In France, urban ropeway transport is on the rise…

When people talk about urban transport in France, they usually mean buses, tramways or metros, but more rarely cable cars. In recent years, however, we’ve been hearing more and more about urban cable transport.

In France:

• France’s first urban cable car went into service in Brest in 2015. It provides easy access across the Penfeld River.

  

• France’s first urban gondola lift went into service in Saint Denis de la Réunion in March 2022. It overcomes special topographical obstacles. See article: March 2022 : commissioning of the first urban gondola on Reunion Island, monitored by STRMTG
• The Toulouse urban cable car went into service in May 2022. It adapts to the topography (crossing the Pech-David hill, the Garonne river and a Natura 2000 nature reserve) and can fly over a pyrotechnic waste area (overflight at more than 50 meters). See the article : Toulouse urban aerial tramway gets underway (May 2022)

The STRMTG regularly addresses the subject of urban ropeways in its publications:

• See the French-language articles "1ere télécabine urbaine de France sur l’île de la Réunion" (page 27) and "Télécabine de Namur" (page 55) in the STRMTG’s 2021 activity report:

  STRMTG annual activity reports 2021 (in french) pdf - 4.3 MiB

• See the French article "Projets d’installations à câbles en milieu urbain" in STRMTG’s 2020 activity report (page 21):

  STRMTG annual activity reports 2020 (in french) pdf - 5 MiB

• See the French article "Les téléphériques urbains en France" in the STRMTG’s 2019 activity report (pages 20 and 21):

  STRMTG annual activity reports 2019 (in french) pdf - 9.9 MiB

Photo credits: STRMTG