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The Zugerberg is a mountain overlooking Zug and Lake Zug in the Zug . It lies approximately halfway between Lake Zug and Lake Ägeri .

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4-517: The Zugerbergbahn funicular connects the Zugerberg from Zug. The upper station is located at a height of 925 metres and is a popular vantage point as well as a recreational area. The summit proper is entirely wooded. A road pass named Sätteli (975 m) is located north of the summit. This Canton of Zug location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Switzerland mountain, mountain range, or peak related article

8-567: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Zugerbergbahn funicular The Zugerbergbahn is a funicular railway in the southern-eastern suburbs of the Swiss city of Zug , in the canton of Zug . The line links the Zug suburb of Schönegg with the Zugerberg mountain overlooking the city and Lake Zug . The line has a length of 1280 m and a difference of elevation of 366 m. It

12-517: Is operated by the company Zugerbergbahn AG . The line opened in the spring of 1907, and was owned and operated by the Zuger Berg- und Strassenbahn AG (ZBB). This company also operated a connecting 985 mm ( 3 ft  2 + 25 ⁄ 32  in ) electric tramway that linked Schönegg with Zug railway station . In 1959, the ZBB replaced its tram service with a bus service, and this

16-585: Was transferred to the Zugerland Verkehrsbetriebe  [ de ] bus company in 1999. At the same time, the ZBB adopted the name Zugerbergbahn AG . The cars were first replaced in 1931, whilst the lower and upper stations were rebuilt in 1950-52 and 1970/71 respectively. The railway was comprehensively modernized and renovated in 1984, when a third generation of cars was installed. Further renovation work carried out in 2009, when new fourth generation panoramic cars were installed and

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