BACKGROUND Lisbon, Portugal’s capital, is a vibrant city built on seven hills along the Tagus River. Known for its café culture, spunky yellow trams and rich naval history, the city has become a trending destination for tourists. Given the variety of attractions and sites, visitors typically spend most of their time exploring the main sites...
— — Thanks go to Reader Reto from Switzerland, who sent us a video of the mighty Pardatschgratbahn in Ischgl, Austria. This new 3S cable car adds to the small but growing list of tricable detachable gondolas in the world. It reportedly has the greatest height difference of any 3S: 1,251m! (That’s almost 50% taller...
Ever wanted to hop onboard the Bursa Teleferik, aka the world’s longest monocable gondola, but a plane ride to Turkey seemed a little far (and not to mention a bit pricey)? Thanks to Youtube user Marios Kordellas, you can now take a virtual trip and enjoy a relaxing ride from the city of Bursa to Uludağ mountain. In...
When the clock struck midnight on January 1, the most pressing transit question for 2015 seemed to be: “When do we get our hoverboards?” Aside from the thrill of living in the actual year of everyone’s favourite time-travel movie sequel — albeit without the gravity-defying skateboards — 2015 also offers some new reality-based ways to...
This is a guest post by Tomek Magiera. If you ask people living in Silesia (a region in the south of Poland) about any chairlift that comes to their mind, most of them will probably say “Elka”. This ropeway is apparently one of the first “lowland” chairlifts built in Europe. “Elka” is located in Silesia Park in...
A few months ago, guest contributor Ross Edgar wrote a great piece on the diversification of gondolas in Scotland and the Alps. Last time he visited, he was unable to get a good photo of the system’s “Freight Deck”, which essentially is a cabin specifically designed to carry equipment and goods. Luckily for us, he took a...
Post by Steven Bochenek, writer and nature enthusiast Halfway between Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia’s two magnificent venues made famous during the 2010 Winter Olympics, sits the province’s newest attraction. The name of this Doppelmayr gondola accurately describes a rider’s experience, but the Sea to Sky Corridor is what this region of the Coastal Mountain...
This is a guest post by Ross Edgar. The Grünwaldkopfbahn is a CPT system in the Austrian ski resort of Obertauern. Until recently it was a fairly unremarkable chairlift which did not stand out among the thousands of other chairlifts which serve the countless Alpine ski resorts. However, in recent years the Grünwaldkopfbahn has been refurbished and...
Last week, as announced by a number of international new sources both inside and outside of Bolivia, the first of three urban cable car lines in La Paz – El Alto was finally opened to the general public. Despite being barely a week old, a host of events and celebrations has already taken place. Here’s...
While we typically analyze and discuss gondolas from an urban planning perspective, the actual cable car construction and installation process are fascinating exercises in and of itself. Last week, we brought you news of an uniquely themed Fairy Tale gondola in Grachen, Switzerland. And as a follow up to this story, reader Barry sent us...