Caracas Aerial Tramway

The cable car in the city of Caracas, Venezuela ( Caracas teleférico de ) was opened on April 19, 1952 by the then President Marcos Pérez Jiménez. She stayed until the end of the 1970s in operation, but then after a series of closures followed unsuccessful attempts to open it again in the years 1986, 1988 and 1990. Only in the year 2000, the government granted the concession to open the cable car again, which coincided with the reopening of the Hotel Humboldt ( built in 1956 ) and the Parkes Ávila Mágica by the company Inversora Turística Caracas.

Due to this development, the reconstruction of all systems of the gondola, and the stations began. There are now more than 70 gondolas, with which you can cross the 3.5 km distance in just over 15 minutes. In August 2007, the private concession was withdrawn; the Park is back in state ownership and was renamed in October 2007 in Waraira Repano.

System

The original system had four stations and two sections, the first between the city of Caracas ( 1000 m) and the top of the hill Avila ( 2100m ), which descend transported the passengers to the Hotel Humboldt, the second section to the left of the StationAvila led over the city Galipán and ended at the station El Cojo Macuto although the decayed Estado Vargas ( Vargas station ) and was unnecessary.

The operating company before the withdrawal of the license built the first section ( Maripérez - Ávila ), fully back on, and the government announced plans to even the second section to rebuild and modernize a task before which failed the previous operator. Began in early 2008, the state his plan into action and began the reconstruction of the second cable car line from Galipán to El Cojo.