The Montenvers Railway is a rack railway line in the Haute-Savoie region of France. The line runs from a connection with the SNCF, in Chamonix, to the Mer de Glace, at an altitude of 1,913 m (6,27... (more)
The funicular covers a distance of 1,077 m on a vertical drop of 234 m in about 8 minutes and moves at a speed of 2.5 m/s.
The slope of the course varies from 12% to 38.5%, with an average of 20.... (more)