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boarding were complete the brakes were gradually released and since both cars were attached by a single cable passing over a pulley arrangement at Glion, the heavier car descended the slope carrying up the lighter car. The process was then repeated so the car uphill was always filled and the one downhill always empty and thus pulled uphill when brakes were released. An added picturesque note was that the two car operators were communicating for synchronisation with whistles instead of an intercom or similar device. Eventually the system was abandoned and the train now uses electric traction.
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The funicular was closed from 8 June to 2 October 2009 for maintenance work to be carried out and the two cars were taken to the MOB workshops at
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Up to the mid-1980s the railway operated by gravity alone: Both cars had a water tank under their decks and the one at the upper station was filled with water while the one at the lower station (Territet) was dumping its contents in Lake Geneva (Lac Leman). Once the fill-dump process and passenger
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of Bern. In the 2009 repaint the cars were painted in a gold (lower portion) and white (upper portion) livery scheme and rebranded "Golden Pass". The new colours will be applied to the other funiculars in the Golden Pass Group as well as buses and trains, other than the Golden Pass
Panoramic and
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The service, in each direction, commences at 05h25, then at 05h45 and every 15 minutes until 21h15, 21h45 and every 30 minutes until 23h15, 23h50, 00h20 and 00h45. On
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is in use at each station, however the second platform which was originally used can still be seen.
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View down the line from Glion to
Territet and Lake Geneva
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Chemin de fer
Montreux-Territet-Glion-Rochers-de-Naye
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Compagnie du chemin de fer funiculaire
Territet-Glion
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594:Wägli, Hans G.; Jacobi, Sébastien (2010).
590:Journal de Pays d'Enhaut, 1 October 2009
474:Golden Pass Classic which they operate.
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498:List of funiculars in Switzerland
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653:Categories
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582:References
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324:funicular
206:Technical
155:Funicular
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