Top station
A top station[1] or upper station[2] is usually the highest station of an aerial lift, a funicular, a T-bar lift or a rack railway. The lowest station is the valley station. Passengers or skiers usually alight at the top station.
Top stations on a cable car may be ordinary buildings with a docking bay or open steel structures. Gondola lifts have horizontally arranged top stations. The top stations on chair lifts may have a simple jump-off point or a more substantial design.
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The Saentisbahn, Switzerland
Top station of a simple chair lift
Top station of the Carmenna Chairlift, Arosa
Top station on Cime de Caron, France
References
- For example, see Predigtstuhl Cable Car at www.berchtesgaden.de. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- For example, see Chairlift Blausee (upper station) at www.outdooractive.com. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
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