The Merkur Funicular Railway () is a

metre gauge Metre-gauge railways ( US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. Metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by several European colonial powers including France, Britain and ...

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 town of

Baden-Baden Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the states of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos (river), Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

, Germany. The line ascends the town's ''

Hausberg {{italic title ''Hausberg'' (lit.: "house mountain", plural: ''Hausberge'') is German for a prominent mountain or hill in the immediate vicinity of a village, town or city, usually located on its municipal territory, but outside the built up are ...

'', the

Merkur Merkur (, '' Mercury'') is a North American brand of automobiles marketed by the Lincoln- Mercury division of Ford Motor Company for model years 1985–1989. Drawing its name from the German word for Mercury, Merkur, the brand targeted buyers ...

(668.3 m), atop which is the

Merkur Tower The Merkur Tower () is an observation tower on the Merkur near Baden-Baden, at 8°16'50" E and 48°45'52" N. The tower has been in use since 8 April 1950 by the former SWF (now SWR) as a transmission tower for FM-radio and, since 1953, televisi ...

. The line opened in 1913 and closed in 1967. It was reopened on 27 April 1979. The funicular has the following technical parameters: *Length: ' *Height: ' *Maximum steepness: ''54%'' *Cars: ''2'' *Capacity: ''38 passengers per car'' *

Track gauge In rail transport, track gauge is the distance between the two rails of a railway track. All vehicles on a rail network must have Wheelset (rail transport), wheelsets that are compatible with the track gauge. Since many different track gauges ...

: ' *Traction: ''Electricity'' *Control: ''Automatic''

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* http://www.stadtwerke-baden-baden.de/stadtwerke/html/merkur_history.htm Buildings and structures in Baden-Baden Railway lines in Baden-Württemberg Funicular railways in Germany Metre-gauge railways in Germany Railway lines opened in 1913 1913 establishments in Germany {{germany-rail-transport-stub

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