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A cable car is any of a variety of transportation systems relying on cables to pull vehicles along or lower them at a steady rate, or a vehicle on these systems. These include:
- A cable car (railway), a street railway system using a cable in the road to pull the cars along.
- Aerial tramways, consisting of a cabin suspended along a cable in the sky, pulled by a cable.
- Funiculars, consisting of a pair of railway cars that alternately ascend and descend an inclined right-of-way, attached by a common cable.
- Gondola lifts, consisting of a loop of cable that is strung between two stations, usually over intermedate supporting towers, from which cars are suspended.
- Ropeway conveyors, essentially a subtype of gondola lift, from which containers for goods are suspended, rather than passenger cars.
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