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The same machine was used to transfer goods between the funicular and rail, and has been retained for use with the cable car. [ 8 ] [ 2 ] [ 4 ] From Grütschalp to Mürren the line is continued as a 4.27 km (2.7 mi) long narrow gauge electric railway, which rises 152 m (498.7 ft).
The Zagreb cable car is a gondola lift in Zagreb, Croatia. Opened in 2022, it runs from the Podsljeme district to Sljeme, the highest peak of the Medvednica mountain.
The drivers remotely control the speed of the cable, which is powered by a 355 kW (476 hp) electric motor and slowed by redundant braking systems, all located at the upper terminus. In normal service the cars operate at 4 m/s (13 ft/s), but at times of high demand this can be increased to 7 m/s (23 ft/s).
After closing in 1989, the Trebević cable car was reconstructed between 2017 and 2018, and officially reopened on 6 April 2018. [8] A total of 33 modern cable cars make up the new system, which can transport up to 1,200 passengers from the city to Trebević per hour, with a ride duration of nine minutes each way.
Test runs began on the cable car line in April 2021, [7] with a planned opening date of October 10, 2021. However, media reports the following day indicated that while all infrastructure was complete, a dispute had arisen with Doppelmayr Cable Car , the Austrian cable car manufacturer which was delaying the inauguration of the service. [ 8 ]
The cable car equipment was not affected. In May 2012, passenger traffic at times began to exceed the capacity. During the first year of operation, the number of passengers was almost 2 million people. On the morning of 31 July 2014 on the cable car there was an emergency. In the prop next to the cabin, where there were people, was struck by ...
The cable car climbs 1,011 metres (3,317 ft) to the top of Mount Hoven, above the Nordfjord. The maximum speed is 7 metres per second (23 ft/s). [ 1 ] With a gradient up to 60°, it is one of the steepest in the world.
Golden Horn seen from Piyerloti.. The Eyüp Gondola, a.k.a. Eyüp–Piyerloti Aerial Cable Car, (Turkish: TF2 Eyüp–Piyerloti teleferik hattı) is a two-station gondola-type line of aerial lift passenger transport system located in Eyüp district of Istanbul, Turkey.