Journey timesOne way journeys take up to 10 minutes but vary according to passenger flow and weather conditions. During busy times, we introduce shared cars.
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Powell Hyde starts at the Powell and Market cable car turnaround near Union Square and ends at Fisherman's Wharf. The route is 2.1 miles long and takes about 20 minutes.
It's easy to find and board a cable car. Choose from three cable car lines - two start at Powell and Market and continue to the Fisherman's Wharf area; one starts at California and Market and continues to Van Ness Avenue.
Basic Rules of the RideTickets/Receipts are not valid as transfers and are NOT round trip. You can get on the Cable Car at any stop along the way where you see the Cable Car stop pole. The Conductors will stop at each stop pole to let people on and off.
It is not necessary to book the cable car. You can just turn up and use either your Oyster card or bank card on the reader, just as you would on the bus or tube. I also found there was no difference in price whether you booked in advance or paid on the day.
During busy times, there is likely to be a very long line at this stop. However, the cars run every ten minutes or so and each car holds up 65 people so the line often moves more quickly than you'd expect. TIP: If you want to avoid the long line then you can walk north a few blocks and get the car at the next stop.
A gondola lift has cabins suspended from a continuously circulating cable whereas aerial trams simply shuttle back and forth on cables. In Japan, the two are considered as the same category of vehicle and called ropeway, while the term cable car refers to both grounded cable cars and funiculars.
China's Tianmen Shan cable car is the longest cable car ride in the world, covering a distance of 7,455 meters. The car runs from Zhangjiajie downtown up to Tianmen Shan, which translates as “Heaven's Gate Mountain.” Once you arrive you get to witness towering cliffs, karst caves and rare sub-tropical forests.
Good to know: Unless you pre-book a gondola tour, you'll have to pay cash for your gondola ride. So make sure you have enough money on you. Private Venice gondola tours that you can pre-book online are usually more expensive than the official rates.
The safety of cable cars has been proven by the lack of incidents in similar infrastructure across the globe. Since opening in June 2012, the London cable car has only had one incident of note.
Historic Transit Route MapThe F-line's vintage streetcars and the world-famous cable car lines – the Powell-Hyde line, the Powell-Mason line, and the California Street line – currently operate between 7 a.m. – 11 p.m. every day.