That's a gondola cableway as I understand Mark.
The cost of a "tram" extension is not necessarily the same as the cost of a
"modern light rail" extension as we know Mark. The cost of the gravy train
has to be factored into the latter.
Tony P
On Sunday, 18 April 2021 at 17:34:06 UTC+10eme...@... wrote:
> The extension of the Kobylisy line to Bohnice, also has a funicular from
> Bohnice - Troja - Podbaba associated. It's interesting to note that the
> cost of the tram extension is about $25m/km.
>
> Mark Skinner
>
> On Sun, 18 Apr 2021, 4:19 pm TP, histor...@...> wrote:
>
>> In addition to trams, buses, ferries and metro, DPP Prague also operates
>> a funicular up Petrin hill and a cableway at Prague Zoo. However, there is
>> a second funicular near Smichov (home of the former Tatra tram factory) and
>> adjacent to Mozart's house, operated by the NH Prague Hotel. The hotel has
>> a lower complex containing most of the accommodation, and an upper building
>> overlooking a spectacular view of Prague.
>>
>>
>> https://news.expats.cz/prague-metro/take-a-ride-on-prague-secret-second-funicular/
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-7gKwokTaU
>>
>> This funicular may also be termed an inclined elevator because you enter
>> and leave it through synchronised inner and outer sliding doors, just like
>> a lift. The presence of a wind vane suggests there may be some conditions
>> in which it doesn't operate! The views give a good picture of the sort of
>> terrain that the Prague tram system sometimes encounters in journeys to the
>> suburbs. On the vertigo scale, it reminds me of the Scenic Railway in
>> Katoomba, but it's self-levelling rather than giving you the impression
>> that you're going to be pitched forward into space any moment.
>>
>> Tony P
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