Montaña Suiza

Montaña Suiza ("Swiss Mountain" in English) is a steel scenic railway roller coaster located at Monte Igueldo Amusement Park, on the coast at San Sebastián, Spain. It was designed and built by German engineer Erich Heidrich and opened at the site in 1928.^[1] It is the oldest steel roller coaster still operating in the world.

Montaña Suiza
The leading car of a train of Montaña Suiza.
Monte Igueldo Amusement Park
Location	Monte Igueldo Amusement Park
Coordinates	43.320677°N 2.010657°W / 43.320677; -2.010657
Status	Operating
Opening date	1928
General statistics
Designer	Erich Heidrich
Track layout	Terrain
Lift/launch system	Cable-lift
Height	32 ft (9.8 m)
Length	1,312.3 ft (400.0 m)
Speed	31 mph (50 km/h)
Inversions	0
Duration	1:30
Montaña Suiza at RCDB

The ride was built with wooden running rails in a trough, like usual scenic railways. The trough is partially set into the landscape and is of concrete construction. The ride lacks the traditional supporting trestles of scenic railways. Instead, the track runs in depressions set into the ground and along the top of a coastal wall at one point. The running rails were changed to steel at an unknown later date.^[2]

The roller coaster operates with two trains, each of which are composed of two 2x5 person cars. The cars are wooden in construction and ride on steel bogies, like the scenic railways at Margate, UK, Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach, UK and Luna Park, Melbourne. A brakeman rides on board each train to control its speed.