No experience is more uniquely San Francisco than a ride on a cable car. Cable cars have come to symbolize our great city (along with another world-renowned transportation icon.
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Mi Teleferico (La Paz, Bolivia)The world's highest and longest urban gondola, Mi Teleferico was designed to ferry passengers from the center of La Paz to the district of El Alto, high above the city.
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.
Chicago's cable car era ended in 1906. In its 25 years of operation, Chicago established itself as the city with the world's most advanced transit system.
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.
The Predigtstuhlbahn in Bad Reichenhall is the world's oldest originally preserved cable car. Since 1928 it has been considered a model for the ideal cable car and the epitome of elegance in ropeway construction. Justifiably, the Predigtstuhlbahn is a protected monument.
Lyon won the gold for being home to the best performing tram system in large cities across the world. With a slew of public transport options available which includes bus routes, metro, and soft transport modes as well as the tram corridor, Lyon has a systematic mode of transport connecting the entire city.
Albuquerque, boasts the longest aerial tram in the United States and worldwide. Set on Sandia Peak, the tram consists of 2 terminals as well as two towers traversing an impressive distance of 2.7 miles.
Visit our Celebrating 150 Years of Cable Cars page! No experience is more uniquely San Francisco than a ride on a cable car. Cable cars have come to symbolize our great city (along with another world-renowned transportation icon.
Cable cars are the most expensive of San Francisco's public transportation options, in part because they're as much an attraction as they are a way to get around. The $7 one-way ticket price applies to everyone—adults, youth and seniors (except in the very early morning before 7am and late night after 9pm).