cable car
A hanging carriage or car for transporting people or cargo.
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Hiked up to Kōbe Nunobiki Herb Garden. Entrance is free if you hike up. The cable car is £2,600 return. The soft cream is lavender.
TfL offers free cable car rides during Maternal Mental Health Week event in London www.londondaily.news/tfl-free-eve... #news #london #londonnews
Muni’s new budget will raise parking fees and cable car fares https://www.newsbeep.com/us-ca/301237/ In their effort to balance a two-year budget, officials at San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency had to sq…
“Muni’s new budget will raise parking fees and cable car fares” — San Francisco Chronicle #SFNews #SanFrancisco #SF
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A hanging carriage or car for transporting people or cargo.
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Any passenger vehicle attached to a moving cable for propulsion, and guided by some form of rails, on a specially-built track not in a street.
“Hiked up to Kōbe Nunobiki Herb Garden. Entrance is free if you hike up. The cable car is £2,600 return. The soft cream is lavender.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“TfL offers free cable car rides during Maternal Mental Health Week event in London www.londondaily.news/tfl-free-eve... #news #london #londonnews”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Muni’s new budget will raise parking fees and cable car fares https://www.newsbeep.com/us-ca/301237/ In their effort to balance a two-year budget, officials at San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency had to squeeze revenue…”
— Bluesky· May 2026““Muni’s new budget will raise parking fees and cable car fares” — San Francisco Chronicle #SFNews #SanFrancisco #SF”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US, Philippines) A streetcar moved by gripping to rotating loop of cable running along the track.
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