Without much fanfare or media attention outside of Venezuela, another urban CPT system has opened — the Cabletren Bolivariano. This system is a 2.1km bottom-supported cable liner that’s located in Petare, an administrative division within the greater Caracas area. If Google Translate is accurate, it appears that only half of the system is currently operational. As per...
Last week we told you about the soon-to-be-opened Mariche Metrocable in Caracas, Venezuela. As we mentioned, the system would be Caracas’s second public transit urban gondola system and the first known system to implement an express line. We’ve since gathered more details: Apparently, the line that is about to open is only the express line....
Anyone who follows this urban cable car trend knows that Caracas and Medellin are the two clear trendsetters in this particular niche. Arguably, Medellin was the more visible of the two, but Caracas’ second Metrocable system could change that. Set to open in early 2013, the Mariche Cable Car will be the first system that...