Cable car · Erstfeld, Switzerland
Schwandibahn
Schwandibahn is a cable car near Erstfeld, Switzerland. It climbs 635 m over 954 m, from 477 m to 1,111 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 115 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
89/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Schwandibahn is scarier than 89% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 110 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 115 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 348 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 657 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 41°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 577 m of the 954 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Schwandibahn is near Erstfeld, Switzerland, at 477 m above sea level (46.81964° N, 8.65293° E). From there it runs 954 m up to the top station at 1,111 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Seilbahngenossenschaft Erstfeld Schwandiberg
- Per cabin
- 4 people
Nearby lines
- Luftseilbahn Hofstetten-Wilerli cable car · 2.2 km away · rises 619 m
- Luftseilbahn Ripshausen-Zieriberg cable car · 2.8 km away · rises 432 m
- Luftseilbahn Silenen-Chilcherberge cable car · 3.5 km away · rises 604 m
- Luftseilbahn Kohlplatz–Brüsti cable car · 4.7 km away · rises 925 m
- Waldnacht-Brüsti cable car · 4.7 km away · rises 122 m
- Luftseilbahn Schattdorf-Haldi cable car · 4.9 km away · rises 598 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo, 2 m. Data as of 2026-10-31.