Medium gradient | 144 o/oo | |
| Smallest radius (track section) | 120 m | |
| 2 tunnels | Schönenboden | length 67 m |
| Pfädern | length 48 m | |
| 8 bridges total length | 368 m | |
| Altitude of the stations | Goldau | 518 m above sea level |
| Rigi Klösterli | 1'315 m above sea level | |
| Rigi Kulm | 1'752 m above sea level |
| Vehicles | 4 Electric shuttle trains | 508 kW |
| 1 Electric shuttle train | 824 kW | |
| 1 Electric traction car (oldest electric cogwheel rail car in the world, dated 1911) | 390 kW | |
| 1 Electric locomotive with electric rotary snow plough | 449 kW | |
| 1 Electric traction car | 449 kW | |
| 4 Passenger waggons | ||
| 10 Freight waggons, service vehicles, snow ploughs etc. | ||
| Speed Electric traction vehicles |
Mountain travel | 21 km/h |
| Valley travel 144 o/oo | 17 km/h | |
| Valley travel 145 - 200 o/oo | 14 km/h | |
| Travel time | Goldau - Rigi Kulm | 35 minutes |
| Capacity | 1'000 persons/h |
