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Rives-Thonon Cable Car

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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.

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Lat, Lng

46.3757966.479112

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Altitude

380 m

Port de Rives - Belvédère

74200 Thonon-les-Bains

Point of Interest updated on 16/07/2025

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Full price: 1.20 €. Free entry for children < 6 years. Group rate available for > 10 people.

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SPL DESTINATION THONON - 15/07/2025
www.thononlesbains.com
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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.