Another Ride That Is Defiantly Not For Me,

as Switzerland launches the world's first Cabrio aerial cable way,

the new Cabrio at Stanserhorn near Lucerne features double-deck aerial cabins, with steps leading up to an open-top sun deck – and is the first in the world to offer such cable way technology, the lower largely glazed deck offers capacity for 60 passengers, of whom 30 at a time can climb the short inner stairway to the sun deck, two cabins travel in opposite directions suspended on supporting parallel cables,


Facts & Figures:Valley station: 711 meters
Summit station: 1850 meters
Length: 2320 meters
Capacity: 60 passengers
Hourly capacity: 465 passengers
Masts: 4
Speed: 8 meters per second
Travel time: 6 minutes 15 seconds
Track gauge: 5 meters,


Jürg Balsiger, Director of the Stanserhorn Railway Company, says: 'the Stanserhorn has always been an unforgettable Alpine experience – our vision is to make it even more memorable, this we are doing with the inauguration of new Cabrio aerial cable way. Swiss state-of-the-art innovation has created a spectacular but safe new dimension in Alpine travel,' that may well be so, but with my fear of heights I will not be traveling on it any time soon! even if I was a holder of a Swiss Pass, they benefit from special fares on the Stanserhorn, paying only half the normal price.