Photo: Leitner

Local public transport has reached its limits in many urban centers. Streetcars and buses compete with private vehicles at street level, and the…

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Photo: Radim Polcer

The “Oldřichovice – Javorový vrch” single-seat chairlift in the Czech Republic is the last example of the first generation of this type of ropeway…

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Photo: Roman Gric

ISR REPORT In Camorino on the southern outskirts of Bellinzona, there is a little ropeway with a cantonal operating permit for passenger…

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Photo: Fatzer

FATZER AG Whether in inaccessible terrain in the mountains or in densely populated urban centers, the space available for splicing ropes is often…

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Photo: Roman Gric

ISR REPORT This classic reversible aerial tramway has been carrying spa visitors and tourists up Bad Harzburg’s local mountain since 1929.

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Photo: Doppelmayr Seilbahnen GmbH

DOPPELMAYR/CARVATECH Effective October 10, 2022, the Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group has acquired the Upper Austrian body-maker and ropeway carrier…

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Photo: Christoph Noesig / Bergbahnen Sölden

Jakob Falkner, Managing Director of Bergbahnen Sölden (A), on the subject of entrepreneurial responsibility in times of crisis, the potential for…

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Photo: Radim Polcer

For 60 years, the Waldeck Cable Car with its 2-seater cabins has been operating as a tourism facility linking the Eder Reservoir with Waldeck Castle.

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Photo: Radek Holub, Snow.cz

December 1987 saw the opening of what is still a unique combination of funicular and aerial ropeway in Heiligenblut am Grossglockner.

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Photo: Fatzer AG

With the TRUscan magnetic induction rope tester and appurtenant software, Fatzer, in cooperation with Stuttgart University’s Institute of Mechanical…

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Photo: Leitner-Poma of America

The new chairlift in Snowmass, Colorado (USA) opened for the 2020/21 winter season as a replacement for a lift built in 1987. Featuring a Leitner…

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Photo: Cameron Kerr/Copyright: Doppelmayr Seilbahnen GmbH

The Sugar Bowl Express in Queenstown is a fine example of what you can achieve with a great team, commitment, know-how and state-of-the-art ropeway…

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Photo: Leitner

LEITNER was quick to see the importance of the direct drive for the future of ropeway engineering. LEITNER’s gearless DirectDrive, which operates with…

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In response to a suggestion received from the ISR readership, we are publishing an ongoing series of articles devoted to the basics of ropeway…

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Photo: Dr. Christian Ortner

A pilot project with visibility markers as an obstacle warning based on the patented Ortner system is now in operation on a materials-handling…

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