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The Seilbahnen Beatenberg-Niederhorn is a pulsed movement gondola lift in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. It links the village of Beatenberg with the summit of the Niederhorn. At Beatenberg, the lift connects with the Thunersee–Beatenberg Bahn, a funicular which links with the shipping services on Lake Thun. [1]
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.
The Rotenfluebahn is a gondola lift in the canton of Schwyz. It links Rickenbach with the Rotenfluh. It's owned and operated by the Rotenfluebahn Mythenregion AG (formerly Seilbahn Rickenbach-Rotenfluh AG until September 2013). The current lift was built in 2014 and has been operating since December 2014. [3]
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]
The Langkawi Cable Car, also known as Langkawi SkyCab, is a gondola lift and one of the major attractions in Langkawi Island, Kedah, Malaysia. It provides an aerial link from the Oriental Village at Teluk Burau to the peak of Gunung Machinchang, which is also the location of the Langkawi Sky Bridge. The total length is 2.2 km (1.4 mi), with a ...
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 ...
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.
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]