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An aerial tramway is a type of aerial lift
Aerial lift

An aerial lift is a means of transport in which gondolas or Chair are hauled above the ground by means of a Wire rope.Types of aerial lifts include:...
 in which a cabin is suspended from a cable
Wire rope

Wire rope consists of several strands laid together like a helix. Each strand is likewise made of metal wires laid together like a helix. Initially wrought iron wires were used, but today steel is the main material used for wire ropes....
 and is pulled by another cable.

An aerial tramway is often called a cable car or ropeway, and sometimes incorrectly referred to as a gondola lift
Gondola lift

A gondola lift is a type of aerial lift, often called a cable car, which consists of a loop of steel Wire rope that is strung between two stations, sometimes over intermediate supporting towers....
 (not to be confused with a gondola
Gondola

The gondola is a traditional Venice watercraft rowing boat. Gondolas were for centuries the chief means of transportation within Venice and still have a role in public transport, serving as traghetti over the Grand Canal....
). Because of the proliferation of such systems in the Alpine
Alps

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
 regions of Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, the French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 and German language
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 names of téléphérique and Seilbahn are often also used in an English language
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 context.






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An aerial tramway is a type of aerial lift
Aerial lift

An aerial lift is a means of transport in which gondolas or Chair are hauled above the ground by means of a Wire rope.Types of aerial lifts include:...
 in which a cabin is suspended from a cable
Wire rope

Wire rope consists of several strands laid together like a helix. Each strand is likewise made of metal wires laid together like a helix. Initially wrought iron wires were used, but today steel is the main material used for wire ropes....
 and is pulled by another cable.

An aerial tramway is often called a cable car or ropeway, and sometimes incorrectly referred to as a gondola lift
Gondola lift

A gondola lift is a type of aerial lift, often called a cable car, which consists of a loop of steel Wire rope that is strung between two stations, sometimes over intermediate supporting towers....
 (not to be confused with a gondola
Gondola

The gondola is a traditional Venice watercraft rowing boat. Gondolas were for centuries the chief means of transportation within Venice and still have a role in public transport, serving as traghetti over the Grand Canal....
). Because of the proliferation of such systems in the Alpine
Alps

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
 regions of Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, the French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 and German language
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 names of téléphérique and Seilbahn are often also used in an English language
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 context. "Cable car" is the usual term in British English, as in British English the word "tramway" generally refers to a railed street tramway. Note also that, in American English, "cable car" is most often associated with surface cable car systems, e.g. San Francisco
San Francisco, California

The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
's Cable Cars
San Francisco cable car system

|}The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last permanently operational manually-operated cable car system, and is an icon of San Francisco, California....
, so careful phrasing is necessary to prevent confusion.

Overview

An aerial tramway consists of one or two fixed cables
Wire rope

Wire rope consists of several strands laid together like a helix. Each strand is likewise made of metal wires laid together like a helix. Initially wrought iron wires were used, but today steel is the main material used for wire ropes....
 (called "track cables"), one loop of cable (called a "haulage rope"), and two passenger
Passenger

A passenger is a term broadly used to describe any person who travels in a vehicle, but bears little or no responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination....
 cabins. The fixed cables provide support for the cabins. The haulage rope, by means of a grip, is solidly connected to the truck (the wheel set that rolls on the track cables). The haulage rope is usually driven by an electric motor
Electric motor

An electric motor uses electrical energy to produce mechanical energy, nearly always by the interaction of magnetic fields and current-carrying conductors....
 and being connected to the cabins, moves them up or down the mountain.

Aerial tramways differ from gondola lift
Gondola lift

A gondola lift is a type of aerial lift, often called a cable car, which consists of a loop of steel Wire rope that is strung between two stations, sometimes over intermediate supporting towers....
s in that the latter use several smaller cabins suspended from a circulating looped cable.

Two-car tramways use a jig-back system: A large electric motor
Electric motor

An electric motor uses electrical energy to produce mechanical energy, nearly always by the interaction of magnetic fields and current-carrying conductors....
 is located at the bottom of the tramway so that it effectively pulls one cabin down, using that cabin's weight to help pull the other cabin up. A similar system of cables is used in a funicular
Funicular

A funicular, also known as a funicular railway, incline, inclined railway, inclined plane, or cliff railway, is a type of self-contained cable railway in which a wire rope attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on Rail tracks#Railway rail moves them up and down a very steep slope, the ascending and descending v...
 railway. The two passenger cabins, which carry from 4 to over 150 people, are situated at opposite ends of the loops of cable. Thus, while one is coming up, the other is going down the mountain, and they pass each other midway on the cable span
Span (architecture)

Span is a section between two intermediate supports, e.g. of a beam or a bridge.A span can be made of a solid beam or of a rope. The first kind of span is used for bridges, the second one used for electric power transmissions, overhead telecommunication lines, some type of Antenna or for aerial tramways....
.

Some aerial trams have only one cabin, which lends itself better for systems with small elevation changes along the cable run.

Many aerial tramways were built by Von Roll Ltd. of Switzerland, which has since been acquired by Austrian lift manufacturer Doppelmayr. The German firm of Bleichert
Bleichert

Bleichert GMBH was a famous Germany engineering firm.It was founded in 1874 by Adolf Bleichert and began to built bicable mining tramwaysin the Ruhr....
 built hundreds of freight and military tramways .

An escape aerial tramway is a special form of the aerial tramway that allows a fast escape from a dangerous location. They are used on rocket
Rocket

A rocket or rocket vehicle is a missile, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust by the Reaction of the rocket to the ejection of fast moving fluid exhaust from a rocket engine....
 launching sites in order to offer the launch staff or astronauts a fast retreat. The tramway consists of a rope which runs from the launch tower downward to a protection shelter. On the launch supply tower
Tower

Towers are tall human-made structures that are always taller than they are wide, usually by a significant margin. Towers are generally built to take advantage of their height, and can stand alone or as part of a larger structure....
 several small cabs can be occupied by the launch staff or the astronaut
Astronaut

An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a List of human spaceflight programs to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
s. After loosening a barrier these roll downward to the protection shelter. An escape aerial tramway exists on launch pad
Launch pad

A launch pad is the area and facilities where rockets or spacecrafts liftoff. A typical launch pad consists of the service and umbilical structures....
s 39A and 39B at Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral

Cape Canaveral, from the Spanish language Cabo Ca?averal, is a headlands and bays in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of that state's Atlantic Ocean coast 45 minutes East of Orlando by car....
.

Some aerial tramways have their own propulsion
Vehicle propulsion

Vehicle propulsion refers to the act of moving an artificial carrier of people or goods over any distance. The power plant used to drive the vehicles can vary widely....
, such as the Lasso Mule or the Josef Mountain Aerial Tramway
Josef Mountain Aerial Tramway

Josef Mountain Aerial Tramway is an aerial tramway near Merano in Northern Italy. It was built in 1979 and it belongs to the few aerial tramways for person transportation at which the cabin has its own engine....
 near Merano, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
.

Telpherage

The original version was called telpherage.Smaller telpherage systems are sometimes used to transport objects such as tools or mail within a building or factory
Factory

A factory or manufacturing plant is an industry building where workers manufacturing Good or supervise machines Process Manufacturing one product into another....
.

The telpherage concept was first publicised in 1883 and several experimental lines were constructed. It was not designed to compete with railways, but with horses and carts.

The first commercial telpherage line was in Glynde
Glynde

Glynde is a village in the Lewes of East Sussex, United Kingdom. It is located two miles east of Lewes....
, which is in Sussex, England. It was built to connect a newly-opened clay pit to the local railway station and opened in 1885.

Double deckers


There are aerial tramways with double deck cabins. The Vanoise Express
Vanoise Express

The Vanoise Express is the double-decker Aerial tramway that links La Plagne with Les Arcs ski resorts in the Alps, acting as a vital link in the Paradiski area....
 cable car carries 200 people in each cabin at a height of 380 m (1250') over the Ponturin gorge in France. The Shinhotaka Ropeway
Shinhotaka Ropeway

The is an aerial lift system in Takayama, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and is operated by . The Nagoya Railroad company also operates hotels in the area....
 carries 121 people in each cabin at Mount Hotaka
Mount Hotaka

, also known as Mount Hotakadake, is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, reaching at the highest peak. It is situated in Japan's Hida Mountains and all its major peaks, apart from Mount Maehotaka, lie on the border between the cities of Matsumoto, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, and Takayama, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture....
 in Japan.

Records

  • Tallest support tower: 113.6 metres (373 feet) (Gletscherbahn Kaprun
    Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun III

    The Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun III is the third section of the aerial tramway on the Kitzsteinhorn mountain at Kaprun, Austria. It was placed in service on 26 November 1966....
    , Austria)
  • Deepest: Masada cableway
    Masada cableway

    File:Israel Aereal Ropeway Masada BW 1.JPGThe Masada cableway is an aerial tramway at the ancient fortress of Masada, Israel. Its summit station is 33 metres above sea level, thereby making it the lowest aerial tramway in the world....
    , Israel
  • Highest: Mérida cable car
    Mérida cable car

    The M?rida Cable Car is the world's highest Aerial tramway. Its base is located in the Venezuelan city of M?rida, M?rida at an altitude of , and its terminus is on Pico Espejo, at ....
    , Venezuela
  • Longest working ropeway: Norsjö aerial ropeway
    Norsjö aerial tramway

    Norsj? aerial tramway is a 13.2 kilometre long aerial tramway between ?rtr?sk and Menstr?sk in the municipality of Norsj? in Sweden.Norsj? aerial tramway went in service for passenger traffic in 1989 as a tourist attraction....
    , Sweden
  • Longest non-working ropeway: Forsby - Köping aerial ropeway, Sweden
  • As mass transit: The Roosevelt Island Tramway
    Roosevelt Island Tramway

    The Roosevelt Island Tramway is an aerial tramway in New York City that spans the East River and connects Roosevelt Island to Manhattan. Prior to the completion of the Portland Aerial Tram in December 2006, it was the only commuter aerial tramway in North America....
     in New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
     was the first aerial tramway in North America
    North America

    North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
     used by commuters as a mode of mass transit (See Transportation in New York City
    Transportation in New York City

    The transportation system of New York City is a cooperation of complex systems of infrastructure. New York City, being the largest city in the United States, has a transportation system which includes the New York City Subway, measured by track mileage; the world's first mechanically ventilated vehicular tunnel, and an Roosevelt Island Tramw...
    ). Passengers pay with the same farecard
    MetroCard

    The MetroCard is the current payment method for the New York City Subway system, buses in the New York City Transit Authority , MTA Bus, and MTA Long Island Bus systems, the Port Authority Trans-Hudson subway system, the Roosevelt Island Tram, AirTrain JFK and Westchester County, New York Bee-Line Bus System....
     used for the New York City Subway
    New York City Subway

    The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit....
    . The Portland Aerial Tram
    Portland Aerial Tram

    The Portland Aerial Tram is an aerial tramway in Portland, Oregon carrying commuters between the city's South Waterfront district and the main Oregon Health & Science University campus, located in the Homestead, Portland, Oregon....
     in Portland, Oregon
    Portland, Oregon

    Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States United States, near the confluence of the Willamette River and Columbia River rivers in the state of Oregon....
     was opened in January 2007 and became the second public transportation aerial tramway in North America. In Medellin, Colombia, both the Metro
    Metro de Medellín

    The Metro de Medell?n is an Rapid transit that crosses the Metropolitan Area of Medell?n from North to South and from Centre to West. As one of the first experiences of modern mass transportation in Colombia, the Metro of Medell?n is a product of the urban planning of the Antioquia Department....
     and the recent Metrocable
    Metrocable

    Metrocable is an aerial tramway system implemented by the City Council of Medell?n, Colombia with the purpose of providing a complementary transportation service to that of the Metro de Medell?n....
     aerial tramway addition can be used while paying a single fare.
  • The Sandia Peak Tramway
    Sandia Peak Tramway

    The Sandia Peak Tramway, located adjacent to Albuquerque, New Mexico, New Mexico, United States, is the world's longest passenger aerial tramway....
     in Albuquerque, New Mexico
    Albuquerque, New Mexico

    Albuquerque is the largest List of cities in the United States in the US state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County, New Mexico and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande....
     is the world's longest double reversible tramway.
  • The Mount Roberts Tramway
    Mount Roberts Tramway

    The Mount Roberts Tramway is an aerial tramway just south of Juneau City and Borough, Alaska in the U.S. state of Alaska. In operation since 1996, it makes a six-minute ascent of 3,819-foot Mount Roberts from the cruise ship docks to a height of about 1,800 feet , making it one of the most vertical tramways in the world....
     in Juneau, Alaska
    Alaska

    Alaska is the largest U.S. state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait....
    , serves visitors arriving in Juneau on cruise ships with its base terminal on the cruise ship dock. At sea level
    Sea level

    Mean sea level is the average height of the sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface. Defining the reference level , however, involves complex measurement, and accurately determining MSL can prove difficult....
     it is one of the lowest aerial tramway terminals.
  • Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
    Palm Springs Aerial Tramway

    The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in Palm Springs, California is the largest rotating aerial tramway in the world. It was opened in September 1963 as a way of getting from the floor of the Coachella Valley to near the top of San Jacinto Peak....
     in Palm Springs, California
    Palm Springs, California

    Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, California, approximately 111 miles east of Los Angeles, California and 136 miles northeast of San Diego, California....
     has the world's largest rotating tramcars.


List of accidents

  • August 15, 1960: between Castellammare di Stabia
    Castellammare di Stabia

    Castellammare di Stabia is a comune in the province of Naples, Campania region, southern Italy. It is situated on the Gulf of Naples about 30 kilometers southeast of Naples, on the route to Sorrento, Italy....
     and the Monte Faito, near Naples
    Naples

    Naples is a city in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old....
    , Italy
    Italy

    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
    .
  • August 29, 1961: A military plane splits the hauling cable of a cabin railway on the Aiguille du Midi
    Aiguille du Midi

    The Aiguille du Midi is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.The Aerial tramway to the summit, the T?l?ph?rique de l'Aiguille du Midi, was built in 1955 and held the title of the world's highest cable car for about two decades....
     in the Mont Blanc
    Mont Blanc

    Mont Blanc , or Monte Bianco , also known as "La Dame Blanche" is a mountain in the Alps. With its summit, it is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, and is List of peaks by prominence in topographic prominence....
     massif: six people killed.
  • 1963: Cabin of the renovated PKB crashes at the valley station, one person killed, several injured.
  • December 25, 1965: Power failure on the aerial ropeway at Puy de Sancy
    Puy de Sancy

    Puy de Sancy is the highest mountain in the Massif Central and therefore the highest mountain in central France .It is part of an ancient stratovolcano which has been dormant volcano for 220,000 years....
     in central France causes abrupt cabin halt, cabin wall breaks. 17 people fall, seven killed.
  • July 9, 1966: A cable breaks on a cabin railway at Aiguille du Midi in the Mont Blanc massif: three cabins fall, four people killed.
  • December 6, 1970: Five people killed at Merano, Italy
    Italy

    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
    .
  • July 13, 1972: 13 killed at the crash of a cab in Bettmeralp
    Betten

    Betten is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Raron in the Cantons of Switzerland of Valais in Switzerland.External links...
    , Switzerland
    Switzerland

    Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
    .
  • October 26, 1972: During a test at an aerial tramway at Les Deux Alpes
    Les Deux Alpes

    Les Deux Alpes is a ski resort in the France Is?re d?partement in France. The village sits at 1650m and lifts run to 3600m . It has the largest skiable glacier in Europe and is France's second oldest ski resort behind Chamonix, where the largest mountain in western Europe is located, Mont Blanc....
     in France, two cabs collide, nine people killed.
  • July 9, 1974: Hauling cable breaks on the aerial tramway at Ulriken
    Ulriken

    Ulriken is the highest of the seven mountains that surround Bergen, Norway.Ulriken has an aerial tramway, Ulriksbanen, that can bring people to the top....
    , Norway
    Norway

    Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
    . One cabin fell, four people killed.
  • March 9, 1976: In the Italian Dolomites at Cavalese
    Cavalese

    Cavalese is a comune of 3,665 inhabitants in the province of Trento, northern Italy, a ski resort and the main center in the Val di Fiemme....
    , a cab falls after a rope break, killing 42. (See Cavalese cable-car disaster (1976)
    Cavalese cable-car disaster (1976)

    In the Cavalese cable-car disaster of 1976, the worst cable car accident ever, 42 people including 15 children died when the steel cable of their cable car broke....
    )
  • March 26, 1976: Damage to the carrying rope leads to crash of multiple cabs of the aerial tramway at Vail, Colorado
    Vail, Colorado

    The Town of Vail is a Colorado municipalities#Home_Rule_Municipality located in Eagle County, Colorado, Colorado. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,589....
    , USA. Four people killed, five injured.
  • April 15, 1978: In a storm, two carrying ropes of the Squaw Valley Aerial Tramway
    Squaw Valley Aerial Tramway

    Squaw Valley Aerial Tramway is a 1.5 Mile long aerial tramway at Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Olympic Valley, California. It was inaugurated in 1968....
     in California fall from the aerial tramway support tower. One of the ropes partly destroys the cabin. four killed, 32 injured.
  • February 13, 1983: Two cabs collide in Champoluc, near Aosta
    Aosta

    Aosta is the principal city of the bilingual Aosta Valley in the Italy Alps, 110km north-northwest of Turin. It is situated near the Italian entrance of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, at the confluence of the Buthier River and the Dora Baltea, and at the junction of the Great St Bernard Pass and Little St Bernard Pass St....
     (Italy), 11 dead.
  • January 13, 1989: Eight people killed during a test of the French aerial tramway Vaujany in the Alpe D'Huez area.
  • June 1, 1990: 15 people killed after a rope break in Tbilisi
    Tbilisi

    Tbilisi , is the capital city and the largest city of Georgia , lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form Tpilisi and it was officially known as ?????? in Russian, until 1936....
    , Georgia.
  • 1995: Operator error causes the cabin of Muttereralmbahn
    Muttereralmbahn

    The Muttereralmbahn is an aerial tramway in Mutters, Tyrol , Austria.In 1954, the first cable car leading from Mutters to the popular Mutterer Alm ski resort was opened....
     near Innsbruck
    Innsbruck

    Innsbruck is the Capital of the federal state of Tyrol in western Austria. It is located in the Inn River Valley at the junction with the Wipptal , which provides access to the Brenner Pass, some 30 km south of Innsbruck....
    , Austria, to crash. No casualties or injuries.
  • February 3, 1998: U.S. military aircraft severs the cable of an aerial ropeway in Cavalese, Italy, killing 20 people. (See Cavalese cable-car disaster
    Cavalese cable-car disaster

    The Cavalese cable car disaster of 1998 , occurred on 3 February 1998 near the Italy town of Cavalese, a ski resort located in the Dolomites, some 40 km north-east of Trento....
    )
  • July 1, 1999: 20 people killed at the crash of an aerial tramway at the Bure observatory in the French alps.
  • July 6, 2000: Entering the middle station of Nebelhorn
    Nebelhorn

    File:Nebelhorn-bahn.JPGThe Nebelhorn is a mountain in the Allg?u Alps in Germany, near to the village of Oberstdorf. It lends its name to the Nebelhorn Trophy figure skating competition....
    bahn, a cabin fails to brake. 23 people injured.
  • October 19, 2003: Four were killed and 11 injured when three cars slipped off the cable of the Darjeeling Ropeway
    Darjeeling Ropeway

    Darjeeling Ropeway was a Aerial tramway in the town of Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. The ropeway used to be a popular tourist destination in the town....
    .
  • October 9, 2004: Crash of a cabin of the Grünberg
    Grünberg

    Gr?nberg is a town in the Gie?en , in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 20 km east of Gie?en....
     aerial tramway in Gmunden
    Gmunden

    Gmunden is a town in Upper Austria, Austria in the district of Gmunden . It has 13,202 inhabitants . It is much frequented as a health and summer resort, and has a variety of goat, lake, brine, vegetable and pine-cone baths, a hydropathic establishment, inhalation chambers, whey cure, etc....
    , Austria. Many hurt.
  • November 14, 2004: Empty cabin of tramway in Sölden
    Sölden

    S?lden is a municipality in the ?tztal valley of Tyrol , Austria. At c. 467 km? , it is the largest municipality in the country. The population of 3,449 is outnumbered by tourists, of which 15,000 can be accommodated....
    , Austria, falls after becoming entangled with rope. No casualties, 113 people rescued from other cabins*April 18, 2006: New York's Roosevelt Island Tramway
    Roosevelt Island Tramway

    The Roosevelt Island Tramway is an aerial tramway in New York City that spans the East River and connects Roosevelt Island to Manhattan. Prior to the completion of the Portland Aerial Tram in December 2006, it was the only commuter aerial tramway in North America....
     experiences a power failure, leaving 69 passengers in two trams stranded over the East River
    East River

    The East River is a tidal strait in New York City. It connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long Island from the island of Manhattan and the Bronx on the North American mainland....
     for approximately seven hours, just eight months after a similar incident in which trams were stranded for 90 minutes. No injuries or fatalities occurred in either incident.


  • October 31, 2007: The Flaine lift Les Grands Platieres or DMC broke down for six hours and was evacuated.


Gallery

Image:cablecar.zelllamsee.500pix.jpg|Cable car at Zell am See
Zell am See

Zell am See is the capital of the Zell am See district in the Austria state of Salzburg . It is the second largest city in the Pinzgau with about 10,000 inhabitants....
 in the Austrian Alps. Image:PortlandTramCar3.jpg|Portland Aerial Tram
Portland Aerial Tram

The Portland Aerial Tram is an aerial tramway in Portland, Oregon carrying commuters between the city's South Waterfront district and the main Oregon Health & Science University campus, located in the Homestead, Portland, Oregon....
 car descends towards the rising South Waterfront
South Waterfront

The South Waterfront is a new high-rise district under construction on former brownfield industrial land in the South Portland, Portland, Oregon neighborhood south of Downtown Portland Portland, Oregon....
 district in Portland, Oregon
Oregon

Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....
. Image:SandiaTram.jpg|Cable cars pass mid-stream on the Sandia Peak Tramway
Sandia Peak Tramway

The Sandia Peak Tramway, located adjacent to Albuquerque, New Mexico, New Mexico, United States, is the world's longest passenger aerial tramway....
 in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque is the largest List of cities in the United States in the US state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County, New Mexico and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande....
. Image:TitlisGondol.jpg|The rotating construction of the Titlis
Titlis

The Titlis is a mountain in the Urner Alps Swiss Alps of Switzerland. It is located on the border between the cantons of Obwalden and Canton of Berne in Switzerland, overlooking Engelberg and is famous as the site of the world's first revolving cable car....
 gondola provides passengers better view Image:AerialTramwayKatoombaAustralia.jpg|Uphill mechanical room of the Katoomba Scenic Skyway
Katoomba Scenic World

Scenic World is a popular privately-owned tourist attraction located at the southern end of the town of Katoomba, New South Wales in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, about 100 kilometers west of Sydney....
 in the Blue Mountains of Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. Originally used for a coal mine. Image:HoldAndPull.jpg|The construction of the aerial tramway. The lowest cable is used for pulling. The middle (thickest) cable supports the weight of gondola. Image:Ĺre kabinbana.JPG|Cable car in Ĺre
Ĺre

?re is one of the leading Scandinavian ski resorts , situated in ?re Municipality, J?mtland County, Sweden. It is however, not the seat of the municipality, which is J?rpen....
 (Sweden) Image:Klein Matterhorn - Zermatt - Switzerland - 2005 - 01.JPG|Klein Matterhorn
Klein Matterhorn

The Klein Matterhorn is the highest point in the Zermatt-Cervinia ski area in Switzerland, and the end point of the highest Aerial tramway in Europe....
 cable car, the highest in Europe. Image:TelepheriqueAigMidi.jpg|Aiguille du Midi
Aiguille du Midi

The Aiguille du Midi is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.The Aerial tramway to the summit, the T?l?ph?rique de l'Aiguille du Midi, was built in 1955 and held the title of the world's highest cable car for about two decades....
 cable car (Chamonix, France) Image:Table_mountain_cable_car_2006-01.JPG|Table Mountain Aerial Cableway
Table Mountain Aerial Cableway

The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway is a cableway to the top of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. It is one of Cape Town's most popular tourist attractions, having passed its 16 millionth visitor on 29 December 2004....
, Cape Town
Cape Town

Cape Town is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the City of Cape Town. It is the provincial Capital of the Western Cape, as well as the legislature capital of South Africa, where the Parliament of South Africa and many government offices are located....
, South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
. Image:Lisbon cable car.jpg|Cable car in Lisbon
Lisbon

Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha...
, Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
. Image:Telecabina.JPG|Telecabina in Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
, Carpathians, at Balea Lake in Sibiu
Sibiu

Sibiu is one of the largest cities in Transylvania, Romania with a population of about 175,000. It straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt River....
 county. Image:Kulltaubane.jpg|Retired coal tramway in Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen

Longyearbyen is the largest settlement and the administrative centre of Svalbard. It is located on the western coast of Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago, on the southern side on Adventfjorden , which continues inland with Adventdalen ....
, Svalbard
Svalbard

Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean north of mainland Europe, about midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. It consists of a group of islands ranging from 74th parallel north to 81st parallel north, and 10th meridian east to 35th meridian east....
. Image:Bergen02.jpg|Ulriksbanen
Ulriksbanen

Ulriksbanen is a passenger aerial tramway in Bergen. It connects the mountain Ulriken to the city, and is frequently used by tourists as well as locals....
 in Bergen
Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway, with a population of 252 051 as of January 1st, 2009. Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county....
, Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
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Cableways in Fiction


  • Where Eagles Dare
    Where Eagles Dare

    Where Eagles Dare is a 1968 in film World War II spy film directed by Brian G. Hutton and featuring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, and Mary Ure....


See also

  • Aerial tramway support pillar
    Aerial tramway support pillar

    An Aerial Tramway Support Pillar is a pylon-like construction bearing the cable of an aerial tramway. They are usually of steel framework construction....
  • Blondin (quarry equipment)
    Blondin (quarry equipment)

    Blondins were a type of Aerial tramway employed in open pits in the slate industry in Wales to transport wagons loads of rock between locations....
  • Cable car (disambiguation)
  • Cable ferry
    Cable ferry

    A cable ferry is a means of water transportation by which a ferry or other boat is guided and in many cases propelled across a river or other larger body of water by means of cables connected to both shores....
  • Chairlift
    Chairlift

    An elevated passenger ropeway, or chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel Wire rope loop strung between two end terminals and usually over intermediate towers, carrying a series of chairs....
  • Funicular
    Funicular

    A funicular, also known as a funicular railway, incline, inclined railway, inclined plane, or cliff railway, is a type of self-contained cable railway in which a wire rope attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on Rail tracks#Railway rail moves them up and down a very steep slope, the ascending and descending v...
  • Hallidie ropeway
    Hallidie ropeway

    In mining history, a Hallidie ropeway is a cable system used to haul ore from a mine....
  • List of aerial tramways
    List of aerial tramways

    List of aerial tramways around the world....
  • List of aerial lift manufacturers
    List of aerial lift manufacturers

    This is a list of the world's current and former aerial lift manufacturers....
  • List of spans
    List of spans

    The following is a list of remarkable spans, either used for powerline crossings of rivers, sea straits or valleys, as antenna or for aerial tramways....
  • COMILOG Cableway
    COMILOG Cableway

    The COMILOG Cableway was one of the longest cableways in the world, until its closure in 1986. The ropeway conveyor ran for 76 km from Moanda in the Haut-Ogoou? province of south eastern Gabon to Mbinda in the Republic of Congo....
     in Moanda
    Moanda

    Moanda is one of the four largest towns in Gabon, lying on the N3 road in Haut Ogoou?. It is one of the most important manganese mining towns in the world, under the auspices of the Compagnie Mini?re de l'Ogoou? , which began mining in 1957....
  • Riblet Tramway Company
  • Roosevelt Island Tramway
    Roosevelt Island Tramway

    The Roosevelt Island Tramway is an aerial tramway in New York City that spans the East River and connects Roosevelt Island to Manhattan. Prior to the completion of the Portland Aerial Tram in December 2006, it was the only commuter aerial tramway in North America....
  • Ropeway
    Ropeway

    A ropeway is a form of naval lifting device used to transport light stores and equipment across rivers or ravines. It comprises a jackstay, slung between two sheers or gyns, one at either end, from which is suspended a block and tackle, that is free to travel along the rope and hauled back and forth by inhauls ....
  • Skiing and Skiing Topics
    Skiing

    Snow skiing is a group of sports using skis as primary equipment. Skis are used in conjunction with ski boots that connect to the ski with use of a ski bindings....
  • Transport
    Transport

    Transport or transportation is the movement of passenger and cargo from one location to another. Transport is performed by various modes of transport, such as aviation, rail transport, road transport, ship transport, cable transport, pipeline transport and space transport....
  • Transporter bridge
    Transporter bridge

    A transporter bridge is a type of movable bridge that carries a segment of roadway across a river. The gondola is slung from a tall span by wires or a metal frame....


External links

  • Lift-Database
  • at Colorado School of Mines
    Colorado School of Mines

    The Colorado School of Mines is a public teaching and research university devoted to engineering and applied science, with special expertise in the development and stewardship of the Earth's natural resources....