This is a guest post by Ross Edgar. The Sassolungo, also known as the Langkofel, is one of the most distinctive peaks in the Italian Dolomites and arguably, the world. This stunning rock massif towers over the South Tyrol region of northern Italy and is widely photographed thanks to its iconic profile. It is fitting,...
As Lagos prepares to start construction on its cable car system later this year in November, Sun News Online took the opportunity to sit down and speak with the individual championing the project — Captain Dapo Olumide, CEO of Ropeways Transport Ltd. The interview gives a great insight on the project, how it first started...
Exciting news for CPT came out of Toulouse, France last week. Wilkinson Eyre — the team who designed the Emirates Air Line in London — has been chosen as the architects for the city’s urban gondola or “Aerotram” project. It appears that the proposal has been under investigation since 2009, and the existing alignment calls for a 2.6km...
This is a guest post by Ross Edgar. The United Kingdom is not known for its gondolas. In fact, the UK’s gondolas can be counted on one hand. Beyond the recently constructed Emirates Air Line in London there are three other gondola systems in the country: in north-west Scotland the Nevis Range gondola near Fort...
One of the great things about blogging on the Gondola Project is that you never stop learning. And this time, thanks to one of our long time followers, Giorgio, we’ve been informed about another urban gondola that’s allegedly been in operations since 2007. This system is called the Ankara-Keçiören Teleferik or simply the Keçiören Teleferik. We’ve tried...
We’ve seen our fair share of primitive, simple ropeways around the world, especially in China (link 1, link 2) where cable is often used to connect remote, mountainous villages. And today, we can add another one to this exclusive list — the Yushan Village “Sky Road” Ropeway in Hubei Province. In the past, the 200...
This is a guest post by Ross Edgar. The Swiss city of Zurich has a long heritage with the operation of funicular cable systems. At one time there were three funiculars within the city limits until the Dolderbahn was converted into a rack railway in 1973. Today, two funiculars remain in Zurich: the Polybahn in...
This is a guest post by Ross Edgar. The Salzburg Festungsbahn is a funicular railway that transports tourists from the historic heart of Salzburg to the Hohensalzburg Castle — impressively perched on a steep hill overlooking the city. The Salzburg fortress is one of three castles that was rapidly expanded during the Thirty Years’ War...
The Narvikfjellet cable car in Norway is a seemingly normal tourist-oriented gondola. And by all accounts it is — the system is located 656m above sea level, connects to a resort, and offers breathtaking views of the surrounding natural and urban landscape. But perhaps what’s most intriguing about the cable car is not the system itself,...
It’s pretty cool to see cable cars that run on flat land along a coast or river. Actually, we really like this idea: it means great views for riders, proves the theory that cable cars can run along flat land, and really smartly makes us of space that would otherwise be either undevelop-able or taken...