Operation
The funicular operates between 06:30 and 21:00 on weekdays, and between 09:00 and 21:00 at weekends and public holidays. During operating hours there are between four and six journeys per hour in each direction.
The line has the following technical parameters:
| Number of cars | 2 |
| Number of stops | 2 |
| Configuration | Single track with passing loop |
| Traction | Electricity |
| Track length | 547 metres (1,795 ft) |
| Rise | 94 metres (308 ft) |
| Maximum gradient | 29% |
| Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) Metre gauge |
| Speed | 5 metres per second (16 ft/s) |
| Journey time | 5 mins |
| Capacity | 60 passengers per car; 630 persons per hour per direction |
| Tunnels | Burgberg: 96 metres (315 ft) Prinzess Louisa: 54 metres (177 ft) |
| Viaduct | 102 metres (335 ft) |
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