Cable car
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A cable car is any of a variety of transportation systems relying on cables to pull vehicles along or lower them at a steady rate, or a vehicle on these systems.
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[edit] Aerial lift
Aerial lifts where the vehicle is suspended in the air from a cable:
- An aerial tramway consists of a cabin suspended from a cable, pulled by another cable.
- A gondola lift consists of a loop of cable that is strung between two or more stations, usually over intermediate supporting towers, from which cars are suspended.
- A ropeway conveyor or material ropeway is a subtype of gondola lift, from which containers for goods rather than passenger cars are suspended.
- Chairlifts where open chairs are hauled above the ground by means of a cable.
[edit] Rail system
Varieties in which the vehicle rests on rails or a road:
- A system to haul trains along streets, see Cable car (railway)
- The particular cable car system in operation in San Francisco, California, see San Francisco cable car system
- A funicular consists of a pair of railway cars that alternately ascend and descend an inclined right-of-way, attached to a common cable.
- A cable railway uses a cable or rope to haul trains.
[edit] The longest cableway
The world's longest operable cableway is the Forsby-Köping limestone cableway in Sweden at 42 km (26 mi).[1] The longest ever in operation was the 96 km (60 mi) Kristineberg-Boliden ropeway conveyor in Sweden. One of its 8 sections has been converted to a gondola lift and is still operating as the 13.2 km Norsjö aerial tramway making it the world's longest passenger cableway.
Also worth mentioning are Skyrail Rainforest Cableway, a gondola lift in Australia is 7.5 km long (two sections), and the Swiss Gondelbahn Grindelwald-Männlichen is 6.2 km long (two sections). The longest reversible aerial tramway built in one section only is Wings of Tatev in Armenia at 5.7 km (3.5 mi).
[edit] See also
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[edit] References
- ^ Henrik Ogstedt; Hanna Domfors (2010) (in swedish). Kalklinbanan: sammanställning och kulturhistorisk värdering (The limestone cableway: overview and cultural-historic evaluation) (Report). NIRAS Sweden AB. http://ekuriren.se/polopoly_fs/1.892044.1291909015!/Rapport%20Kalklinbanan%20101201.pdf.
