An [**aerial tramway**](/entry/tc-trnsprt-aerial-tramway) is a type of [aerial lift](/entry/tc-aerial-lift) with one or two cabins fixed to a cable. The distinguishing feature of aerial tramways is that the cabins shuttle back and forth between the end stations of the lift in a reversible manner. Aerial tramways are usually built with three steel wire ropes - two for support and one for propulsion. (This is the same rope configuration used by [3S gondola lifts](/entry/tc-trnsprt-cable-3s), but 3S lifts operate with continuous circulation and have detachable cabins).

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Mérida Cable Car Segment 1 (Barinitas-La Montaña)

Mérida Cable Car Segment 2 (La Montaña-La Aguada)

Mérida Cable Car Segment 3 (La Aguada-Loma Redonda)

Mérida Cable Car Segment 4 (Loma Redonda-Pico Espejo)

Piz Val Gronda E5 Cable Car

Red Skyride

Seilbahn Albigna

Seilbahn Zugspitze

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The **Piz Val Gronda E5 cable car** is an [aerial tramway](/entry/tc-trnsprt-aerial-tramway) on the Piz Val Gronda, the second highest mountain in the municipality of Obersaxen, Switzerland.

A [**3S gondola lift**](/entry/tc-trnsprt-cable-3s) or **tricable detachable gondola (TDG)** is a gondola technology that uses three steel wire ropes (*drei Seile* in German, giving the name "3S"). Two of the ropes support the weight of the gondola cabins, while the third rope provides propulsion.

The **Loen Skylift** is an [aerial tramway](/entry/tc-trnsprt-aerial-tramway) in Nordfjord municipality, Norway.

A **means of transport** is any vehicle or system used to transport people or goods from one place to another.

The third segment of the [Mérida Cable Car](/entry/i-telef%C3%A9rico-de-m%C3%A9rida).

Fjellheisen is an [aerial tramway](/entry/tc-trnsprt-aerial-tramway) located in Tromsø, Norway. It opened in 1961 and was modernized in 2015/2016 by Garaventa.

View from near the top of the [Grouse Mountain Skyride](/entry/i-red-skyride).

Grouse Mountain Skyride

The **Mérida Cable Car** (Spanish: Teleférico de Mérida) is a [multi-segment aerial lift](/entry/tc-aerial-lift-multi) in Mérida, western Venezuela.

Mérida Cable Car

A **cable railway** or is a means of transport where the vehicles are pulled forward along rails by one or more steel [wire ropes](/entry/tc-wire-rope) (the "cables"). In some cases (mostly historically), chains or regular ropes may be used.

The **Red Skyride** is an [aerial tramway](/entry/tc-trnsprt-aerial-tramway) at Grouse Mountain in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of two primary lifts used to access the resort, along with the Blue Skyride, though the latter is closed and being replaced by a new gondola.

The first segment of the [Mérida Cable Car](/entry/i-telef%C3%A9rico-de-m%C3%A9rida).

A **multi-segment aerial lift** is any combination of aerial lifts in a linear route, where passengers who wish to continue on the route need to change vehicles at intermediate stations. (A lift with intermediate stations where passengers can remain in the same vehicle to continue is just a "multi-station aerial lift", and is excluded from this category.)

The **Seilbahn Albigna** is an [aerial tramway](/entry/tc-trnsprt-aerial-tramway) in Switzerland operated by EWZ (the Bergell power company) that takes employees, tourists, and material to the Albigna dam. According to the manufacturer, the tramway operates 24/7/365 and features a "specially developed quick-change coupling allows the tramway to be readily converted from a material transport system for heavy loads of up to 5,000 kg into a passenger tramway within a short space of time." ^[ [Doppelmayr/Garaventa](https://www.doppelmayr.com/products/references/8-atw-pranzaira-albigna/) ]

A **motor vehicle** is a vehicle that can propel itself and which does not run on rails. Motor vehicles generally travel on wheels, although some (e.g. tanks and snowmobiles) use tracks instead.

A **ropeway** (or **cableway**) refers to any means of transport in which vehicles are propelled by ropes along a fixed route, excluding elevators or cable ferries. Ropeways generally fall into three categories: [aerial lifts](/entry/tc-aerial-lift), surface lifts, and [cable railways](/entry/tc-cable-railway). In modern ropeways, the rope is almost invariably steel [wire rope](/entry/tc-wire-rope), although other materials have been used in the past.

A [**monocable detachable gondola**](/entry/tc-monocable-gondola) (**MDG**) is a common type of [aerial lift](/entry/tc-aerial-lift), with a single steel cable strung between two or more stations, supported by intermediate towers. Many gondola cabins hang from the cable via a detachable grip, which allows the cabins to detach from the cable and slow down at each station. The cable provides both support and propulsion for the gondolas.

The **Funivia di San Marino** is an [aerial tramway](/entry/tc-trnsprt-aerial-tramway) in San Marino.

The second segment of the [Mérida Cable Car](/entry/i-telef%C3%A9rico-de-m%C3%A9rida).

The **Ahornbahn** is an [aerial tramway](/entry/tc-trnsprt-aerial-tramway) in Mayrhofen, Austria.

In an [aerial lift](/entry/tc-aerial-lift), the **haul rope** is the [wire rope](/entry/tc-wire-rope) that provides propulsion for the vehicles. It moves either continuously or in a reversing fashion (for [tramways](/entry/tc-trnsprt-aerial-tramway)). In [monocable lifts](/entry/tc-monocable-gondola), the haul rope also provides support for the vehicles, whereas in other systems such as [3S lifts](/entry/tc-trnsprt-cable-3s), the vehicles are supported by separate [track ropes](/entry/tc-track-rope).

The [Grouse Mountain Skyride](/entry/i-red-skyride).

The fourth segment of the [Mérida Cable Car](/entry/i-telef%C3%A9rico-de-m%C3%A9rida).

An **aerial lift** is a means of transport where the vehicles hang from one or more steel [wire ropes](/entry/tc-wire-rope).

The **Seilbahn Zugspitze** is an [aerial tramway](/entry/tc-trnsprt-aerial-tramway) that connects Eibsee Lake to the top of Zugspitze in Bavaria, Germany.

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Description	An aerial tramway is a type of aerial lift with one or two cabins fixed to a cable. The distinguishing feature of aerial tramways is that the cabins shuttle back and forth between the end stations of the lift in a reversible manner. Aerial tramways are usually built with three steel wire ropes - two for support and one for propulsion. (This is the same rope configuration used by 3S gondola lifts, but 3S lifts operate with continuous circulation and have detachable cabins).
Type of	TCaerial lift
Also known as	aerial tram
Has part	TChaul rope
Used in	IMérida Cable Car
Instances	IAhornbahn, IFjellheisen, IFunivia di San Marino, ILoen Skylift, IMérida Cable Car Segment 1 (Barinitas-La Montaña), 7 more…
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Route Capacity (passengers)	50 - 1300 pphpd
Wikidata QID	Q498002
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Speed	6 - 12 m/s