Tourist attractionsThe 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.
Mi Teleférico (which translates to “my cable car”) is an aerial cable car system that serves the world's highest metropolitan area, La Paz–El Alto in Bolivia.
Since its opening, the 6 kilometer Grindelwald-Männlichen Gondola Cableway has been the longest cableway in the world. The journey lasts 30 minutes and offers riders stunning views of the Jungfrau Mountain and Eiger Mountain in the Bernese Alps.
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.
(1) Hakkaisan Ropeway (Niigata prefecture)Measuring a total length of 2,217 meters, Hakkaisan Ropeway in Niigata Prefecture is one of the best cable car rides in Japan for catching autumn views.
Skyway Monte Bianco is a cable car in the Italian Alps, linking the town of Courmayeur with Pointe Helbronner on the southern side of the Mont Blanc massif. Taking over three years to construct, it opened in 2015 at a cost of 110 million euros, and is considered to be the world's most expensive cable car installation.
The Matterhorn Alpine Crossing is the highest cross-country cable car in the world. It connects Zermatt in Switzerland with Breuil-Cervinia in Italy. The crossing takes about 90 minutes. This involves 8 cable car journeys connecting 9 different cable car stations – 5 in Switzerland and 4 in Italy.
The trip lasts 8 to 12 minutes on a course of 1230 meters, hovering over the Tagus River at 30 meters high, where we see a breathtaking panorama of the Nations Park including the Oceanarium, the Portugal Pavilion, the towers of St. Gabriel and St.