Cable Cars

A cable car is any of a variety of cable transportation systems relying on cables to pull vehicles along or lower them at a steady rate. The terminology also refers to the vehicles on these systems. The cable car vehicles are motorless and engineless and they are pulled by a cable that is rotated by a motor off-board.

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Aerial lifts where the vehicle is suspended in the air from a cable:

An aerial tramway consists of a cabin suspended from a cable, pulled by another cable.
A gondola lift consists of a loop of cable that is strung between two or more stations, usually over intermediate supporting towers, from which cars are suspended.
Chairlifts where open chairs are hauled above the ground by means of a cable.

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Varieties in which the vehicle rests on rails or a road:

A system to haul trains along streets.
The particular cable car system in operation in San Francisco, California, see San Francisco cable car system
A funicular consists of a pair of railway cars that alternately ascend and descend an inclined right-of-way, attached to a common cable.
A cable railway uses a cable or rope to haul trains.