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Cable car most commonly refers to the following cable transportation systems: * Aerial lift, such as aerial tramways and gondola lifts, in which the vehicle is suspended in the air from a cable **
Aerial tramway An aerial tramway, aerial tram, sky tram, cable car or aerial cablecar, aerial cableway, ropeway, téléphérique (French), or Seilbahn (German) is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary cables for support, with a third movin ...
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Chairlift An elevated passenger ropeway, or chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel wire rope loop strung between two end terminals and usually over intermediate towers. They are the primary on-hill tran ...
** Gondola lift *** Bicable gondola lift *** Tricable gondola lift *
Cable railway A cable railway is a railway that uses a Wire rope, cable, rope or chain to haul trains. It is a specific type of cable transportation. The most common use for a cable railway is to move vehicles on a Grade (slope), steeply graded line that is t ...
, in which the vehicle rests on rails or a road. ** Cable car (railway), a type of cable transportation used for mass transit **
Funicular A funicular ( ) is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep grade (slope), slope. The system is characterized by two counterbalanced carriages (also called cars or trains) permanently attached to ...
, a type of cable transportation on a slope, which is referred to in Japan as Cable car may also refer to: * Cable Car (cocktail), a modern variant on the sidecar Songs * " Over My Head (Cable Car)", a 2005 song by The Fray on the album ''How to Save a Life'' * "Cable Car", a 1971 song by The Hollies on the album '' Distant Light'' * "Cable Car", a 2021 song by Abhi the Nomad on the album '' Abhi vs the Universe''


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Cable ferry A cable ferry (including the types chain ferry, swing ferry, floating bridge, or punt) is a ferry that is guided (and in many cases propelled) across a river or large body of water by cables connected to both shores. Early cable ferries often ...
* Reaction ferry * Ski lift * Skyline logging * Surface lift * Transporter bridge *
Zip-line A zip-line, zip line, zip-wire, flying fox, or death slide''Who Really Benefits from Tourism'', Publ. Equations, Karnataka, India, 2010. Working Papers Series. "Canopy Tourism"page 37/ref>Jacques Marais, Lisa De Speville, ''Adventure Racing'', ...
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