Mendel funicular
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The Mendel Funicular, (Template:Langx, Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a funicular railway in Italy. It connects the Überetsch plateau with the Mendel Pass.
Track
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History
The funicular was planned by Emil Strub as part of a link to connect Bolzano with the Mendel Pass, by linking to the St. Anton terminus of the Überetsch Railway. In 1903 Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria opened the line itself after nearly one year of construction. The line was at the time one of the lengthiest funiculars in Europe. Until 1934 tourists could use the funicular and some other railways to make a journey around the Mendel.
Today
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Arriving at Mendel Pass
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On the line
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View from behind the driver
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At the Mendel Pass
See also
Further reading
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External links
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