Funiculars of City of Sochi

Funicular of Ordjenikidze Sanatorium:

gauge: 1270 mm
length: 353 m
height: 72,5 m
gradient: 24 %
speed: 2,4 m per sec.
open in 1952
rebuilding in 1985

The top station. (© "Zheleznodorozhnoe Delo")

The car at top station. (© "Zheleznodorozhnoe Delo")

Interior of the car. (© "Zheleznodorozhnoe Delo")

The car at bottom station. (© "Zheleznodorozhnoe Delo")

The tunnel. (© "Zheleznodorozhnoe Delo")

Funicular of Voroshilov Sanatorium:

gauge: 1270 mm
length: 396 m
height: 94 m
gradient: 24 %
speed: 2,4 m per sec.
open in 1930
rebuilding in 1957, 1985

The track and car in 1957.

The track and car in 1972.

The car on siding.

The car at bottom station in 1994. (© Yuri Akimov)

The crossroad. (© "Zheleznodorozhnoe Delo")

The bottom station. (© "Zheleznodorozhnoe Delo")

The car on the bridge. (© "Zheleznodorozhnoe Delo")

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