Arber mountain railway

Description

Please visit the website for general information www.arber.de

Information on accessibility

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All areas relevant for testing meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility certified - partially accessible for people with walking disabilities and partially accessible for wheelchair users".

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

  • There are WERT marked parking spaces for people with disabilities (parking space size: 350 cm x 500 cm).
  • The path from the car park to the entrance bottom station is 43 m long. It is not easy to walk and drive on and has a maximum longitudinal gradient of 11 % over a distance of 13 m.
  • The bus stop in the bottom station Großer Arber is 28 m away.
  • The building is steplessly accessible via an elevator.
  • All evaluated rooms and facilities available to the guests are steplessly accessible at ground level or via a ramp (entry gondola) and elevators.
  • Elevator cash desk- bottom station: The elevator cabin measures 103 cm x 225 cm. The elevator door is 110 cm wide.
  • Panorama elevator: The elevator cabin measures 223 cm x 242 cm. The elevator door is 120 cm wide.
  • All evaluated passageways/doors available to the guests are at least 80 cm wide.
  • The cash desk is at its lowest point 100 cm high. There is another, equivalent communication possibility while in a sitting position.
  • The external path between the panorama lift and the bottom station is 240 cm wide, easy to walk and drive on and has a maximum longitudinal gradient of up to 9%.
  • Offered aids: wheelchair

Public ladies' toilet for people with disabilities (Talstation)

  • The door is 86 cm wide.
  • The door opens inwards.
  • The manoeuvring spaces are:
    in front of/behind the door at least 120 cm x 120 cm;
    in front of the toilet 180 cm x 68 cm;
    in front of the washbasin 150 cm x 150 cm;
    left of the toilet 117 cm x 54 cm and right of the toilet 33 cm x 54 cm.
  • There are grab rails available on the right and left of the toilet. The grab rails can be flipped-up.
  • The sink is not wheelchair compatible.
  • The mirror is not visible while sitting.
  • An alarm trigger is not available.

Public men's toilet for people with disabilities (Talstation)

  • The door is 86 cm wide.
  • The door opens inwards.
  • The manoeuvring spaces are:
    in front of/behind the door at least 120 cm x 120 cm;
    in front of the toilet 80 cm x 130 cm;
    in front of the washbasin 150 cm x 150 cm;
    left of the toilet 29 cm x 56 cm and right of the toilet 122 cm x 56 cm.
  • There are grab rails available on the right and left of the toilet. The grab rails can be flipped-up.
  • The sink is not wheelchair compatible.
  • The mirror is not visible while sitting.
  • An alarm trigger is not available.

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

  • Assistance dogs are allowed in relevant areas/rooms.
  • External paths do not have visually contrasting or tactilely detectable sidewalk boundaries.
  • The entrance is visually rich in contrast and not recognizable by a tactile change of floor covering.
  • All evaluated and usable areas for the guest are well illuminated, i.e. bright and glare-free.
  • There are no visually contrasting or tactilely detectable floor indicators available.
  • The signage is designed in clearly legible and contrasting font.
  • There are glass doors without safety markings.
  • An outgoing emergency call in the elevators is confirmed audibly.
  • The break position is not announced by spoken commands.
  • The operating controls in the panorama elevator are visually rich in contrast and tactilely detectable, but not in the elevator cah desk-uphill station.
  • Alternatively stairs are available.
  • Steps are not visually rich in contrast.
  • Stairs have handrails on both sides.
  • Information is not available in Braille or prismatic font.

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

  • There is no alarm.
  • There is no audio induction loop system.
  • An outgoing emergency call in the elevator is confirmed audibly.

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

  • The name or logo of the establishment is clearly recognizable from the outside.
  • The objectives of the paths are always within sight or signs in visible distance are available.
  • There is no colored or pictorial guidance system available.
  • Information is not displayed with pictograms or images.
Certified in the period: March 2020 – February 2023

Address & contact

Arber Bergbahn

Talstation Großer Arber 1
94252 Bayerisch Eisenstein
Phone number: +49 99 25 94 14 0
E-mail address: arber@hohenzollern.com
Website: www.arber.de

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