Funiculaire Ecluse–Plan

Funiculaire Ecluse - Plan is a funicular railway in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The line leads from Ecluse at 442 m to Plan at 556 m, the neighborhood of the city on Le Plan. The funicular with two cars has a single track with a passing loop. The line of 399 m in length has a difference of elevation of 111 m. Intermediate stations are Boine and Côte. The lower part and the passing loop are in tunnels. Built in 1890, it is the oldest of the three funicular railways in the city of Neuchâtel. It was a rack railway of the Riggenbach type and it used water counterbalancing before electrification in 1907. The funicular is owned and operated by Transports publics Neuchâtelois.