Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: lanova draha

This was a view of the west side of the Ruzova hora cable car station, taken as we were hiking down Snezka.

These were some of the other safety stickers in the cable car, with "stick figures in peril" mixed with more realistic illustrations.

These were some of the safety stickers in the cable car. I found at least some of them comical, as classic examples of stickers to avoid liability. These were some of the less ridiculous ones.

This was one of the shots I took on the cable car, heading up Snezka. This was before Ruzova hora, where it was necessary to switch cars, even though this shot has an optical illusion that makes it look like the building in the foreground is the station. In reality, the Ruzova hora station is a brownish-reddish building much further up the mountain. These cable cars weren't always enclosed "cars" per se. From 1949, when the system was built, until 2012, these vehicles were open chairlifts. Here's some period footage of the old system (pre-2013), including some of the demolition: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUrOsOwZipw The new enclosed cars were added during a renovation in 2012-2013. This means the system, in its current form, was still relatively new when I took these photos. www.snezkalanovka.cz/en/cableway

The Lanova Draha, or Funicular Railway, in Prague is one of the wonders of the city, and its ridership has always consisted mostly of tourists. Nevertheless, it's a green and easy way to get from Ujezd to Petrin without climbing the hill. Great for lazy...well...tourists. :-) It's also great for railway enthusiasts. It looks new, of course, but this is because it was thoroughly rebuilt in the 1980s, and so the track, tram cars (trains?), and stations are all new, with the notable exception of the Ujezd station, which is original. The original Ujezd station, and the original Lanova Draha, were built in 1891 for the same exposition that the Petrin watchtower was built for. It has since been rebuilt several times, and actually this latest restoration, surprisingly before the end of Communism, is one of the most successful, as the various rebuilds have been required by the whole system's falling apart again and again.

This is one of my only successful photos taken inside the funicular railway station at Ujezd. I got it using my Lomo 135BC, but with the help of my Gossen Polysix light meter, since the Lomo doesn't have any specified settings for indoor shooting.