Table Mountain Aerial Cableway

Table Mountain Aerial Cableway
Overview
LocationCape Town
CountrySouth Africa
Open4 October 1929[1]
Websitewww.tablemountain.net
Operation
OperatorTable Mountain Aerial Cableway Company
No. of carriers2
Carrier capacity65[2]
Trip duration4 to 5 minutes[2]
Technical features
Aerial lift typeAerial tramway
Manufactured byAdolf Bleichert & Co.
Vertical Interval765 metres (2,510 ft)

The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway is a cable car transportation system offering visitors a five-minute ride to the top of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. It is one of Cape Town's most popular tourist attractions with approximately one million people a year using the Cableway.[3] In January 2019, the Cableway welcomed its 28 millionth visitor.

The upper cable station is on the westernmost end of the Table Mountain plateau, at an elevation of 1,067 metres (3,501 ft). The upper cable station offers views over Cape Town, Table Bay and Robben Island to the north, and the Atlantic seaboard to the west and south. Amenities at the upper station include free guided walking tours, an audio tour, meal options at a café and a wi-fi lounge.

  1. ^ Fiona McIntosh, Shaen Adey (2004). "Looking Back". Table Mountain activity guide. Struik. p. 29. ISBN 1-86872-979-6.
  2. ^ a b www.tablemountain.net
  3. ^ "About: Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company". Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2011.

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