# Top station

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{{for|the tourist destination in India|Top Station}}
A '''top station'''<ref>For example, see [https://www.berchtesgaden.de/en/cable-cars/predigstuhlbahn ''Predigtstuhl Cable Car''] at www.berchtesgaden.de. Retrieved 15 May 2019.</ref>  or '''upper station'''<ref>For example, see [https://www.outdooractive.com/en/poi/wallis/chairlift-blausee-upper-station-/23541024/ ''Chairlift Blausee (upper station)''] at www.outdooractive.com. Retrieved 15 May 2019.</ref> is usually the highest station of an [aerial lift](/source/aerial_lift), a [funicular](/source/funicular), a [T-bar lift](/source/T-bar_lift) or a [rack railway](/source/rack_railway). The lowest station is the [valley station](/source/valley_station). Passengers or skiers usually alight at the top station.

Top stations on a cable car may be ordinary buildings with a docking bay or open steel structures. [Gondola lift](/source/Gondola_lift)s have horizontally arranged top stations. The top stations on [chair lift](/source/chair_lift)s may have a simple jump-off point or a more substantial design.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Dachstein-berg2.jpg|[Dachstein](/source/Dachstein) cable car, [Austria](/source/Austria)
File:Saentis-Gebaeude.jpg|The ''Saentisbahn'', [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland)
File:Mount Roberts Tramway in Juneau, Alaska.jpg|[Mount Roberts Tramway](/source/Mount_Roberts_Tramway), [Juneau](/source/Juneau), [Alaska](/source/Alaska)
File:Telecabina Masada.JPG|[Masada cableway](/source/Masada_cableway), [Israel](/source/Israel)
File:10_Sommet_TS.JPG|Top station of a simple [chair lift](/source/chair_lift)
File:Bergstation Carmenna.jpg|Top station of the [Carmenna Chairlift](/source/Aroser_Weisshorn), [Arosa](/source/Arosa)
File:Cime de Caron France top station from SE on 2015-01-05.png|Top station on [Cime de Caron](/source/Cime_de_Caron), [France](/source/France) 
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

Category:Aerial lifts
Category:Ski lifts
Category:Funicular railways
Category:Rack railways

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