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The Chemin de fer du Salève〔http://www.monnetier-mornex-esserts.com/easyclick/admin/editeur/UserFiles/File/G-LEPERE-CF-SALEVE-217-09-2.pdf Summary of Gérard Lepère's article, in French〕 (nicknamed ''Funiculaire du Salève'' in spite of the absence of any traction cable), was an electric rack railway that went up the Salève mountain in the French département of Haute-Savoie on the south side of Geneva. In the 1890s, as today, the inhabitants of Geneva enjoyed the view afforded from the Salève of the Jura, the Alps (including the Mont-Blanc) and part of lac Léman, However it was a 3-hour walk up to les Treize Arbres. This was the heyday of local railways in France, and Chemin de fer du Salève came into being in 1892. It continued operations until 1935. == Construction == In 1887, a concession was awarded to Messrs Meuron and Cuénod to build a railway from the village of Etrembières to a place known as Treize-Arbres near the summit of the Salève via Mornex and Monnetier. This line was 5.7 km long. A 3 km branch from Veyrier to Monnetier was planned for later. The ''Société anonyme des Chemins de fer du Salève'' (CFS), was founded on 11 September 1890 in Annemasse,〔Site books.google.fr (lire )〕 and in July of that year, construction began. On 14 April 1891 the CFS took over the franchise between Etrembières and les Treize-Arbres,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Acm::Guide des sources )〕 which they had initially obtained on 18 June 1888. The CFS then applied for the franchise between Veyrier and Monnetier-Mornex, which was approved on 9 December 1891 In December 1892, the Etrembières - Treize-Arbres line opened for commercial service as the first all-rack electric railway. On 24 March 1894, the Veyrier branch was opened, joing the existing line at the Monnetier-Mairie station. The railway linked to two other railways at its lower termini. * at Veyrier, to the PLM network, (Annemasse - Bellegarde line) and the Genève-Veyrier railway (''Société du chemin de fer Genève - Veyrier'') * at Etrembières, to the Geneva tram network (Annemasse - Etrembières line). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chemin de fer du Salève」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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