Cable Cars

The Blagoveshchensk Cable Car Terminal will consist of two lines and four cabins, each with a capacity for 60 passengers

Architecture

World's first international cable car planned to link Russia and China

UN Studio has been selected to design a new cable car terminal in Russia. Assuming all goes to plan, the project, described as the world's first cross-border cable car by the firm, will link with a counterpart in China and provide swift travel between the two countries.

A Marks Barfield Architects representative told us that the project cost is estimated at US$250 million

Urban Transport

Proposed cable car attraction would take Chicago to new heights

Preliminary plans have been unveiled for a new aerial cable car tourist attraction for the Windy City. Should the Chicago Skyline proposal be realized, it would transport up to 3,000 people per hour and link Navy Pier, the Chicago Lakefront, the Chicago River Riverwalk, and downtown Chicago.

The proposed $212 million cable car system would have three of its seven stations in the 9 kilometer long Son Doong cave (Photo: Doug Knuth via Flickr / CC 2.0)

Holiday Destinations

Cable car planned for world's largest cave

A Vietnamese resort company has been granted approval to begin surveys to build a 10.6 kilometer long cable car in the world’s largest cave, the UNESCO-listed Son Doong in north-central Quang Binh province in Vietnam.

Austria’s highest cable car and visitor center was unveiled late last year, located at the very top of the Pitzal Glacier (Image: Pitztaler Gletscherbahn)

Holiday Destinations

Austria's highest cable car unveiled atop the Pitztal Glacier

The“Wildspitzbahn” visitor center and café are the highest in Austria and are accessible via the new mono-cable ropeway with 61 gondolas.

Gizmag recently took the opportunity to ride the newest addition to London's public transport system, a kilometer-long (0.62-mile), 93-meter tall (305 ft) cable car system offering passengers commanding views of East London and beyond (Photo: Gizmag)

Urban Transport

Gizmag rides London's new Thames Cable Car

Gizmag recently took the opportunity to ride the newest addition to London's public transport system, a kilometer-long (0.62-mile), 93-meter tall (305 ft) cable car system offering passengers commanding views of East London and beyond.