A rail-guided transit mode in which cars are hauled along a fixed route by a continuously moving cable running beneath the street at constant speed, gripped and released through an onboard clamp called a grip rather than powered individually. Cable-hauled railways trace to the early nineteenth century, and the mode became a familiar feature of hilly cities worldwide before electric traction largely displaced it; San Francisco keeps the last traditional manually gripped street system in daily service, while smaller automated cable-hauled people movers now serve airports and city centers elsewhere.
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Core ConcernPulling transit cars along fixed track by gripping a continuously moving underground cable 1 Cargo or Passenger Partially Attested
Typical Speed (km/h)The source gives the steady cable speed as 9.5 mph, which is about 15.3 km/h; the car travels at the speed of the cable it grips. Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Cable Car (Railway)
WikipediaIntroduction
A cable car (usually known as a cable tram outside North America) is a type of cable railway used for mass transit in which rail cars are hauled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed.
Overview
Individual cars stop and start by releasing and gripping this cable as required. Cable cars are distinct from funiculars, where the cars are permanently attached to the cable.
History
The first cable-operated railway to use a moving rope that could be picked up or released by a grip on the cars was the Fawdon Wagonway, a colliery railway line that opened in 1826.
- In Category: Modes
- Part Of: Cable Transport
In Group: Cable-Based Transport Modes, Lead
A cable car (usually known as a cable tram outside North America) is a type of cable railway used for mass transit in which rail cars are hauled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed.
View the Source 2. The Cable Car Home Page, San Francisco Cable Car (Road and Track, April 1962)
Article text, cable speed sentence
The cable runs beneath the street at a steady 9.5 mph.
Article text, cable under the street
The cable runs beneath the street at a steady 9.5 mph.
Article text, car capacity
Designed to accommodate 25 seated passengers and at least another 35 standing, hanging or dangling on the outside
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