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2-CLD Car Park Chairlift
Valley Station
Line
| General information | |
|---|---|
| Place | Reindeer House |
| resort | CairnGorm Mountain |
| Region | Scotland |
| Country | |
| Name of lift | Car Park Chairlift |
| Type | 2-CLD |
| Lift manufacturer | Müller |
| Year of construction | 1964 |
| Commissioning date | ?? |
| Date of closing down | 2001 |
| Date of pull down | ?? |
| Infos for handicapped persons |
|---|
| Sorry, no information available. |
| Characteristics |
|---|
| The Cairngorm Chairlift was a two stage detachable side facing double chairlift built by GMD Mueller. The lower section (Carpark Chairlift) was built in 1967, the top section (White Lady Chairlift) was opened first, carrying it's first passengers on 23rd December 1961. The White Lady Chairlift operated for 40 seasons and operated year round for sightseeing, its last day of operation was 16th April 2001. The Carpark Chairlift last operated for the public on 30th April 2001. When the Carpark Chairlift was first built it was possible to ride both it and the White Lady Chairlift on the same carrier - though two separate lifts the two stations were joined together to form an angle station through which the carriers passed from one lift to the next on a system of chain driven guide rails. However heavy drifting frequently buried the upper end of the middle station and in the late 1970s, the bottom terminal of the White Lady Chairlift was raised onto the roof of the middle station, thus it was no longer possible to complete the journey as a single lift. The choice of side facing chairlift was two fold. Firstly, a large donation given to the project to build the White Lady Chairlift was conditional on the lift being detachable and 'as easy to use for walkers as it is for skiers'. Secondly, the side facing chairs reduced the effect of head-winds on the carriers and more importantly had greater tower clearance - important as the prevailing wind direction was across the line of the White Lady Chairlift. |
| geometric data | |
|---|---|
| Height of valley station | 650 m |
| Height of mountain station | 760 m |
| Vertical rise | 110 m |
| Route distance | 694 m |
| Horizontal length | ?? m |
| Average incline | ?? % |
| Largest incline | ?? % |
| Number of pillars | ?? Stk |
| Greatest spanwidth | ?? m |
| Max ground clearance | ?? m |
| Trackwidth drive | ?? m |
| Trackwidth line | ?? m |
| Trackwidth return | ?? m |
| Angle of wrap (drive wheel) | ?? ° |
| Drive altitude of site | ?? m |
| Maximum capacity | 1000 Pers/h |
| Travel time | 15 min |
| Driving speed line | 2,0 m/s |
| Driving speed station | ?? m/s |
| electrical data | |
|---|---|
| Electrical control | ?? |
| Remote control and telemonitoring system | ?? |
| Power control system | ?? |
| Number of drive | ?? Stk |
| Drive power (Start) | ?? kW |
| Drive power (Operation) | ?? kW |
| Brake power | ?? kW |
| Continuous brake power | ?? kW |
| Driving station | ?? |
| Drive type | ?? |
| Traction of drive | ?? |
| Emergency drive | ?? |
| Traction of emergency drive | ?? |
| cabins data | |
|---|---|
| Grip type | ?? |
| Cab manufacturer | ?? |
| Cab model | ?? |
| Seating | none |
| Seat heater | no |
| Persons per cab | 2 |
| Number of cabs | ?? Stk |
| Cab distance | ?? m |
| Cab interval | ?? s |
| Garage type | ?? |
| Garage place | ?? |
| Garage direction | ?? |
| Loading direction | ?? |
| rope data | |
|---|---|
| Rope manufacturer | ?? |
| Length of haul rope | ?? m |
| Total weight of haul rope | ?? t |
| Haul rope diameter | ?? mm |
| Nominal strength of haul rope | ?? N/mm² |
| Breaking strength of rope | ?? kN |
| Tensionstation haulrope | ?? |
| Tension type | rope tension weight |
| Tension way | ?? m |
| miscellaneous data | |
|---|---|
| Transport uphill | 100 % |
| Transport downhill | 100 % |
| Drive direction | ?? |
| Construction costs | ?? |
| Currency (Construction costs) | ?? |
| Construction period | ?? months |
| Seasontime | ?? |
| Situation of entrance | ?? |
| Situation of exit | ?? |
| Loading carpet | no |
| Evacuation ropeway | ?? |
| Integrated rescue system | ?? |
| Rope position control | ?? |
| Asset number (Trail map) | ?? |
Updates
Datas: 18 mag 2014
PHOTOS: ??
Lift-Statistics
5368 visit(s) since 6 dic 2009
Last visit 26 apr 2025
LIFT-WORLD IDs
Lift-ID: 14428
Place-ID: 323
https://www.seilbahntechnik.net/en/lifts/14428/datas.htm
Datas: 18 mag 2014
PHOTOS: ??
Lift-Statistics
5368 visit(s) since 6 dic 2009
Last visit 26 apr 2025
LIFT-WORLD IDs
Lift-ID: 14428
Place-ID: 323
https://www.seilbahntechnik.net/en/lifts/14428/datas.htm