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Title: X replacement Y - what's possible? Post by: stuving on November 09, 2023, 12:19:36 A funicular replacement helicopter! How Swiss can you get? From (oddly) Aviation.direct (https://Aviation.Direct/en/Braunwaldbahn-renovation-rail-replacement-flights-with-helicopters-for-720-francs):
Quote Braunwaldbahn renovation: rail replacement flights with helicopters for 7,20 francs When railway companies announce that a replacement rail service has been set up due to construction work, for example, this is usually carried out using buses. Not so on the Braunwaldbahn, a funicular railway in Switzerland, because a helicopter is used here. There is no surcharge, as the normal train price of 7,20 Swiss francs applies. Quote But how does it actually happen that a cable car operator relies on helicopters instead of buses? Well, the Braunwaldbahn is a funicular that connects the Linthal SBB station (Braunwaldbahn) with the town of Braunwald, which is located at 1254 meters above sea level. It is not a “tourist train”; but rather a public means of transport that has an obligation to operate. This funicular is used every day by locals as it massively shortens the travel time to the valley or up the mountain. Furthermore, Braunwald is a so-called car-free town. Officially, the community can only be reached by funicular. Stopping traffic completely would mean that Braunwelt would be cut off from the outside world. The operator, Braunwald-Sandseilbahn AG, has to provide a replacement, not least because of the obligation to operate. That's what they did, because Heli-Linth carries out the rail replacement flights. Title: Re: X replacement Y - what's possible? Post by: chuffed on November 09, 2023, 19:53:46 Don't tell Rishi ....or we might get Network North joined up by whirlybirds dodging the Amazon drones.
Title: Re: X replacement Y - what's possible? Post by: bobm on November 09, 2023, 20:21:08 X replaces Y? I always was hopeless at algebra.
Title: Re: X replacement Y - what's possible? Post by: eightonedee on November 09, 2023, 23:19:58 This is now the subject of a You Tube video on the Tim Traveller channel - see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFgsUVF82OE
As you will see - a double "train replacement" as the line to Lindtal was also closed, so you have to use an RRB to get there in the first place! This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |