List of aerial tramways

List of aerial tramways (US) or cable cars (Europe) around the world.

• For gondola lifts, see the List of gondola lifts.
• For funiculars see List of funicular railways
• For funitels, see the Funitel article.

Africa

 Algeria

• 5 Cableways in Algiers the capital.
• Oran Cableway, Oran.
• Annaba Cableway, Annaba.
• Skikda Cableway, Skikda.
• Telemcen Cableway, Telemcen.

 South Africa

• The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, to summit of Table Mountain, Cape Town.
• The Hartebeestpoort Dam Cableway, Gauteng.

 Nigeria

The cross Rivers Government contracted the installation of a cable car to Doppelmayr of Switzerland and it was successfully completed in 2005. It runs from the base to the top of Obudu Ranch Resort in Cross River State of Nigeria.^[1]

Asia

 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.
• Gulmarg Gondola – Gulmarg, Asia's premier ski resort boasts of the 2nd highest cable car in the world and Asia's highest and longest cable car reaching an altitude of 13,400 ft.
• Visakhapatnam – Design and installation of an 800 PPH capacity, 350 m long Passenger Ropeway at Kailash Giri, Visakhapatnam on BOOT basis built by Conveyor & Ropeway Services Pvt. Ltd.
• Bhopal – Design, supply, erection, commissioning, operation and maintenance of a 400 PPH capacity, 600 M long Passenger Ropeway on BOOT basis, at Bheraghat, Marble Rocks, Jabalpur, M.P. is under execution. The project is awarded by Conveyor & Ropeway Services Pvt. Ltd.
• Darjiling – Revamping of an existing 100 PPD capacity Passenger Ropeway and converting it into 2000 PPD capacity, 2.3 km long, Detachable Grip type, Six-Seater, multi-cabin. GondoIa, taking full Operation & Maintenance control. A Joint Venture WIth West Bengal Forest Development Corporation Limited on Built-Own-Operate (BOO) basis by Conveyor & Ropeway Services Pvt. Ltd.
• Srinagar - Leads to the Sufi Shrine of Makhdoom Sahib on Hari Parbat
• Haridwar Uttarakhand - India's first city having two passenger ropeways, installed by Usha Breco Limited, known as Mansa Devi Udan Kahtola and Chandi Devi Udan Khatola. Mansa Devi ropeways is the busiest ropeway of India and it is in service since 1981. Chandi Ropeway for Maa Chandi Devi Temple since 1997 in service is the second busiest ropeway of India. Both ropeways have 800PPH capacity.
• Pavagarh Gujarat - Installed by Usha Breco Limited, known as Kalidevi Udan Kahtola. Ropeways also known as 3rd busiest ropeway of India. This ropeway is at Kalika Devi Temple since 1986. This ropeway was refurbished in 2005 with modern technology. This ropeway has 1320PPH capacity, which is highest in India.
• Ambaji Gujarat - Installed by Usha Breco Limited, known as Ambaji Udan Kahtola. Ropeways also known as 4th busiest ropeway of India. This ropeway is at Maa Ambaji Devi Temple since 1998. This ropeway has 760PPH capacity.
• Taratarini Orissa - Installed by Usha Breco Limited, known as Taratarini Udan Kahtola. This ropeway is at Maa Taratarini Temple since 2013. This ropeway has 300PPH capacity.
• Srisailam Andhra Pradesh-rope way.
• Nainital Uttarakhand-Ropeway is another ropeway in the state of Uttarakhand. The service provides for 2 wagons which carry 8 persons maximum each ferry, on opposite directions i.e. from Mallital Terminus to Snow view. The Rope Way is made with state of the Art Swiss collaboration and has got a very steep ascend and descend.It offers a panoramic view of the lake while ascending and a bird eye view of the flats while descending.It is also one of the longest ropeways of Asia with a stretch of almost 750 meters. The ropeway can be easily seen in the Northern hill of Nainital and is a major attraction among tourists. The prices are cheap to attract more tourists. Ticket prices are governed by Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam (Government controlled enterprise).

 Iran

• Ganjnameh Cable Car in Hamedan province of Iran is situated in an archaeological site belonging to the Sassanid era.
• Tochal Telecabin in Tehran province of Iran is situated in Velenjak, north of Tehran. 7.5 km and one of the world longest cable car's line.^[2]
• Namakabrood telecabin in Mazandaran province of Iran.
• Lahijan telecabin in Guilan province of Iran.

 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.
• The Rosh HaNikra grottoes cableway which takes visitors down to the grottoes carved by the Mediterranean Sea.
• The Stella Maris cableway in Haifa which lifts people from the Mediterranean coast to the top of Mount Carmel.

 Japan

Among 170 aerial lifts in Japan, 73 lines are aerial tramways, including 1 funitel. 69 aerial tramways operate full season. See the above article for the full listing of aerial lifts in the country (including gondola lifts). Some notable aerial tramways include:

• The Awashima Kaijō Ropeway, Numazu, Shizuoka, is the first line in the country to go over the sea.
• The Komagatake Ropeway, Nagano, has the station with the highest altitude in Japan, 2,611 m (8,568 ft).
• The Mt. Aso Ropeway, Aso, Kumamoto, is one of the few aerial lifts in the world on an active volcano.
• The Miyajima Ropeway, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, in the holy island of Miyajima.
• The Mt. Hakodate Ropeway, Hakodate, Hokkaidō, is the most popular aerial lift line in Japan, in terms of ridership. It was featured in Noein, 2005 anime.
• The Ryuoo Ropeway, Yamanouchi, Nagano, uses the largest cabins in Japan with 166 passenger capacity.
• The Yuzawa Kōgen Ropeway, Yuzawa, Niigata, also uses cabins with 166 passenger capacity.
• The Shinhotaka Ropeway, Takayama, Gifu, is the first line in the country to use double decker cabins.
• The Tateyama Ropeway, Tateyama, Toyama, makes a part of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
• The Unpenji Ropeway, Kan'onji, Kagawa, is the fastest line (10 m/s) in Japan. It also has the longest span in the country, 1.9 km (1.2 mi).
• The Yoshino Ropeway, Yoshino, Nara, is the oldest surviving line in Japan, opened in 1929.

 Lebanon

• The Téléphérique connects the bay of Jounieh, a city 16 km north of the capital Beirut, to Harissa's Our Lady of Lebanon pilgrimage monument at about 650 meters above sea level. It is 1,570 meters long and travels at 3.15 meters/second.

 Malaysia

• Genting Skyway serves the hilltop resort of Genting Highlands
• The Awana skyway, connects the Awana Country club resort to the hilltop resort of Genting Highlands.
• Penang Cable Car, connects Teluk Bahang in Penang island to the hill resort of Penang Hill. Construction is expected to start in 2006 and it will be the 2nd longest in the world.

 Pakistan

Murree Cable Car & Chair Lift includes two cable car rides and two chairlift rides. All the four rides are owned by a single company and a single ticket is issued for all the four rides offering spectacular views of Muree hills

 People's Republic of China

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

 South Korea

• Namsan cable car, Seoul.
• Sorak Cable Car, Sokcho City, Kangwon-do, connects to Kwongeum castle in SORAKSAN NATIONAL PARK.

 Taiwan

• Beitou Cable Car
• Farglory Ocean Park
• Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village#Rides and attractions
• Maokong Gondola

 Thailand

• Hatyai Cable Car

Europe

 Armenia

• “Tatevi tever” (“Wings of Tatev”) at the villages Halidzor and Tatev, Syuniq region -Spanning 5.7 kilometers across the spectacular Vorotan River Gorge, the Tatev Aerial Tramway - the longest passenger aerial tramway in the world.^[3]

“Tatev wings” aerial tramway is supported by three towers between its two terminals. One terminal is on a hill overlooking the village of Halidzor and the other is near Tatev Monastery, on the road to Tatev village. At top speed, the tramway travels at 37 kilometers per hour and the ride takes approximately 11 minutes, with its deepest drop at 360 meters aboveground. Two cabins (each with the capacity to hold 25 people) operate at once, traveling in opposite directions. There are six cables altogether (three per cabin, with two cables suspending and one cable pulling each cabin), each uniquely built for the specifications of this project. They are capable of carrying 10-15 times more than the nominal load. The tramway is equipped with a diesel drive unit which will operate immediately in the case of a power outage.

 Austria

• This sub-section is under development.

The cable car at Zell am See in the Austrian Alps is but one of 55 aerial tramways, gondolas and chair lifts in this location alone. Cable cars of all types carry an estimated 500- to 550-million passengers each year in Austria.

• Gletscherbahn Kaprun III - aerial tramway with tallest aerial lift pylon in the world (height: 113.6 metres)
• Tyrolean Zugspitze Cable Car

 Azerbaijan

• This sub-section is under development.

There are several cable cars in Azerbaijan. They are in Qusar Shahdag Mountain Resort, Zaqatala and Gabala cities.

 France

• The Téléphérique 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 m to Plan de l'Aiguille at 2317 m for the first section. The second section arrives at the top of the Aiguille du Midi in a station at 3777 m high.
• Vallee Blanche Aerial Tramway using a special support structure for its ropes.
• 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 m (1250 ft) 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.
• Telépherique de la Grande Motte in Tignes on the mountain-top with the same name.
• The Téléphérique du Salève, opened in 1932 primarily carries tourists from the Geneva suburb of Vernier with Mount Salève which rises above the city to the south.
• The Grenoble-Bastille Cable Car (Les Bulles) carries tourists from Grenoble city centre to the Bastille overlooking the city. It was the first urban aerial tramway, first opening in 1934.^[4][5] It was reconstructed in 1976.

 Germany

• The Eibsee Cable Car, which affords visitors access to Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze. There is also a rack railway (Zugspitze Railway) up the Zugspitze.
• The Tegelberg Cable Car, or Tegelbahn, near Schwangau in Bavaria in beautiful Alpine scenery.
• Fichtelberg Cable Car
• Herzogstand Cable Car
• Rauschberg Cable Car
• Karwendel Cable Car
• Kampenwand Cable Car, Aschau, Bavaria
• Nebelhorn Cable Car, Oberstdorf, Bavaria
• Predigtstuhl Cable Car
• Wendelstein Cable Car, Bayrischzell, Bavaria
• Burgberg Cable Car, Bad Harzburg

 Gibraltar

• The Gibraltar Cable Car, takes passengers to the Top of the Rock of Gibraltar. First constructed in 1969. A cable car for military personnel was installed by 1893.^[6]

 Ireland

• "Dursey Island Cable Car", connects Dursey Island off the South-West coast of Ireland to the mainland. First constructed in 1969.^[7]

 Italy

• Josef Mountain Aerial Tramway, an aerial tramway with engine at the cabin
• Ferrovia del Renon (Rittnerbahn) in the province of South Tyrol, the longest aerial tramway in the world in one track (see Guinness Book of World Records).

 Latvia

• Sigulda Aerial Tramway, connecting Sigulda town and Krimulda village over picturesque Gauja river valley

 Norway

• Fjellheisen in Tromsø.
• Krossobanen in Tinn is the oldest aerial tramway in Northern Europe. It was built in 1928.
• Loen Skylift in Stryn.
• Ulriksbanen on the mountain Ulriken in Bergen.
• Fjellheisen in Narvik.
• Hangursbanen on the mountain Hanguren in Voss.

 Poland

• Kasprowy Wierch cableway connecting mount Kasprowy Wierch and Zakopane from 1936 (modernised in 2008). Length 4292 m, difference of elevation: 936 m, Time: 12 min. Capacity: 60 passengers/cabin, Towers: 6.

 Portugal

Madeira cable car

 Romania

• Bușteni-Babele in Bușteni. Length 4350 m, difference of elevation: 1235 m, Time: 13 min. Capacity: 25 passengers/cabin, Towers: 6.
• Babele-Peștera in Bușteni. Length 2611 m, difference of elevation: 560 m, Time: 10 min. Capacity: 35 passengers/cabin, Towers: 2.
• Bâlea Lake in Sibiu. Length 1687 m, difference of elevation: 1145, Time: 10 min. Capacity: 25 passengers/cabin, Towers: 4.
• Sinaia-Cota 1400 in Sinaia. Length 2328 m, difference of elevation: 591 m, Time: 15 min.
• Cota 1400-Vârful cu Dor in Sinaia. Length 1945 m, difference of elevation: 606 m. Capacity: 28 passengers/cabin, Towers: 2.
• Tâmpa in Brașov. Length 573 m, difference of elevation: 320 m. Towers: none.
• Kanzel, in Poiana Brașov. Length 2449, difference of elevation: 693 m. Capacity: 43 passengers/cabin.
• Capra Neagră, in Poiana Brașov. Length 2802 m, difference of elevation: 735 m. Capacity: 60 passengers/cabin. Commissioned in 1982.

 Slovenia

• Bohinj-Vogel in the Julian Alps. Length 1663 m
• Zekovec in the Mozirje mountains. Length 3270 m
• Big Pasture Plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps.

 Slovakia

• Skalnaté pleso - Lomnický štít in High Tatras.

 Spain

• Aeri de Montserrat, at Montserrat, in Catalonia.
• Aeri del Port in Barcelona, Catalonia. From Montjuïc park across the harbour via Torre Jaume I to Torre Sant Sebastia.
• Teleférico de Fuente Dé, Picos de Europa in Cantabria.
• Telefèric d'Olesa a Esparreguera, from Olesa de Montserrat railway station to Esparraguera, in Catalonia.
• Teleférico del Teide on Pico de Teide, Tenerife, Canary Islands.

 Sweden

• Kabinbanan in Åre.
• Norsjö aerial tramway, longest aerial tramway in the world

  Switzerland

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

• Klein Matterhorn Aerial Tramway, the highest cable car in Europe (3883m), Zermatt.
• Titlis, 3020 m, Engelberg. The first revolving cable car in the world.
• Adliswil-Felsenegg cable car, the tramway between Adliswil and Felsenegg, part of Zürich's suburban public transport system.
• Gant Hohtaelli Aerial Tramway near Zermatt using a 94 metre tall aerial lift pylon.
• 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 m (22,739 ft) in four separate sections, it is the longest aerial tramway system in the Alps. It gains over 2103 m (6900 ft) of elevation.

 Turkey

• Bursa Uludağ Aerial Tramway, the longest cable car in Turkey (4,778 m) - replaced by Bursa Uludağ Gondola (8.8 km long)
• Olympos Aerial Tram, Kemer - Mt. Olympos (Tahtalı Dağı) (4,359 m long)

 Ukraine

• Kharkiv Air Ropeway (1,387 m long)
• Yalta Minor Ropeway (600 m long)
• Myshor - Air-Petri Aerial Tramway (2980 m long), longest aerial tramway system in Ukraine.

North America

 Canada

• Boston Bar Aerial Ferry, since replaced by a bridge, was an aerial car ferry connecting Boston Bar to North Bend, across the Fraser River.
• Grouse Mountain in Vancouver, British Columbia, has two aerial tramways running in parallel.
• Golden, BC - Kicking Horse Resort
• Hells Gate Airtram in the Fraser Canyon of British Columbia was built as a tourist attraction and descends to its destination from the Trans-Canada Highway to viewing platforms and a footbridge over Hells Gate, a famous narrowing of that canyon.
• Jasper Skytram to the summit of The Whistlers, near Jasper, Alberta.
• Spanish Aerocar over the Whirlpool Rapids in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
• The Cable Car at Montmorency Falls, Quebec near Quebec City that takes passengers to the top of the falls.

 Mexico

• in the city of Zacatecas, Zacatecas.
• in the García Caves, in Monterrey, Nuevo León.
• in The Cooper Canyon, in Barracas del Cobre in the state of Chihuahua (Third single longest spann in the world 2,800 mts).
• in the city of Durango, Durango. (due to open in 2010)

 United States

• Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, 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 Hawks Nest State Park aerial tram, in Fayette County, West Virginia, carries park visitors from the rim of the New River Gorge to the bank of the New River, a descent of more than 800 feet (240 m).
• The aerial tramway at Heavenly Ski Resort, near South Lake Tahoe, California
• Jackson Hole Tram at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort near Jackson, Wyoming

• Jay Peak Resort ski resort in Jay, Vermont. Built in 1967 by Von Roll of Switzerland; the cabins (cars) were replaced in 2000.
• The Lone Peak Tram at Big Sky Ski Resort, in Montana
• Mount Roberts Tramway, in Juneau, Alaska
• The tram to Ober Gatlinburg ski resort and amusement park in Gatlinburg, Tennessee
• The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in Palm Springs, California, which transports passengers to the top of Mount San Jacinto
• The aerial tram at Pipestem Resort State Park in Pipestem, West Virginia descends 3,600 feet (1,100 m) into the Bluestone River gorge.
• The Portland Aerial Tram, a commuting tram in urban Portland, Oregon, connecting the South Waterfront district to the Oregon Health & Science University and the Marquam Hill neighborhood. It has a capacity of 30,000 passengers per day.
• The Roosevelt Island Tramway in New York City is one of two aerial tramways in North America used by commuters as a mode of mass transit (the Portland Aerial Tram being the other). Passengers pay with the MetroCard, used on most of the rest of New York City's public transport system.

• The Sandia Peak Tramway in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• Snowbasin Olympic Tram
• The tram at Snowbird, Utah, a ski and summer resort near Salt Lake City
• The Squaw Valley Aerial Tramway at Squaw Valley Ski Resort, California, taking skiers from the base to the High Camp area
• The aerial tram at Sterling Vineyards in Calistoga, California lifts guest to their wine tasting rooms.
• The skylift at Stone Mountain, near Atlanta, Georgia
• Estes Park Aerial Tramway in Estes Park, CO

Oceania

 Australia

• Katoomba Scenic Skyway cable car
• Taronga Sky Safari, Taronga Zoo cable cars lift people from the ferry (sea level) to the top zoo entrance, possibly over 100m.
• Warragamba Dam from Emu Plains quarry - for construction, now defunct
• A full list of 400 Australian aerial tramways, chair lifts, ski lifts and gondolas is at Australian mountains.

South America

 Argentina

• Cablecarril Chilecito, in La Rioja

 Bolivia

• Mi Teleférico, in La Paz

 Brazil

• The Sugarloaf Cable Car is located in Rio de Janeiro. It is composed of two separate cable car systems, one going from city level to the top of the Morro da Urca, and a second one going from the hill to the top of the Sugarloaf Mountain. The latter appeared in the James Bond movie Moonraker.
• Another famous aerial tramway in Brazil is located in Poços de Caldas, in the Minas Gerais State.

 Colombia

• In Bogotá, a tramway can be used for going from the city level (2600 m above sea level) to the top of the Hill of Monserrate (3152 m). It was built in 1955, and has two cabins each for 40 passengers. The 880 m journey is traveled in 7 minutes, with a magnificent view over the downtown of the City. On top, there is a shrine in a church, a fine dining restaurant and smaller tourist attractions.
• Cable Aéreo between Manizales and Villamaria, 13,000 passengers daily.

 Ecuador

• The Telefériqo in Quito

 Venezuela

• Mérida cable car. It spans the magnificent national park area called the Sierra Nevada de Mérida and connects the city of Mérida with the surrounding heights. Re-opened in April 2016 and once again the highest in the world.

The Mérida Cable Car (Spanish: Teleférico de Mérida) or Mukumbarí is a cable car in Venezuela. Its base is located in the Venezuelan city of Mérida at an altitude of 1,640 metres (5,380 ft), and its terminus is on Pico Espejo, at 4,765 metres (15,633 ft). It is the highest and second longest cable car in the world for just 500 meters, but is in first place for being the only one which combined such height and length. Mérida Cable Car is a journey of 12.5 kilometers, reaching a height of 4,765 meters, making it an engineering marvel that is one of a kind and has over 40 years of history. The whole system was opened to the public in 1960; it was closed indefinitely in 2008, with a declaration that it had reached the end of its service life and is being rebuilt.^[1]In 2011 it began a project of total modernization of the cable car which promised to become the most modern in the world. In April 2016 it re-opened its doors to the public.

Movies

• Where Eagles Dare
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service
• Moonraker

Freight

• Moanda, Gabon - for manganese ore, until superseded by railway.
• Emu Plains to Warragamba Dam for dam construction.
• Asmara-Massawa Cableway formerly in Eritrea
• Manizales - Mariquita Cableway in Colombia

See also

• List of spans
• List of gondola lifts
• Funitel

References