Cable car

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A cable car is any of a variety of transportation systems relying on cables to pull vehicles along or lower them at a steady rate, or a vehicle on these systems.

Varieties in which the vehicle is suspended from a cable:

Aerial tramways, consisting of a cabin suspended from a cable, pulled by another cable.
Gondola lifts, consisting of a loop of cable that is strung between two stations, usually over intermedate supporting towers, from which cars are suspended.
Ropeway conveyors, essentially a subtype of gondola lift, from which containers for goods rather than passenger cars are suspended.

Varieties in which the vehicle rests on rails or a road:

A cable car (railway), a street railway system using a cable under the road to pull the cars along.
Funiculars, consisting of a pair of railway cars that alternately ascend and descend an inclined right-of-way, attached to a common cable.

Other meanings

Over My Head (Cable Car), a song by The Fray

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