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1] This article is a List of gondola lifts around the world. A gondola lift has cabins suspended from a continuously circulating cable whereas aerial trams simply shuttle back and forth on cables. (Both are cable cars, and both are aerial lifts which also includes chairlifts.) For aerial tramways, see the List of aerial tramways.
Folkestone, Leas Lift (1885–2017; second pair 1890–1966) – water balanced; Hastings: East Hill Lift (opened 1903) West Hill Lift (opened 1891) Lizard, The Lizard Lifeboat Station ; Lynton and Lynmouth, Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway (opened 1890) – water balanced; London, London Millennium Funicular (2003-2021) – inclined elevator [86]
Tochal Telecabin. Tochal Telecabin [1] is one of the world's longest gondola lift lines, with a length of 7500 m. [1] The project started in 1974 by Bahman Batmanghelidj and associates and has been open to the public since 1978. [2]
Both the lift and the destination provide a panoramic view of the centre of Guimarães. [1] [2] The line was built by the French company Pomagalski and is operated by the local company Turipenha. The line opened on 24 June 1995, and was the first cable car to operate in Portugal. It is 1,646 metres (5,400 ft) in length, is supported on 14 ...
Gondola lifts which feature one stationary cable (known as the 'support' rope), and one haul rope are known as bicable gondola lifts, while lifts that feature two support ropes and one haul rope are known as tricable gondola lifts. Famous examples of bicable gondola lifts include the Ngong Ping 360 in Hong Kong, the Singapore Cable Car, and the ...
Gulmarg Gondola in Jammu and Kashmir, India's premier ski resort, boasts of the world's 2nd highest and Asia's highest and longest cable car, reaching an altitude of 13,400 ft. Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh – Kailash Giri Ropeway is an 800 PPH capacity, 350 m long, Passenger Ropeway at Kailash Giri, Visakhapatnam.
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A hybrid lift is a fusion of a gondola lift and a chair lift. The company Leitner refers to it as telemix , [ 9 ] while Doppelmayr uses the term combination lift . [ 10 ] An example is Ski Arlberg 's Weibermahd lift in Vorarlberg ( Austria ) which alternates between 8-person chairlifts and 10-person gondolas.