Transport that uses cables to haul vehicles, including cable railways such as funiculars. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the mode cable transport or a cable railway. It excludes aerial lifts and zip lines. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members. It is one of the groups under the Cable-Drawn Mode subcategory of the Transport atlas, which has its own browse page listing every group and member.
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Wikipedia: Cable Car (Railway)
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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.
Wikipedia: Cable Transport
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Cable transport is a broad class of transport modes that have cables. They transport passengers and goods, often in vehicles called cable cars.
Wikipedia: Funicular
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A funicular ( few-NIK-yoo-lər, f(y)uu-, f(j)ə-), or funicular railway, is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep slope.
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