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In the future, 28 aft cabins from Doppelmayr will take up to 655 people to the mountain every hour. The travel time over the more than 900 meters of unevenness is reduced from 18 to eleven minutes.
The old cable car, completed in 1957, had not been granted a license extension after more than 60 years of operation. Already in 2017, the end was threatened, but the permit was extended twice until the end of 2019, also because the building permit for the new construction was delayed due to the lack of consent of the owners. “The railway had to be updated with the latest technology. We would not have done it with a refurbishment,” Klaus Markart, managing director and co-owner, said of the APA.
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Support of the highest cable car 56 meters
However, this also sealed the end of the traditional old gondolas that are so characteristic of the cable car. The yellow and red cabins for four people each were among the last to arrive from the pioneering days of alpine tourism and were still in operation. In early 2020 the old valley station was demolished and the supports were removed. The opening ceremony of the new building took place in March. The highest pillar of the cable car now measures 56 meters. Despite the restrictions caused by the coronavirus epidemic and working with a decimated crew, construction proceeded according to plan.
Zwölferhorn transports 170,000 guests per year
“The cable car has carried an average of 170,000 guests a year for the past few years,” said Markart. A forecast of the future number of passengers is difficult in the days of Corona. “But we are quite optimistic. During the renovation phase we saw that the Zwölferhorn is a very popular mountain.” The novelty is that the gondolas now have no barriers and are equipped with WiFi; also, the view has been significantly improved compared to the old cabins.
The main owner of the cable car to the Zwölferhorn is TTF Seilbahn GmbH, with an 80.18 percent stake, which is largely owned by the Tyrolean Mario Stedile-Foradori. He is also a member of the board of Arlberger Bergbahnen AG. A hotelier in St. Gilgen owns 14.57 percent, the remaining shares are held by the municipality and on the free float of another 20 shareholders.
(Those: APA)
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