At the beginning of the 20th century a connection between the City of Salzburg and Untersberg was planned by means of a postless "monster cable-car". After 1945, after the stabilization of the economic conditions in Austria, the plan could be realized. In 1958 the Untersberg cable-car Society was founded, in 1959 construction started and in 1961 the opening followed.
The Untersberg cable-car (UBB) is operated by a two-cable system and runs in shuttle-traffic. The UBB, from a technical point of view, reaches several peak values in comparison to other cable-cars within the Alps: Exceptionally large difference in altitude of 1320 m, largest distance from the ground 286m, and an enormously long free-hanging span of 1.548 km between the valley station and post I.
| Technical details: | April 1961 | ||||||||
| Construction time: | from 1958 till 1961 | ||||||||
| Ropeheight from the valleystaion St. Leonhard: | 456 m | ||||||||
| Ropeheight from the top station: | 1776 m | ||||||||
| Difference in altitude: | 1320 m | ||||||||
| Largest distance from ground : | 286 m | ||||||||
| Horizontal length of cable-car: | 2494 m | ||||||||
| Diagonal length of cable-car: | 2850 m | ||||||||
| Average inclination: | 52 % | ||||||||
| Largest inclination : | 79% | ||||||||
| Carrying rope | 65 mm diameter, from 259 wires , | ||||||||
| Towing rope: |
30 mm diameter, trackrope 26 mm,
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| 2 cabins |
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| Maximum speed: | 7 m/s | ||||||||
| Transport duration: | ca. 8,5 min. | ||||||||
| capacity: | 300 people/hour maximum in one direction |
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| braking system: |
Vorlegebremse Bremsscheiben zwischen Motor und Getriebe,
Hauptbremse: an der Antriebsscheibe,
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| signal und Telephonconection | via the carring rope cable - inductive | ||||||||
