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
			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.)	015th	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

• High cable car pillars in the world

Individual evidence

1. ↑ largest span after the discontinued Feldmoos – Chli Titlis material ropeway
2. ↑ 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. 
3. ↑ Bergbahn innovativ, Extreme-Gondeln, News.at , November 15, 2012 (Fig. 13/18)
4. ↑ Innovative mountain railway, extreme gondolas: rotating gondola in Sattel (Switzerland), News.at , November 15, 2012 (picture 16/18)
5. ↑ Innovative mountain railway, extreme gondolas: Cabrio gondola on the Stanserhorn (Switzerland), News.at , November 15, 2012 (Fig. 9/18)
6. ^ History of the cable cars in Switzerland
7. ↑ Doppelmayr cable car La Paz: already 1,000,000 trips - the first successful month of the Línea Roja , seilbahn.net, July 10, 2014
8. ↑ Innovative mountain railway, extreme gondolas: Sauna gondola in Ylläs (Finland), News.at , November 15, 2012 (Fig. 6–8 / 18)
9. ↑ 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 
10. ↑ 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 
11. ↑ 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) 
12. ↑ 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. 
13. ↑ [[e-mail] 14.00 http://newsroom.doppelmayr.com/en/doppelmayr/press/doppelmayr-opens-the-world/ Doppelmayr opens the world's longest ropeway]
14. ↑ 30-TGD Fansipan Legend
15. ↑ Swiss build the world's largest gondola lift. In: 20 minutes. June 28, 2016, accessed July 1, 2016 .