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  2. Penang Hill cable car - Wikipedia

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    The Penang Hill cable car is a gondola lift under construction in George Town, the capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang. The 2.73 km (1.70 mi) line will connect the Penang Botanic Gardens to the peak of Penang Hill and is intended to complement the existing Penang Hill Railway. The cable car line is projected to serve a capacity of ...

  3. Cable cars and funiculars in Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    The Temple Street Cable Railway began service on July 14, 1886. It was bought by and merged into the Pacific Electric Railway, which replaced the cable cars with electric streetcar service on October 2, 1902. The route was transferred to the Los Angeles Railway in 1910. Service on the last remaining portion of the route was discontinued in 1946.

  4. List of funicular railways - Wikipedia

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    Penang Hill Railway Penang , Penang Hill , Penang Hill Railway (1923-2010 with 2 independent sections; re-opened in 2011 as a one-section funicular) North Korea

  5. Transport in Penang - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, then federal Minister of Finance Lim Guan Eng announced a cable car system to complement the existing Penang Hill Railway, which had seen a ridership of 1.74 million in 2018. [65] This proposal aimed to reduce reliance on the railway. [66] [67] However, a political crisis in 2020 led to the cancellation of federal funds for the project ...

  6. Los Angeles and Mount Washington Railway - Wikipedia

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    It was declared Historic Monument #845 by the City of Los Angeles on August 16, 2006. The base station of the LA&MWRC is also still standing. Currently located at 200 W Avenue 43, Los Angeles, CA 90065, the cable car station overlooks the Metro A Line just south of the Southwest Museum stop in the Highland Park neighborhood of Northeast LA. The ...

  7. Angels Flight - Wikipedia

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    Angels Flight is a landmark and historic 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge funicular railway in the Bunker Hill district of Downtown Los Angeles, California. It has two funicular cars, named Olivet and Sinai, that run in opposite directions on a shared cable. The tracks cover a distance of 298 feet (91 m) over a vertical gain of 96 feet (29 m).

  8. Getty Center Tram - Wikipedia

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    The lower station (), at the bottom of the hill, lies beside Sepulveda Boulevard and the San Diego Freeway and features a refuge siding The upper station ( 34°04′42.1″N 118°28′29.9″W  /  34.078361°N 118.474972°W  / 34.078361; -118.474972 ), at the top of the hill, is located in the arrival plaza of the Getty Center and is ...

  9. Mount Washington, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    In 2008 the median age for residents was 33, about average for the city and the county. The percentage of never-married men (40.9%) was among the county's highest. [6] According to the Mapping L.A. project of the Los Angeles Times, based on the 2000 census, the neighborhood was "moderately diverse" ethnically, with a high percentage of Latino ...