Valley station
(Redirected from Bottom station)
The valley station is the lower terminal of an aerial lift, cable car, gondola lift, chairlift, rack railway or ski lift. The valley station is the counterpart of a top station. Cable cars may be boarded at both stations. The valley station is always at a lower elevation than the top station.
Valley stations on a cable car may be ordinary buildings with a docking bay or open steel structures. They are oriented in the direction of the cables. Gondola lifts, by contrast always have horizontally-oriented valley stations.
Gallery
Hungerburg station on the Nordkettenbahn]], Innsbruck
Chäserrugg cable car, Unterwasser, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Furtschellas, Engadin, Switzerland
Finkenberg gondola lift, Zillertal, Austria
Examples
Name | Valley station: | Top station: |
---|---|---|
Klewenalpbahn | Beckenried (420 m) | Klewenalp (1590 m) |
Titlisbahn | Engelberg (1000 m) | Titlis (3020 m) |
Säntisbahn | Schwägalp (1345 m) | Säntis (2503 m) |
Klein Matterhorn-Bahn | Zermatt (1619 m) | Klein Matterhorn (3885 m) |
Stockhornbahn | Erlenbach (720 m) | Stockhorn (2190 m) |
Weisshornbahn | Obersee Arosa (1750 m) | Weisshorn (2650 m) |
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