2024-11-24T02:16:36-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150042503/zaha-hadid-s-nordpark-cable-railway-stations-turn-ten Alexander Walter 2017-12-27T09:15:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/46/46afgn3myw92qpvf.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Time flies mercilessly, and another iconic example of contemporary architecture is already celebrating its 10th anniversary: designed by the late <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/110/zaha-hadid" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dame Hadid</a> and shortlisted for the 2008 RIBA Stirling Prize, the four stations of Innsbruck&rsquo;s Nordpark Cable Railway opened to the public in December 2007. Since then, over 4.5 million passengers have used the Hungerburg funicular railway between the city center up the Nordkette mountain.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/jr/jrssy3lrkcm87sqt.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/jr/jrssy3lrkcm87sqt.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Lowenhaus Station. Photographer: H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Binet.</figcaption></figure><p>From <a href="https://archinect.com/zaha-hadid" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zaha Hadid Architects</a>: "The Hungerburg funicular (Hungerburgbahn) is part of Innsbruck&rsquo;s Nordpark Cable Railway (Nordkettenbahnen) and begins at the Congress underground station in the centre of the city. Trains stop at Lowenhaus Station before crossing the bridge over the River Inn, then climbing to Alpenzoo Station and on to Hungerburg where passengers can continue their journey on the Seegrube and Hafelekar cable cars up to its summit at 2,300m. The Nordkette mountain is within the Karwendel, the large...</p>