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the passenger gondola that was approximately 280 m (919 ft) below the mountain station. As both the rescue vehicle and the gondola were empty during the exercise, nobody was hurt. The gondola was damaged beyond repair (there is no information on the fate of the rescue vehicle, but there is no indication that a replacement is required).
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The technical details of the Eibsee Cable Car and the replacement
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Station Eibsee of new cable car "Seilbahn
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31:The original Eibsee Cable Car
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207:1,950 m (6,398 ft)
141:Tyrolean Zugspitze Cable Car
287:38 km/h (24 mph)
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284:36 km/h (22 mph)
259:Gondola capacity (persons)
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497:Description and pictures
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459:Göttler, Dominik.
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303:Motor power
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357:References
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133:belong to
324:Incidents
308:kilowatts
281:Max speed
151:Technical
104:Zugspitze
100:sea level
92:sea level
88:cable car
61:Zugspitze
345:See also
298:7 mins
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145:Ehrwald
112:Austria
108:Germany
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193:Length
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