Telefèric de Montjuïc. Image by Flickr user Ronny Siegel.
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Photo by Flickr user Ronny Siegel.
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Barcelona’s famous Telefèric de Montjuïc cable car seamlessly integrates with its urban surroundings and the local transit system. It’s mainly a tourist ride, direct to Montjuïc Castle, but the system is owned by the public transport agency. That makes it an anomaly in the transit world. With an average fare of 7 euros and annual ridership 1.3 million passengers, this system is a good example of how city transit agencies can build and integrate profitable transit infrastructure into their transport networks.
Every Thursday, the Gondola Project team will select stunning captures of CPT lines. We hope this will continue to bring more attention to the technology and provide visually impactful examples of cable car systems worldwide. If you’d like to submit or nominate a picture for our “Photo of the Week”, we’d love to hear from you. Leave a comment below or send us an email at gondola@creativeurbanprojects.com.