Comparison of outstanding cable cars
This comparison contains aerial cableways that have one or more outstanding features (height, length, span). The list therefore only includes a few examples from the large number of existing cable cars.
country | Place name |
Art | length | Station height (m) | opening | Stop dismantling |
Remarks | |||
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horizontal (km) | Span (m) | valley | mountain | difference | ||||||
Germany |
Eibsee cable car Zugspitze |
ATW | 4.45 | 3213 | 1000 | 2945 | 1945 | 2017 | greatest height difference of a section; largest span; With 127 m, the highest steel support for an aerial tramway. | |
Germany |
Bad Reichenhall Predigtstuhlbahn |
ATW | 2,380 | 2000 | 1583 | 476 | 1107 | 1928 | Oldest originally preserved large cable car in the world, listed as a historical monument | |
Germany |
Freiburg im Breisgau Schauinslandbahn |
BGD | 3.5 | 734 | 473 | 1219 | 746 | 1930 | First orbit in the world exclusively for passenger transport. 1 TS, 2 ZS | |
Germany |
Koblenz Rhine cable car |
TGD | 0.9 | 850 | 65 | 177 | 112 | 2010 | With 7,600 people per hour, the world's largest conveying capacity | |
Austria | Kaprun summit lift | ATW | 2.2 | 2452 | 3029 | 577 | 1966 | At 113.6 m, it is the second highest cable car pillar in the world | ||
Austria |
Kitzbühel 3S-Bahn |
TGD | 3.7 | 2507 | 1780 | 1917 | 137 | 2005 | Max. 400 m above ground; Glass floor in a gondola | |
Austria |
Batschun's experimental cable car |
ATW | 0.45 | 472 | 683 | 825 | 142 | 1948 | 1962 1963 |
the only known test cable car in the world, financed entirely privately by a single person |
Austria |
Graz cable car in Frida and Fred (children's museum) |
0.012 (approx.) | 15th | 353 | 354 | 1 | 2003 | Particularly short "cable car", operated by the passenger with muscle power using a double hand crank, indoors over the exhibition area | ||
Switzerland |
Engelberg aerial cableway Gerschnialp - Trübsee |
ATW | Bungee jumping from a gondola 140 m down | |||||||
Switzerland | Grindelwald – Männlichen cable car | MGD | 6.2 | 937 | 2225 | 1298 | 1978 | 2 sections; At times longest gondola lift in the world for commercial passenger transport in the mountains | ||
Switzerland |
Zermatt Matterhorn Express |
6.5 | 2009 | 4 (5) sections: Zermatt - Furi; Furi - (Aroleid) - Schwarzsee; Schwarzsee - Furgg; Furgg - Trockener Steg | ||||||
Switzerland |
Gadmen material cable car Feldmoos – Chli Titlis |
RPC | 4.7 | 3426 | 1599 | 3026 | 1427 | 1979 | 1986 | longest span ever built; Construction site cable car with a payload of up to 3.8 t; 1986 dismantled |
Switzerland |
Zermatt Zermatt - Klein Matterhorn |
ATW | 3.7 | 1634 | 3883 | 2249 | 1979 | highest mountain station in Europe; 3 sections + elevator to the terrace (1964, 1982, 1979) | ||
Switzerland | Klein Matterhorn | ATW | 3.6 | 2885 | 2939 | 3820 | 881 | 1979 | ||
Switzerland | Klein Matterhorn | TGD | 3.6 | 2939 | 3820 | 881 | 2018 | highest 3S cable car in the world | ||
Switzerland |
SZ Stuckli Rondo saddle |
MGB | first rotating gondola in an orbit, on the Mostelberg | |||||||
Switzerland |
Stans Stanserhorn Railway |
ATW | 2.3 | 711 | 1849 | 1138 | 2012 | only convertible cable car (open upper deck, spiral staircase), 5 m track width | ||
Switzerland |
Grindelwald chairlift Grindelwald-First |
CLD | 4.4 | 1105 | 1947 | 1991 | For a long time the longest detachable chairlift in Europe | |||
Switzerland | Construction cable car power plants Linth-Limmern | 2400 approx. | 1958/1960 | Load capacity 18 or 25 tons; dismantled after completion of the power plant, replaced by a lighter passenger train | ||||||
Argentina | Chilecito-La Mejicana material ropeway | RPC | 35 | 34.2 | 3528 | 1076 | 900 | 1905 | 1920 1926 |
largest height difference in the world, longest material ropeway of its time |
Armenia |
Syunik- Halidsor cable car Tatev |
ATW | 5.5 | 2500 | 1546 | 1537 | 9 | 2010 | longest aerial tramway in the world in one section with continuous TS (5750 m); Max. 321 m above ground | |
Australia |
Cairns Skyrail Rainforest Cableway |
MGD | 7.5 | 5 | 336 | 749 | 1995 | Red Peak 545 m; two sections with 4.8 km (via intermediate station) and 2.7 km | ||
Bolivia |
La Paz , El Alto Mi Teleférico (urban) |
MGD | 2.3 | 3700 approx. | 4100 approx. | 400 approx. | 2014 | 1 million passengers within 28 days of opening, 62,422 on the peak day, 17 h / 7 d operation | ||
Chile | Aucanquilcha | RPC | 13.6 | 600 | 3942 | 5874 | 1932 | 1935 | ? | highest (material) cable car in the world, highest camp in the world at 5334 m; set |
Chile | Ollagüe | RPC | 11.0 | 3719 | 4717 | 998 | 1948 | Discontinued in 1948 | ||
People's Republic of China |
Sichuan Dagu Glacier Gondola |
MGD | 2.4 | 3617 | 4843 | 1226 | 2008 | highest cable car in the world (with oxygen bottles ) | ||
Ecuador |
Quito TelefériQo |
MGD | 2.5 | 2950 | 4053 | 1103 | 2005 | until 2008 and U. highest mountain station in the world (a. A .: 3996 m) | ||
Eritrea | Massaua-Asmara cable car | RPC | 74.0 | 0 | 2400 | 2400 | 1935 | > 1950 | several sections, destroyed in the early 1950s | |
Finland |
Kolari Yllästunturi |
MGD | 3.1 | 255 | 718 | 463 | (one) single sauna gondola, sauna also in the mountain station | |||
France |
Aiguille du Midi Telepherique de l'Aiguille du Midi |
ATW | 4.6 | 2867 | 1035 | 3842 | 2742 | 1955 | 1st + 2nd section + elevator | |
France |
Aiguille du Midi (1st section) |
ATW | 2.1 | 1035 | 2317 | 1282 | 1955 | |||
France |
Aiguille du Midi (2nd section) |
ATW | 2.5 | 2867 | 2317 | 3777 | 1460 | 1955 | without supports | |
France | Vallée Blanche small cabin lift | BGFP | 5.0 | 2831 | 3466 | 3778 | 312 | 1958 | 1 carrying rope, 1 revolving traction rope | |
France |
Savoy Vanoise Express |
ATW | 1.8 | 1800 | 1548 | 1612 | 64 | 2003 | largest cabins in the world, two-story with 200 people; 2 independent cable cars with 1 cabin each next to each other; no support; Max. 380 m above ground | |
Gabon Republic of the Congo |
COMILOG material ropeway | RPC | 76.0 | 426 | 652 | 223 | 1959 | 1986 | ||
India |
Gulmarg Gulmarg Gondola |
MGD | 5.0 | 2699 | 3980 | 1281 | 2005 | until 2008 and U. highest mountain station in the world (on request: 4084 m) | ||
Iran |
Dandi Anguran lead and zinc mine |
RPC | 18.8 | 1650 | 2320 | 670 | 1973 | Longest in operation material ropeway in the world (circulation) with 170 supports and 420 tipping gondolas | ||
Ireland |
Dursey Island Cable Car |
ATW | 0.3 | 250 | 20th | 20th | 0 | 1969 | probably the only cable car in the world where livestock is an express priority | |
Israel |
Masada Masadabahn |
ATW | 0.9 | 290 | −257 | 33 | 290 | 1971 1998 |
1998 |
deepest cable car in the world, replaced by a new building in 1998 |
Italy |
Bozen Kohlerer Bahn |
ATW | 1.5 | 267 | 1110 | 843 | 1908 | Oldest cable car in the world intended and approved for public passenger transport, now completely rebuilt twice | ||
Italy |
Bolzano Renon cable car |
TGD | 4.5 | 276 | 1227 | 951 | 1966 | 2007 | old aerial tramway discontinued in 2007, total length over supporting cable anchoring pillars 4565 m, then longest section; now continuous 3S-Bahn | |
Italy |
Savona cable cars Savona – San Giuseppe |
RPC | 16.7 | 140 | 1912 | (temporally :) longest operating cable car in the world | ||||
Canada |
Whistler, British Columbia Peak 2 Peak Gondola |
TGD | 4.4 | 3024 | 2181 | 2436 | 255 | 2008 | second longest span in the world; 436 m above ground is the highest distance | |
Colombia | Mariquita-Manizales material ropeway | RPC | 75.0 | 495 | 2000 | 1505 | 1922 | 1960 | longest material ropeway of its time; total height differences over the 3700 m pass = 4905 m | |
Palestine |
Jericho Jericho Cable Car |
BGFP | 1.3 | −230 | −50 | 180 | 1999 | longest cable car below sea level | ||
Sweden | Kalklinbanan | RPC | 41.2 | 540 | 1941 | 2013 | longest material ropeway of its time, closed in 1997, demolished in 2013 | |||
Sweden | Norsjö cable car | BGD | 13.6 | 220? | 243? | 1989 | 2018 | by 2018 longest gondola lift in the world with passenger transport, section (No. IV) of the Linbanan Boliden - Kristineberg | ||
Sweden | Linbanan Boliden - Kristineberg | RPC | 95.880 | 429 | 219 | 372 | 153 | 1943 | (1987) | Was the longest (material) cable car in the world; 8 sections; 1987: Sections 1–3 and 5–8 closed; Section 4 rebuilt for passengers (1989-2018) |
Serbia | Zlatibor – Tornik cable car | BGD | 9 | 965 | 1496 | 531 | longest panoramic cable car in the world | |||
Slovakia | Bratislava cable car | FT | 0.5 | 165 | 162 | 3 | 2003 | only transports cars | ||
Spain |
San Sebastian Monte Ulia cable car |
1907 | 1920s | one of the first aerial cableways for passenger transport in the world | ||||||
Spain |
Barcelona Port Cable Car Barcelona |
ATW | 1.3 | 68 | 1931 | End station on 68 m high tower, intermediate station on 107 m high tower | ||||
Swaziland South Africa |
Bulembu – Barberton material ropeway | RPC | 20.4 | 1207 | 1939 | 2002 | At the time of opening, the longest material ropeway in one section in the world, closed in 2002 | |||
Turkey |
Tahtalı Dağı Cable Car Olympos Teleferik |
ATW | 4.2 | 726 | 2365 | 1639 | 2007 | Contrary to the operator's opinion, only the fourth longest aerial tramway in the world | ||
United States |
Albuquerque Sandia Peak Tramway |
ATW | 4.5 | 2353 | 1999 | 3163 | 1164 | 1966 | second longest one-section aerial tramway in the world (4467 m); Max. 274 m above ground | |
United States |
Niagara River Whirlpool Aero Car |
ATW | 0.5 | 530 | 86 | 86 | 0 | 1916 | probably the only broad-gauge winch cable car with 6 suspension cables; almost original condition. Crosses the US / Canada border | |
Venezuela |
Caracas Cable Car from Caracas |
BGD | 10.6 | 1150 | 100 | 2105 | 2005 | 1956 | 1988 | Further development of the Schauinslandbahn; Height difference 2005 m + 1110 m on the other side. 1 TS, 2 ZS |
Venezuela |
Mérida Merida Railway |
ATW | 12.5 | 1577 | 4765 | 3188 | 1960–2008 new building in 2016 |
at the time the highest mountain station in the world; 4 sections; 1 TS, 2 ZS; Discontinued in 2008 after an accident due to old age; the new building was opened in 2016; longest cable car with passenger traffic since 2018 | ||
Vietnam | Hòn Thơm cable car | TGD | 7.9 | 2018 | longest gondola lift in the world for passenger transport (3S-Bahn, as of February 2018); longest cable car in just one section. | |||||
Vietnam | Fansipan | TGD | 6.2 | 1410 | 2016 | second longest 3S cable car in the world (as of February 2016) | ||||
Vietnam |
Nha Trang Vinpearl Cable Car |
MGD | 3.1 | 5 | 33 | 28 | 2007 | longest cable car over an arm of the sea (at a height of around 60 m) | ||
Vietnam Laos |
Xóm Cúc – Ban Naphao cable car | 42 | 1933 | ≈1950 | longest aerial cableway in Asia; across borders | |||||
Vietnam |
Halong Bay Ha Long Queen Cable Car (Cáp Treo Nữ Hoàng) |
ATW | 2.2 | 1206 | 5 | 89 | 2016 | Largest aerial tramway cabin in the world: 230 passengers Highest aerial tramway support in the world: 188.88 m |
The abbreviations have the following meanings:
ATW | Aerial tramway ; Aerial tramway |
BGD | Bicable orbit ; bicable gondola detachable |
BGFP | Group orbit ; bicable gondola fixed grip pulsed |
CGD | Kombibahn ; chairlift gondola detachable |
CLD | Detachable chairlifts ; chairlift detachable |
CLF | Chairlifts firmly clamped ; chairlift fixed grip |
FT | Funitel , orbit with two suspension ropes and two hoisting ropes |
FUF | Funifor , aerial tramway with two suspension cables |
MGD | Monocable gondola ; monocable gondola detachable |
MGFJ | Group orbit ; monocable fixed grip jigback |
MGFP | Group orbit, monocable orbit; monocable gondola fixed grip pulsed |
RPC | Material ropeway ; rope conveyor |
TGD | Tricable gondola ; tricable gondola detachable |
TS | Support rope = rope that carries the load |
ZS | Pull rope = rope that pulls the load |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ largest span after the discontinued Feldmoos – Chli Titlis material ropeway
- ↑ Zugspitze Cable Car ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bergbahn innovativ, Extreme-Gondeln, News.at , November 15, 2012 (Fig. 13/18)
- ↑ Innovative mountain railway, extreme gondolas: rotating gondola in Sattel (Switzerland), News.at , November 15, 2012 (picture 16/18)
- ↑ Innovative mountain railway, extreme gondolas: Cabrio gondola on the Stanserhorn (Switzerland), News.at , November 15, 2012 (Fig. 9/18)
- ^ History of the cable cars in Switzerland
- ↑ Doppelmayr cable car La Paz: already 1,000,000 trips - the first successful month of the Línea Roja , seilbahn.net, July 10, 2014
- ↑ Innovative mountain railway, extreme gondolas: Sauna gondola in Ylläs (Finland), News.at , November 15, 2012 (Fig. 6–8 / 18)
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from June 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Anguran lead & zinc ropeway
- ↑ Tourist attraction becomes dangerous ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , September 14, 2011
- ↑ The History of Mining in Barberton ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 4.6 MB)
- ↑ Swaziland ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ [[email protected] 14.00 http://newsroom.doppelmayr.com/en/doppelmayr/press/doppelmayr-opens-the-world/ Doppelmayr opens the world's longest ropeway]
- ↑ 30-TGD Fansipan Legend
- ↑ Swiss build the world's largest gondola lift. In: 20 minutes. June 28, 2016, accessed July 1, 2016 .