Straussee Ferry

The ferry Steffi

The Straussee

The Straussee Ferry (German: Strausseefähre) is a passenger cable ferry that crosses the Straussee lake, near the town of Strausberg in Brandenburg, Germany.

Overview

The ferry service is operated by the Strausberg Railway, using the ferry Steffi, which can carry up to 100 passengers at a time. The ferry is unusual in that it is electrically operated, with an overhead supply at 170 volts. This is believed to be unique in Europe, although ferries using a similar power supply exist in the United States.^[1]

The ferry service is numbered as route F39 by the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB), the joint transport association for the states of Berlin and Brandenburg. However it has its own fare structure and does accept the common tariff fares of the VBB.^[2]

See also

• Ferry transport in Berlin
• Canby Ferry, an electrically driven cable ferry in Oregon, United States
• Princeton Ferry, an electrically driven cable ferry in California, United States (defunct)

References

1. "Ferries". California Delta Chambers and Visitor's Bureau. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
2. "Tarife" (in German). Strausberg Railway. Retrieved 2010-06-10.

External links

• Official web page of the Strausseefähre (in German)
• Photographs of the ferry (captions in German)

Coordinates: 52°34′57″N 13°52′33″E / 52.582609°N 13.875818°E