Use for transit systems consisting of overhead wires, cables, or rails supporting and towing suspended cabins along a, usually, closed-loop circuit; generally for transporting passengers up steep gradients, or over deep valleys or bodies of water.
AAT
3000250956
aerial funiculars
aerial railways
funiculars, aerial
railways, aerial
tramways, aerial
14yrs ago
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