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[[Image:Skansens bergbanafunicular 050701 06(2023).JPGjpg|thumb|right|One ofThe thepassing carsloop]]

The '''Skansens Bergbana''' is a [[funicular|funicular railway]] in the [[Skansen]] [[open -air museum]] and [[zoo]], located on the island of [[Djurgården]] in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]].

The Bergbana was built on the northwest side of the Skansen hill for the [[General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm (1897)|Stockholm Exhibition]] of 1897, by [[Von Roll]]. The railway was single-track with a [[passing siding]] and had a rise of {{convert|30 meters|m|0|sp=us}} over a total length of {{convert|107 meters|m|0|sp=us}}, giving a [[Grade (slope)|grade]] varying from 25% to 34%. Service was provided by small 16 seat cars. The funicular was in daily operation until the 1940s, and in summer only operation until it completely closed in 1959. During the 1970s the railway was restored and slightly extended, reopening in 1973. Von Roll again supplied the equipment, including new and larger cars.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.funiculars.net/articles.php?art=skansen_se | title = Skansens Bergbana article | publisher = Funiculars.net | accessdate = June 25, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927193511/http://www.funiculars.net/articles.php?art=skansen_se | archive-date = September 27, 2007 | url-status = live}}</ref>

The funicular has the following technical parameters:<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.funiculars.net/line.php?id=182 | title = Skansens Bergbana (II) database entry | publisher = Funiculars.net | accessdate = June 26, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927193545/http://www.funiculars.net/line.php?id=182 | archive-date = September 27, 2007 | url-status = live}}</ref>

*Length: ''{{convert|196.4 meters''|m|0|sp=us}}

*Height: ''{{convert|34.67 meters''|m|0|sp=us}}

*Maximum [[Grade (slope)|steepness]]: ''24.7 %''

*Capacity: ''45 people per car''

*Trip time: ''90 seconds''

*Maximum speed: ''{{convert|2.5 metres per second''|m/s|2|sp=us}}

*Configuration: ''[[Single track (rail)|single track]] with [[passing loop'']]

*[[Track gauge]]: ''1 metre''{{RailGauge|1000mm}}

*Traction: ''Electricity''

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