What city is famous for its cable cars?

Today, San Francisco's cable cars are one of two National Historic Streetcar Landmarks in operation (New Orleans' St. Charles streetcar line is the other), and both the continued operation and minimum level of service of our cable cars are locked into San Francisco's City Charter.



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San Francisco cable cars are the only moving National Historic Landmark, and 9.7 million people take a ride on them each year.

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Tourist attractions The world's longest metro cable car system, at over 16km, is in La Paz, Bolivia. The Mi Teleférico functions as La Paz's principal public transport system and currently has 25 stations and six separate lines running across the city.

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Many cities once had cable cars, but today, San Francisco's Powell-Mason, Powell-Hyde, and California Street lines are the only ones left in the world.

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Your Guide to San Francisco's California Street Cable Car Here is everything you need to know to have a memorable ride on one of the three cable car lines serving San Francisco, the California Line.

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Guinness World Records on January 17 announced its recognition of Ba Den station of the modern cable car system at the Ba Den Mountain national tourist site in the southern province of Tay Ninh as the largest cable car station in the world.

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In American English, cable car may additionally refer to a cable-pulled street tramway with detachable vehicles (e.g., San Francisco's cable cars). As such, careful phrasing is necessary to prevent confusion. It is also sometimes called a ropeway or even incorrectly referred to as a gondola lift.

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Cable Car Fares Adult and youth, ages 5 to 17: $8 each ride, a single ride on a single cable car vehicle. Senior, ages 65 or older; disabled; Medicare card holder: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.: $8 each ride. Before 7 a.m. or after 9 p.m.: $4 each ride, cash or ticket only. Valid ID required.

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