Gondolas.

An aerial lift is a means of transport in which gondolas or open chairs are hauled above the ground by means of a cable.

Types of aerial lifts include:

  • Aerial tramway, with fixed cable for suspending the gondola and another cable to pull the gondola along the cable.
  • Funitel, with two moving loops of cable which support gondolas (gondolas attach to two cables each).
  • Gondola lift, a moving loop of cable with gondolas attached to the cable.
  • Funifor, two fixed cables for suspending the gondola, with another cable to pull the gondola along the cables.

(The above are often referred to as cable cars). Other types may include:

  • Chairlift, with a moving loop of cable with chairs permanently attached to the cable.
  • Detachable chairlift, a loop of cable moving at high speed, with chairs that can be clipped onto the cable at either station.

Aerial lift is also a proper term used in industry for mechanical devices used to elevate workers. Also referred to as manlifts. MEWPs (Mobile elevated work platforms), cherry pickers, and bucket trucks.

See also

  • Blondin (quarry equipment)
  • List of aerial lift manufacturers
  • Surface lifts, another transportation technology
  • Cable car (disambiguation)

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Modes of public transport

Water transport

Ferry • Hovercraft • Hydrofoil • Cable ferry • Water taxi

Air transport

Commercial aviation • Aerial lift

Rail transport

High-speed rail • Inter-city rail • Interurban • Commuter rail • Rapid transit • Medium capacity system • Light rail • Tram-train • Tram • Heritage streetcar  • Heritage railway • Cable railway • Horsecar

Road transport

Bus (Bus rapid transit · Trolleybus · Public light bus)  • Demand responsive transport  • Share taxi  • Paratransit  • Vehicle for hire (Taxicab · Hackney carriage · Motorcycle taxi · Cycle rickshaw · Auto rickshaw · Horse-drawn vehicle · Rickshaw)  • Carsharing

Other modes

Personal rapid transit  • Rubber-tyred metro  • Monorail  • Maglev  • People mover  • Community bicycle program

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