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Jan 16, 2018
Doppelmayr, Mi Teleférico

Doppelmayr’s Urban Gondolas Transport 100 Million Riders in La Paz-El Alto

A new milestone has been reached by the world’s largest network of urban gondolas in La Paz-El Alto, Bolivia. Since the Red Line (Spanish: Línea Roja) was first built in 2014 by Doppelmayr, ropeway technology has revolutionized city transport in the two Bolivian cities. Mi Teleférico, the state company in charge of the projects, announced...

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Nov 16, 2017
Mi Teleférico

La Paz Releases New Transit Map

In less than fours years, La Paz has completely transformed its public transportation network. Today, many readers may immediately recognize the city’s famous Cable Propelled Transit (CPT) lines but few may know much about its complementary system of buses (e.g. WaynaBus and LaPazBus). Unfortunately, the true transport effects of this interconnected network was difficult to comprehend,...

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Oct 31, 2017
Mi Teleférico

La Paz Installs Cable on Sky Blue Line (Línea Celeste)

The Sky Blue gondola (Spanish: Línea Celeste) will be a critical interconnecting transit line in La Paz’s urban cable car network. This past weekend, ropeway specialists were busy at work as they installed the first section (861m) of the Sky Blue Line’s rope between San Jorge Station and Liberator Station. Once the system is fully...

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Oct 24, 2017
Mi Teleférico

Silver Line Breaks Ground in La Paz / El Alto

Last Friday, Mi Teleférico started construction on its latest urban gondola, the Silver Line (Spanish: Línea Plateada). First announced in February 2016, the 2.7km ropeway becomes the fourth Cable Propelled Transit (CPT) line under construction in the city — joining the Purple Line, White Line and Light Blue Line. Dignitaries along with the Bolivian president...

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Sep 29, 2017
Mi Teleférico

Commercial Operations Begin for Orange Line (Línea Naranja), La Paz’s Fifth Urban Gondola

A post shared by Mi Teleférico (@miteleferico) on Sep 27, 2017 at 3:51pm PDT With the opening of the Orange Line (Spanish: Línea Naranja), La Paz is one step closer to completing the city’s urban cable car masterplan — Metropolitan Integration Network (Spanish: Red de Integración Metropolitana or RIM). After Bolivian President Evo Morales inspected the...

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Sep 27, 2017
Mi Teleférico

Orange Line (Línea Naranja) Welcomes President Morales

— Ahead of its commercial opening on Friday, La Paz/El Alto’s newest urban gondola, the Orange Line (Spanish: Línea Naranja), was inspected by the Bolivian president yesterday. Built at a cost of $66 million, the 2.6km system will operate at a capacity of 3,000 pphpd with 127 cabins and 26 towers. Riders will be able to...

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Sep 17, 2017
Mi Teleférico

La Paz’s Fifth Gondola to Open Ahead of Schedule on September 29

The manager of La Paz’s Mi Teleférico urban gondola system, César Dockweiler, officially announced that the city will open its fifth urban gondola system, the Orange Line (Spanish: Línea Naranja) on September 29. This is a (few) week(s) ahead of schedule as the system’s original inauguration date was supposed to be in October. Once opened,...

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Sep 09, 2017
Mi Teleférico, Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week: Mi Teleférico

Teleférico Amarillo de La Paz interconecta El Alto con el centro llegando a la estación Chuqi Apu en la cual se puede hacer combinación con teleféricos ruta verde . . #lapaz #miteleferico #canonphotography #canon #photography #travelphotography #fotografoschile #chilegram A post shared by Cristobal Izzo (@cizzo_photography) on Aug 5, 2017 at 9:46am PDT Altitude 3640m #teleferico...

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Jul 25, 2017
Mi Teleférico

Orange Line Undergoes Testing, Set to Open in October

After drones began pulling the pilot rope in May, construction and technical work has continued to advance quickly on La Paz’s Orange Line (Línea Naranja) cable car. This week, an online video from La Razón’s Facebook page reveals that the system is now undergoing testing. Mi Teleférico’s Executive Manager César Dockweiler announced that the inauguration of...

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Jun 01, 2017
Mi Teleférico

La Paz Celebrates Three Years of Cable Car Operations

It might be a little hard to believe, but it has been three years since La Paz-El Alto’s first urban cable car system was built. On May 29, 2014, the Red Line (Spanish: Línea Roja) started providing passenger service between the plateaus of El Alto and the highlands of La Paz. Since then, three more Cable Propelled Transit...

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