title: Vinifuni Ligerz–Prêles
text: # Vinifuni Ligerz–Prêles
  
  Vinifuni Ligerz–Prêles is a funicular above Lake Biel in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. The line leads from Ligerz/Gléresse at 437 m to Prêles at 820 m on Tessenberg, a plateau part of the Jura range. The line has a length of 1198 m with a difference of elevation of 383 m and a maximum incline of 40%. The single track funicular has had only one car since 2004, when the passing loop and the second car were removed. Two intermediate stations are Pilgerweg at 487 m and Festi/Château at 577 m. The lower station is next to Ligerz railway station and a landing stage for Lake Biel passenger ships.
  
  The line opened in 1910 after the Swiss Federal Assembly granted a concession in 1906.
  
  The funicular is owned and operated by Aare Seeland mobil AG since 2003. The railway company had absorbed Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn AG (LTB), founded in 1910 and initially named Chemin de fer funiculaire Gléresse-Montagne de Diesse.
  
  * lower station (2017)
  * former funicular car on bridge (2003)
  * car in the vineyards (2005)
  