Rutschebanen
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Rutschebanen
Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen · DK · L.A. Thompson Scenic Railway Company Scenic Railway with onboard brakeman
“A brakeman still guides Tivoli’s old mountain by hand.”
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Fast facts
- Rutschebanen opened at Tivoli Gardens in 1914 and remains in operation. tivoli.dk
- The ride is a wooden scenic railway at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark. coasterpedia.net
- Its manufacturer is listed as the L.A. Thompson Scenic Railway Company. coasterpedia.net
- The coaster stands 12 metres tall and reaches 50 km/h. en.wikipedia.org
- Rutschebanen has zero inversions. en.wikipedia.org
- Its recorded throughput is 500 riders per hour. en.wikipedia.org
- The recorded build cost is 0.05 million U.S. dollars. en.wikipedia.org
The story of Rutschebanen
Tivoli Gardens opened the Mountain Coaster in 1914, giving Copenhagen visitors a wooden journey through a small artificial mountain in the middle of the city garden. Today it is known to many simply as the Tivoli Roller Coaster. tivoli.dk
The machinery belongs to an earlier age of railway amusement. Rutschebanen is a scenic railway with an onboard brakeman, and the park describes it as one of the world’s oldest wooden rollercoasters still in operation. tivoli.dk· coasterpedia.net
Its scale is modest and memorable: 12 metres high, 50 km/h at speed, and no inversions. The achievement is not height for its own sake, but the old rhythm of chain, timber, tunnel, and a human hand upon the brake. en.wikipedia.org
Rutschebanen has also survived the harder chapters of Tivoli’s story. During the wartime occupation, sections of the coaster were damaged, yet the ride was restored and returned to the Gardens, preserving a Copenhagen landmark of wooden engineering. en.wikipedia.org· tivoli.dk
Sources
- tivoli.dk Acceptable source
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- en.wikipedia.org Acceptable source