An underground funicular railway was opened in 1974, after two and a half years of building works to create the long tunnel, to run in parallel with the cable car, for greater capacity. This funicular was the location of the Kaprun disaster in which 155 people died on 11 November 2000. To replace the funicular, "Gletscherjet I" (Glacier Jet I), a 24-person funitel, was brought into service on 23 December 2001. "Gletscherjet II", a gondola lift, followed in the next year, opening on 19 October 2002.