Cable car (railway)

A cable car or cable railway is a mass transit system using rail cars that are propelled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed. Individual cars stop and start by releasing and gripping this cable as required. Cable cars are sometimes confused with funiculars, where the cars are permanently attached to the cable.

Cities currently operating cable cars

• Laon, France has a completely automatic Poma-Otis cable car system, called Poma 2000
• San Francisco, California is well known for the San Francisco cable car system and is now the city which has the oldest and biggest cable car system in permanent operation. It uses a modified version of the Hallidie system, with most later improvements added to it.
• Memphis, Tennessee has included a return to this once popular form of transportation as part of its redesign of Downtown Memphis. Memphis has two versions that are currently in service; one that runs from the Irish "Pinch" district to the south end near the world famous "Arcade" restaurant and Ernestine and Hazel's Juke Joint. The second version makes a loop, sharing the first's tracks and adding a trip down Riverside Drive as well. The plan for the future will connect Downtown to the FedEx area near the airport.