Cableway
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English: Cable car
any of a variety of transportation systems relying on cables to pull vehicles along or lower them at a steady rate, or a vehicle on these systems | |||||
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A Cable car on rails, a street railway system using a cable in the road to pull the cars along.
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Aerial tramways, consisting of a cabin suspended along a cable in the sky, pulled by a cable.
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Funiculars, consisting of a pair of railway cars that alternately ascend and descend an inclined right-of-way, attached by a common cable.
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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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Cable car on rails in Austria
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Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - the view from cable car station Teleférico
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Ski lift
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Cablecar
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[edit]- en:Ropeway conveyors, essentially a subtype of gondola lift, from which containers for goods are suspended, rather than passenger cars.