Cable car
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English: Cable car
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A Cable car on rails, a street railway system using a cable in the road to pull the cars along. |
Aerial tramways, consisting of a cabin suspended along a cable in the sky, pulled by a cable. |
Funiculars, consisting of a pair of railway cars that alternately ascend and descend an inclined right-of-way, attached by a common cable. |
Gondola lifts, consisting of a loop of cable that is strung between two stations, usually over intermedate supporting towers, from which cars are suspended. |
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Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - the view from cable car station Teleferico |
[edit] Others
- Ropeway conveyors, essentially a subtype of gondola lift, from which containers for goods are suspended, rather than passenger cars.