DRAGALEVSKI LIFT
Dragalevski Lift - General view
SIMEONOVSKI LIFT
Simeonovski Lift - General view
Other names: Cabin
Ropeway (CRW) "Simeonovo - Aleko",
Simeonovo - Aleko Gondola Plan
- Lift System: Monocable Gondola
Detachable with six seats (6-MGD)
(monocable circulating ropeway)
- Drive direction:
Right
- Technical Characteristics: It is the longest tourist lift in Bulgaria - 6270 m. The displacement is 1085 m., the trip lasts 30 min. and the capacity of the line is 1500 persons per hour
(on project). It was built for the World
Student Winter Games "Universiade '83" and was officially
opened on April 4, 1983. It was
constructed by the Austrian company "Doppelmayr", which
in 2002 became
part of the Austrian-Swiss group "Doppelmayr-Garaventa" (Web-site).
The lower lift station (First) is
located in the
lands of Simeonovo Residential District on 718 m. altitude. At the first medial
station (Second and Third in one building), on 1370 m., ends the first part of
the rope line. In the medial lift station the
cabins are taken by second rope, so the
passengers do not descend to take the
other lift. Here the doors open automatically and
those who like may go up or down. On the second medial station (Fourth, 1531 m. altitude) only the cabins going upward pass through.
During the ski season skiers descend
here to take Akademika Triplå Chairlift, serving Vitoshko Lale Ski
run. The upper lift station
(Fifth) is next to Aleko Chalet – on 1803 m.
altitude
and during the ski season
serviced Aleko ski center. In the First
and the Fifth lift
stations are located spacious garages for
250
cabins produced by the Austrian
company "Swoboda". The length/the
denivelation
from the lower
to the first medial
station is 3708/652 m. and
from
the first medial
station to
the upper one – 2562/433
m.
(Total:
6270/1085
m.).
Travel time from
the lower
to the first medial
station is 18 min. and
from the first
medial station
to
the upper one
- 12 min. (Total: 30 min.).
Along the route were placed
a total of 60
pillars, as between the
lower to the first
medial station
they are 36, and between
the first medial
station to
the upper one
- 24. The design speed of the lift is 4 m/sec.
- Rules,
Bans,
Mountain
Insurance,
Safety
advices
- Contact Details:
- Work Time:
- Prices:
- Lower lift station (Simeonovo Residential
District):
Simeonovski Lift - Lower lift station
- GPS Position: 42 36 59.7N 023 20 55.0E
- Altitude: 718 m.
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Satellite image from Wikimapia
- Starting Points to the lower lift station:
- To the Lower lift station moves special buses of the public transport
# 122 and 123:
- Bus # 122: departs from "Zooparka" Bus Station
("Zooparka" ("Zoo") Bus Stop, # 2764). Due to the remoteness of the
"Zooparka" Bus Station the transfer from urban buses (# 10-TM, 83, 88,
120) on the bus # 122 is the most comfortable in the area of the junction to Paradise Center Mall in Hladilnika Residential District. Here is planned to
introduce commissioning of "Metrostantsiya Vitosha" Tram Stop (tram
# 10) and
"Vitosha" Subway Station. Transfer from urban bus
# 111 and suburban bus # 67 on
the bus # 122 is performed at the Ring Road
- Bus # 123: departs from "Rakova Bolnitsa" Bus Station ("Specialized Hospital for Active Treatment in Oncology (SHATO)"
Bus Stop, # 2542),
which makes the connection with subway at "G. M. Dimitrov" Subway Station (northwestern entrance/exit - from the side of Dianabad Residential District).
Transfer from urban bus # 111 on the bus # 123 is performed at the Ring Road
- Bus # 111: convenient for those living in Lyulin, Ovcha Kupel and Mladost Residential Districts. Descends to
"Ul. Bistrishko Shose"
Bus Stop (# 0864/0865) and then to go on foot
- Buses # 69, 70 è 112: descends to "Okolovrasten Pat" (Ring Road) Bus Stop (# 0415) and then to go on foot or make transfer on bus
# 123
- Schedule of urban and suburban buses can be seen HERE
- With free bus to Sofia Ring Mall and then to go on foot. Schedule can be seen
HERE
ROMANSKI LIFT
Romanski Lift - General view
AKADEMIKA LIFT
Akademika Lift - General view
KNYAZHEVSKI LIFT
Knyazhevski Lift - General view
- Other names: Cabin
Ropeway (CRW) "Knyazhevo -
Kopitoto", Knyazhevo - Kopitoto
Gondola
- Lift System: Bicable
Gondola Detachable with
four seats (4-BGD)
(bicable
circulating ropeway)
- Drive direction:
Right
- Technical Characteristics: It built in 1962 and is the first cabin lift in Bulgaria. It is constricted by the Austrian
company "Brüder
Girak"
(founded
in 1920), which in 1996
merged with Swiss company "Garaventa" in Austrian-Swiss company "Girak-Garaventa":
 
In 2002 is created
Austrian-Swiss group "Doppelmayr-Garaventa" (Web-site):
The lift is of the type with two ropes - carrying and towing. The lower lift station is located
in Knyazhevo Residential District on 744 m. altitude and its final
station is on Kopitoto Summit on 1348 m. altitude, next to the 160-m. TV tower, by overcoming the elevation difference of 604 m.
In the two stations were located the garages for 54 cabins produced by the
Austrian company "Swoboda".
The length of the line is
1900 m., its capacity - 600 persons per hour and the trip lasted 11 min.
Along the route were placed
a
8
pillars
and
the design speed of the lift was 3 m/sec. In 1992 was an accident and since then does not work. The lift stations are plundered
and it is not possible its restoration in its original form. The lift
in operation can be seen in the excerpt from the series "The Blue Lamp" (1969) -
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