After 5 years of construction, riders this year finally had the chance to board the Merida Cable Car (Spanish: Teleferico de Merida) which is located in the Venezuelan Andeans. The system was originally built in the 1950s but was shut down in 2008 for a complete overhaul. The cable lift is considered one of the highest operating...
For those who have been following events in South America, news from Venezuela haven’t exactly been the most bright and cheery recently. In fact, it has been downright terrifying as observers predict the country is on the brink of economic, social and political collapse. However, if we could find a silver lining to all this,...
After operating for nearly 50 years, the Teleférico de Mérida in Venezuela finally reached the end of its service life in 2008 – it is currently undergoing modernization. Thanks to an informative thread from Skyscrapercity (in Spanish), we found a cool time-lapse video of the cable system’s reconstruction we wanted to share. Check it out. —...
The other day I was pretty hard on Aerial Trams for being obsolete, expensive and inefficient members of the cable transit family. Because of their place in history, however, many of the most iconic and important cable transit systems ever built were Aerial Trams, a point I failed to mention. Here are 6 of them:...