Rives-Thonon Cable Car
Description
Thonon’s 19th Century hillside railway, Constructed in 1888, ‘Le Funiculaire’ was moved by a counter-weighting system using 11 tons of water. Today, it still links the port to the town centre, but since 1990, it has been powered by electricity.
The cable car Rives-Thonon (in Thonon-les-Bains), the second cable car built in France, was founded on April 2, 1888. Conceived by the engineer Auguste Alesmonières, it is the only cable car in the world where the two cars pass each other in a turn. The total length is 230 meters, 86.8 meters of turning. Before, eleven tons of water were used to run the cable car, and it was not until 1990 that the cable car started running automatically.
Technical Information
Altimetric profile
Date and time
- From 01/05/2024 to 30/06/2024
- From 01/07/2024 to 31/08/2024
- From 01/09/2024 to 30/09/2024
- From 01/10/2024 to 30/04/2025
Additional information
Contact
Phone :
04 50 26 35 35
04 50 71 55 55
Email : thonon@thononlesbains.com
Website : www.star-t.fr/
Open period
From 01/05 to 30/06
Opening hours between 8 am and 9 pm.
From 01/07 to 31/08
Opening hours daily between 8 am and 11 pm.
From 01/09 to 30/09
Opening hours between 8 am and 9 pm.
From 01/10 to 30/04
Opening hours on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 8 am and 12.15 pm and between 1.15 pm and 6.30 pm. On Sunday between 10.30 am and 12.15 pm and between 1.15 pm and 6 pm.
Closed exceptionally on January 1st and December 25th.
Updated by
Office de Tourisme de Thonon-les-Bains - 27/10/2023
www.thononlesbains.com
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Price(s)
Full price: 1.20 €.
Free entry for children
Group rate available for > 10 people.
