Lisebergbanan

Infobox roller coaster
name=Lisebergbanan

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caption=Lisebergbanan roller coaster
location=Liseberg
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type=Steel
status=Open
opened=April 18, 1987
manufacturer=Zierer
designer=Werner Stengel, Anton Schwarzkopf
model=Custom steel
track=
lift=Chain lift hill
height=147
drop=
length=5078
speed=49.7
inversions=0
duration=
angle=
capacity=2000
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acceleration=
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rcdb_number=1061

Lisebergbanan is a steel roller coaster at the Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden. It opened in 1987.

When Anton Schwarzkopf's company went bankrupt, Schwarzkopf worked with the Zierer company to produce several roller coasters. Lisebergbanan was the first of these rides, and it has been said that this was Schwarzkopf's favorite roller coaster. The ride's name literally means "Liseberg rail line" and the station is themed to a railway station. The ride has five trains consisting of 11 cars. Each car seats two riders.

Accident

In 2006, 21 people were injured at Liseberg when two of the roller coaster's trains collided. The crash happened as the chain that pulls trains up the initial climb malfunctioned, causing a fully loaded train to roll backward into the starting platform, hitting another train that was unloading riders. Since only part of the train was in the lift hill, the anti-rollback could not stand the pressure, and broke. Since the accident, the roller coaster has opened again after a technical adjustment. [http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=4338&date=20060715]

External links

* [http://schwarzkopf.coaster.net/ESlisebergbananGF.htm Lisebergbanan] at Schwarzkopf Coaster Net
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyq_BHICFQk YouTube] Onboard video of ride