page_title: Aerial tramway
section_title: Records
hierarchical_section_title: Aerial tramway / Records
caption_attribution_description: English: Trestle and cars in forest area near the Forsby limestone quarry. Svenska: Linbanebock (stolpe) och vagnar i närheten av Forsby kalkbrott.
context_page_description: An aerial tramway, sky tram, cable car, ropeway or aerial tram is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary ropes for support while a third moving rope provides propulsion. With this form of lift, the grip of an aerial tramway cabin is fixed onto the propulsion rope and cannot be decoupled from it during operations.
  In comparison to gondola lifts, aerial tramways provide lower line capacities and higher wait times and are unable to turn corners.
context_section_description: First – Adam Wybe construction in Gdańsk (1644).  It was the first rope railway with many supports and the biggest built until the end of 19th century.
  Longest (at time of building) and years operated:
  35 km (22 mi) 1906–1927 Chilecito – Mina La Mejicana, Argentina (34.3 km or 21.3 mi and 0.86 km or 0.53 mi branch).
  39 km (24 mi) 1925–1950 Dúrcal – Motril, Spain (33.4 km or 20.8 mi and 5.5 km or 3.4 mi branch).
  75 km (47 mi) 1937–1941 Asmara – Massawa, Eritrea (71.8 km or 44.6 mi and 3 km or 1.9 mi branch), technically a Funifor.
  96 km (60 mi) 1943–1987 Kristineberg-Boliden, Sweden. 13.2 km (8.2 mi) still working as Norsjö aerial ropeway.
  Second longest:
  76 km (47 mi) 1959–1986 Moanda – Mbinda, Gabon – Republic of Congo.
  Longest over water:
  1.0 km (0.62 mi) 1906 – the same century; Thio, New Caledonia. ship loading.
  2.4 km (1.5 mi) 1941–2006 Forsby-Köping limestone cableway, Sweden. crossing of Hjälmaren strait. 42 km system.
  3.0 km (1.9 mi) 2007 Nha Trang City – Vinpearl Land, Hon Tre Island, Vietnam. Total length 3.3 km.
  Longest currently operational:
  13.2 km (8.2 mi) Norsjö aerial tramway Mensträsk-Bjurfors in Norsjö, Sweden. Passenger tramway, a section of the former 96-km Kristineberg-Boliden industrial ropeway.
  6.07 km (3.77 mi) Grindelwald–Männlichen gondola cableway, Switzerland
  5.7 km (3.5 mi) Wings of Tatev, Armenia, the world's longest reversible cable car line of one section.
  4.94 km (3.07 mi) Medeu-Shimbulak tramway near Almaty, Kazakhstan.
  4.35 km (2.70 mi) Sandia Peak Tramway, reversible tramway in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  Highest lift: 3,374 m (11,070 ft) from 1,074 to 4,448 m (3,524 to 14,593 ft) at Chilecito – Mina La Mejicana, Argentina (drops back to 4,404 m or 14,449 ft at upper terminal).
  Highest station:
  Greater than 5,874 m (19,272 ft) 1935-19?? Aucanquilcha, Chile.
  Lowest station:
  257 m (843 ft) below sea level Masada cableway, Israel.
  Tallest support tower:
  113.6 m (372.7 ft) Gletscherbahn Kaprun, Austria.
  27 m (88.6 ft) Seilbahn Zugspitze, Austria.
  As mass transit:
  The Roosevelt Island Tramway in New York City was the first aerial tramway in North America used by commuters as a mode of mass transit (See Transportation in New York City). Passengers pay with the same farecard used for the New York City Subway.
  The Portland Aerial Tram in Portland, Oregon, was opened in January 2007 and became the second public transportation aerial tramway in North America.
  In Medellin, Colombia, both the Metro and the recent Metrocable aerial tramway addition can be used while paying a single fare.
  Largest rotating cars:
  Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in Palm Springs, California.
caption: World's longest functioning aerial tramway 1987–2013: Forsby-Köping
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