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Aerial Tramway

Aerial tramways around the world

Africa

South Africa

• Table Mountain has a rotating cable car ferrying passengers to and from the top of the mountain.

Asia

China

• Chongqing An aerial tramway provides transportation across the Yangtse River. The tramway is 740m long and operates at 8m/s. Each cabin can carry a maximum of 45 passengers, with a total design capacity of 900 passengers /hour in each direction.

India

• Gangtok – A ropeway is in operation in the eastern Himalayan town of Gangtok. The ropeway ferries tourists from one part of the city to another.
• Phelagham – in this ski resort in Jammu and Kashmir, the cable cars ferry passengers up the ski slopes.

Iran

• The Tochal Tele-cabin which starts from the metropolitan Tehran and ends in the Tochal Ski Resort in the 3900m high. It has 7 stations and is one of the longest and most scenic in the world. A modern ski hotel hosts the skiers at the end of the tramway.
• Namakabrood aerial tramway, in the Mazandaran province of Iran. It starts at the sea level near the shores of the Caspian Sea and ends on the top of the Alborz heights crossing dense forest area of northern Iran.
• Ganjnameh Cable Car in Hamedan province of Iran is situated in an archaeological site belonging to the Sassanid era.

Israel

• the Masada cableway which lifts visitors from well below sea level up to the butte where the ancient Jewish fortress town's ruins can be seen. The only other way up is a snake path.

Singapore

• The Singapore cable car http://www.cablecar.com.sg from Mount Faber to Sentosa Island; interesting in that it has an intermediate stop, and was the first in the world to span a harbour.

South Korea

• Namsan Cable Car, Seoul.

Europe

France

• The Tlphrique de l'Aiguille du Midi, opened in 1955, can carry 75 passengers in the first section and 65 passengers in the second section. It starts in Chamonix at the altitude of 1030 metres to Plan de l'Aiguille at 2317 metres for the first section. The second section arrives at the top of the Aiguille du Midi in a station at 3777 metres high. It is the highest aerial tramway in the world.Description from the Compagnie du Mont Blanc site
• The Vanoise Express, opened in December 2003 at a cost of €15 million, is a double decker tramway for 200 passengers in each car. It spans the Ponturin gorge at a height of 380 metres (1250 feet) above the ground, linking the resorts of La Plagne and Les Arcs in four minutes to form the Paradiski ski resort. Unusually its two cars run independently of each other on separate cables. http://www.paradiski.com/gb/vanoise_express.htm

Germany

• The Eibsee Seilbahn, which affords visitors access to Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze. There is also a cog railway up the Zugspitze.
• The Tegelbergbahn, or Tegelbahn, near Schwangau in Bavaria in beautiful Alpine scenery.

Italy

• Rittnerbahn in South Tyrol, the longest aerial tramway in the world in one track (see Guinness Book of World Records).

Spain

• Telefrico Teide on Pico de Teide, Tenerife, Canary Islands.
• Barcelona, from Montjuc park to the top, and across the harbour.

Sweden

• Kabinbanan in re is the only one in Scandinavia.

Switzerland

In Switzerland, many aerial tramways are in use, including:

• the Adliswil to Felsenegg tramway, part of Zrich's suburban public transport system.
• one serving the Schilthorn mountain in the Bernese Oberland. It appeared in the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service. With a length of 6931 meters (22739 feet) in four tracks, it is the longest aerial tramway in the Alps and the world's longest aerial tramway system. It gains over 2103 meters (6900 feet) of elevation.

A complete list of publicly available Swiss aerial tramways (excluding other types of aerial lifts), is available at list of aerial tramways in Switzerland.

United Kingdom

North America

Canada

• Sulphur Mountain Gondola to the summit of Sulphur Mountain, near Banff, Alberta. (gondola)
• Grouse Mountain in Vancouver, British Columbia, has two aerial tramways running parallel.
• Jasper Tramway to the summit of The Whistlers, near Jasper, Alberta. (gondola)
• Spanish Aerocar over the Whirlpool Rapids in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

United States

• Alyeska Ski Resort in Alaska
• The Cannon Mountain Tram in Franconia, New Hampshire.
• The tram at El Paso, Texas ascends the Franklin Mountains as part of the Texas State Park system.
• The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in Palm Springs, California, which transports passengers to the top of Mount San Jacinto.
• The Roosevelt Island Tramway, Manhattan, New York, USA, is a tourist attraction as well as the only aerial tramway in North America directed mainly at commuters. Portland, Oregon is building the Portland Aerial Tram for commuting, as well.
• The Sandia Peak Tramway in Albuquerque, New Mexico is the world's longest single span tramway.
• The tram at Snowbird, Utah, another ski-and-summer resort near Salt Lake City.
• At Squaw Valley ski resort, California, USA, the 'cable car' (aerial tramway) system takes skiers from the base to the mountain top.
• The skylift at Stone Mountain, near Atlanta.
• The tram at Jackson Hole, Wyoming has over 4000 feet of elevation gain.

South America

Brazil

• A very famous aerial tramway is located at Rio de Janeiro. It is actually composed of two separate cable car systems, one going from city level to the top of the Hill of the Urca (where there was formerly a famous casino), and a second one going from the hill to the top of the Sugarloaf Mountain.

Oceania

Australia

• Katoomba Scenic Skyway cable car

New Zealand

• Christchurch - Heathcote Gondola, located close to the Christchurch end of the Lyttelton tunnel in the Port Hills.
• Queenstown - Skyline Gondola. Views across Lake Wakatipu and The Remarkables mountains are gained from the top.

See also

• Transport
• List of aerial lift manufacturers
• Gondola lift
• Chairlift
• Detachable chairlift
• Funitel
• Cable ferry

• Skiing and Skiing Topics

External links

• The Tochal aerial tramway, Tehran, Iran
• The Telpherage system in the repair sheds of the New York City subway

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