Belgium – Namur – 2021

Citadel of Namur gondola

The city of Namur is a tourist destination in Belgium, steeped in history and overlooked by a citadel built by Vauban. Its heritage and charm attract more and more tourists every year.

The ropeway offers visitors a new vantage point over the ancient Roman city and also serves local residents in their daily commutes. The inhabitants of Namur have made it an emblem of their city.

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THE PROJECT

In order to enable visitors to get around with ease, the Namur gondola crosses the river Sambre, connecting with the city centre, from the bottom station, Place Maurice Servais, to the top station located on the Citadel’s Esplanade, a stone’s throw from the Digital Pavilion, a legacy of the Milan Universal Expo.

 

As the Namur gondola is built in a classified heritage environment, numerous studies were carried out to understand the technical, landscape, archaeological, acoustic, architectural and ecological aspects. Not only was the integration successful but the ropeway also represents a real environmental advantage to offer an alternative to road traffic in the Walloon capital.

 

Technologically speaking, the system is a pulsed movement gondola, with two trains of three cabins each accommodating six passengers for a pleasant four-minute ride.

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Citadel of Namur gondola

technical
specifications

Longueur

Length

652 m

Elevation

102 m

Capacity

Up to 408 PPHPD

Date

Speed

6 m/s

nombre de stations

Number of stations

2

Number of cabins

6

Number of passengers per cabin

6

First POMA installation in Belgium

Concession for 30 years

In 2017, the Municipal College of Namur awarded the contract for the construction of the Namur gondola to the POMA Franki and Labellemontagne consortium.

The three partner companies formed the consortium to create the basis for the Société Anonyme du Téléphérique de Namur, which is to operate the ropeway for the next 30 years.

The Namur project is POMA’s first tourist concession in Europe.

Urban transport

While constituting a major tourist attraction, the Namur ropeway is nonetheless a soft mobility solution. This low-carbon travel mode is appreciated by visitors and Citadel residents alike as they commute to school, to work or simply to the centre of Namur.

First POMA installation in Belgium

With the Namur gondola, POMA has completed its very first installation in Belgium.

Urban integration

The Namur gondola is installed in a classified heritage environment. A long careful study was therefore conducted for the design and integration of the stations.

Several route options were studied in order to preserve the integrity of the Citadel landscape and to showcase the ancient Roman city.

The “Téléphérique de Namur” was designed based on modern architecture that respects the uniqueness of the site and blends into the environment perfectly, with discreet line structures and remarkable acoustic comfort.

Silent transport

The pulsed movement gondola technology is particularly suited to this type of tourist transport with compact stations containing few rotating mechanical elements and guaranteeing optimal acoustic comfort for both users and local residents.

Citadel of Namur gondola in pictures

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The Les 3 Vallées company entrusted POMA with the construction of the new emblematic gondola lift of Les Grangettes. A true link between Courchevel Village and Courchevel 1850, the gondola lift is operated every day until 11 pm. It is a busy link and has opened the door to peri-urban rope transport in the mountains.

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The project

At Courchevel, the Les 3 Vallées Company is organising major work to restructure and retrofit its ropeway equipment. After the installation of the new Ariondaz gondola lift in 2017, Les 3 Vallées renewed its confidence in POMA for the construction of the emblematic new gondola lift at Les Grangettes.

The new gondola lift was long awaited by Courchevel Village because the previous 43-year-old ropeway no longer met expectations in terms of comfort, safety and access. In addition to serving as the urban link between Courchevel Village and Courchevel 1850, the Les Grangettes gondola lift also provides a green trip to the slopes and a free sledge run that is lit up in the evenings.

The busy link and opened the door to ropeway peri-urban mobility in Courchevel, joined the following year by a second ropeway link, the Le Praz gondola lift.

Les Grangettes

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TECHNICAL

SPECIFICATIONS

Longueur

Length

1027 m

Elevation

273 m

Capacity

2400 pphpd

Date

Speed

6 m/s

Number of cabins

33

Number of passengers per cabin

10 personnes

motorisation

Motorisation

DirectDrive®

POMA, innovation

for the project

Premium

Design

To do this exceptional site justice, the focus was placed on design and ride comfort. By choosing 40 Evo Diamond 10-seater cabins with a dark and elegant design, lit by LEDS powered by solar panels, Courchevel became the first resort in France to open such an installation.

 

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link

The Grangettes gondola is a genuine link between Courchevel Village and Courchevel 1850 for all holidaymakers, skiers and seasonal workers, the gondola lift is operated daily until 11 pm. A new peri-urban link, the Le Praz gondola lift, has enhanced the resort’s offer of soft mobility a few hundred metres away.

A Station at

La Croisette

The top station is “La Croisette”. This way, skiers arriving from Courchevel Village can easily reach the rest of the skiing area. For pedestrians, unloading in the heart of the Galerie de la Croisette allows easy access to all the commercial and leisure areas of the Courchevel 1850 resort.

Les Grangettes in pictures

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The Les 3 Vallées company entrusted POMA with the construction of the new emblematic gondola lift of Les Grangettes. A true link between Courchevel Village and Courchevel 1850, the gondola lift is operated every day until 11 pm. It is a busy link and has opened the door to peri-urban rope transport in the mountains.

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At Courchevel, the Les 3 Vallées Company is organising major work to restructure and retrofit its ropeway equipment. After the installation of the new Ariondaz gondola lift in 2017, Les 3 Vallées renewed its confidence in POMA for the construction of the emblematic new gondola lift at Les Grangettes.

The new gondola lift was long awaited by Courchevel Village because the previous 43-year-old ropeway no longer met expectations in terms of comfort, safety and access. In addition to serving as the urban link between Courchevel Village and Courchevel 1850, the Les Grangettes gondola lift also provides a green trip to the slopes and a free sledge run that is lit up in the evenings.

The busy link and opened the door to ropeway peri-urban mobility in Courchevel, joined the following year by a second ropeway link, the Le Praz gondola lift.

Les Grangettes

in motion

TECHNICAL

SPECIFICATIONS

Longueur

Length

1027 m

Elevation

273 m

Capacity

2400 pphpd

Date

Speed

6 m/s

Number of cabins

33

Number of passengers per cabin

10 personnes

motorisation

Motorisation

DirectDrive®

POMA, innovation

for the project

Premium

Design

To do this exceptional site justice, the focus was placed on design and ride comfort. By choosing 40 Evo Diamond 10-seater cabins with a dark and elegant design, lit by LEDS powered by solar panels, Courchevel became the first resort in France to open such an installation.

 

Intra-resort

link

The Grangettes gondola is a genuine link between Courchevel Village and Courchevel 1850 for all holidaymakers, skiers and seasonal workers, the gondola lift is operated daily until 11 pm. A new peri-urban link, the Le Praz gondola lift, has enhanced the resort’s offer of soft mobility a few hundred metres away.

A Station at

La Croisette

The top station is “La Croisette”. This way, skiers arriving from Courchevel Village can easily reach the rest of the skiing area. For pedestrians, unloading in the heart of the Galerie de la Croisette allows easy access to all the commercial and leisure areas of the Courchevel 1850 resort.

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Les Grangettes Gondola Lift

The Les 3 Vallées company entrusted POMA with the construction of the new emblematic gondola lift of Les Grangettes. A true link between Courchevel Village and Courchevel 1850, the gondola lift is operated every day until 11 pm. It is a busy link and has opened the door to peri-urban rope transport in the mountains.

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The project

At Courchevel, the Les 3 Vallées Company is organising major work to restructure and retrofit its ropeway equipment. After the installation of the new Ariondaz gondola lift in 2017, Les 3 Vallées renewed its confidence in POMA for the construction of the emblematic new gondola lift at Les Grangettes.

The new gondola lift was long awaited by Courchevel Village because the previous 43-year-old ropeway no longer met expectations in terms of comfort, safety and access. In addition to serving as the urban link between Courchevel Village and Courchevel 1850, the Les Grangettes gondola lift also provides a green trip to the slopes and a free sledge run that is lit up in the evenings.

The busy link and opened the door to ropeway peri-urban mobility in Courchevel, joined the following year by a second ropeway link, the Le Praz gondola lift.

TECHNICAL

SPECIFICATIONS

Longueur

Length

1027 m

Elevation

273 m

Capacity

2400 pphpd

Date

Speed

6 m/s

Number of cabins

33

Number of passengers per cabin

10 personnes

motorisation

Motorisation

DirectDrive®

POMA, innovation

for the project

Premium

Design

To do this exceptional site justice, the focus was placed on design and ride comfort. By choosing 40 Evo Diamond 10-seater cabins with a dark and elegant design, lit by LEDS powered by solar panels, Courchevel became the first resort in France to open such an installation.

 

Intra-resort

link

The Grangettes gondola is a genuine link between Courchevel Village and Courchevel 1850 for all holidaymakers, skiers and seasonal workers, the gondola lift is operated daily until 11 pm. A new peri-urban link, the Le Praz gondola lift, has enhanced the resort’s offer of soft mobility a few hundred metres away.

A Station at

La Croisette

The top station is “La Croisette”. This way, skiers arriving from Courchevel Village can easily reach the rest of the skiing area. For pedestrians, unloading in the heart of the Galerie de la Croisette allows easy access to all the commercial and leisure areas of the Courchevel 1850 resort.

Les Grangettes in pictures

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The Nuage de Beauval

In Beauval, no. 5 in Europe, POMA is committed to ensuring the availability and safety of the equipment for 5 years, including the setting up of a remote monitoring service. Since opening, the gondola lift has had a high availability rate, key to its immediate popularity with visitors. The enthusiasm of the public is such that Beauval has already ordered new gondolas for its next season.

Director of POMA Services

Michael Fauché
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The Les 3 Vallées company entrusted POMA with the construction of the new emblematic gondola lift of Les Grangettes. A true link between Courchevel Village and Courchevel 1850, the gondola lift is operated every day until 11 pm. It is a busy link and has opened the door to peri-urban rope transport in the mountains.

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The project

At Courchevel, the Les 3 Vallées Company is organising major work to restructure and retrofit its ropeway equipment. After the installation of the new Ariondaz gondola lift in 2017, Les 3 Vallées renewed its confidence in POMA for the construction of the emblematic new gondola lift at Les Grangettes.

The new gondola lift was long awaited by Courchevel Village because the previous 43-year-old ropeway no longer met expectations in terms of comfort, safety and access. In addition to serving as the urban link between Courchevel Village and Courchevel 1850, the Les Grangettes gondola lift also provides a green trip to the slopes and a free sledge run that is lit up in the evenings.

The busy link and opened the door to ropeway peri-urban mobility in Courchevel, joined the following year by a second ropeway link, the Le Praz gondola lift.

TECHNICAL

SPECIFICATIONS

Longueur

Length

1027 m

Elevation

273 m

Capacity

2400 pphpd

Date

Speed

6 m/s

Number of cabins

33

Number of passengers per cabin

10 personnes

motorisation

Motorisation

DirectDrive®

POMA, innovation

for the project

Premium

Design

To do this exceptional site justice, the focus was placed on design and ride comfort. By choosing 40 Evo Diamond 10-seater cabins with a dark and elegant design, lit by LEDS powered by solar panels, Courchevel became the first resort in France to open such an installation.

 

Intra-resort

link

The Grangettes gondola is a genuine link between Courchevel Village and Courchevel 1850 for all holidaymakers, skiers and seasonal workers, the gondola lift is operated daily until 11 pm. A new peri-urban link, the Le Praz gondola lift, has enhanced the resort’s offer of soft mobility a few hundred metres away.

A Station at

La Croisette

The top station is “La Croisette”. This way, skiers arriving from Courchevel Village can easily reach the rest of the skiing area. For pedestrians, unloading in the heart of the Galerie de la Croisette allows easy access to all the commercial and leisure areas of the Courchevel 1850 resort.

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Grangettes

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The Les 3 Vallées company entrusted POMA with the construction of the new emblematic gondola lift of Les Grangettes. A true link between Courchevel Village and Courchevel 1850, the gondola lift is operated every day until 11 pm. It is a busy link and has opened the door to peri-urban rope transport in the mountains.

Read

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Northern Caucasus Resort is continuing its development project, which began in 2011 in the Caucasus mountains, and has an impressive 10-seat 3.8 km gondola lift with 3 sections on its north slope.

Read

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Read

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Read

Diablerets Express

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In French-speaking Switzerland, customer and operator comfort was the primary focus of the Diablerets station restructuring project. The eponymous gondola lift therefore replaces a chairlift to enhance skier comfort, and is equipped with a SmartBoard control console to ensure optimum operator comfort.

Read

Vanoise Express

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The emblematic ropeway of the Vanoise Massif mountain range gave rise to the vast Paradiski skiing area in 2003. It held the record as the biggest cabin in the world until 2016.

Read

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The American Flyer may be the world’s longest bubble chairlift; in any case, it is the longest one manufactured by the POMA Group on American soil.

Read

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An emblematic feature of the valley for more than 30 years, the funicular railway of Saint Maurice was one of the first elevators in the Alps. It was renovated in 2019. A pioneer in multimodal travel, Bourg Saint Maurice offers thousands of skiers and daily users a direct link between the skiing area of Les…

Read

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Les Grangettes Gondola Lift

The Les 3 Vallées company entrusted POMA with the construction of the new emblematic gondola lift of Les Grangettes. A true link between Courchevel Village and Courchevel 1850, the gondola lift is operated every day until 11 pm. It is a busy link and has opened the door to peri-urban rope transport in the mountains.

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i360
Application
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More about

The project

At Courchevel, the Les 3 Vallées Company is organising major work to restructure and retrofit its ropeway equipment. After the installation of the new Ariondaz gondola lift in 2017, Les 3 Vallées renewed its confidence in POMA for the construction of the emblematic new gondola lift at Les Grangettes.

The new gondola lift was long awaited by Courchevel Village because the previous 43-year-old ropeway no longer met expectations in terms of comfort, safety and access. In addition to serving as the urban link between Courchevel Village and Courchevel 1850, the Les Grangettes gondola lift also provides a green trip to the slopes and a free sledge run that is lit up in the evenings.

The busy link and opened the door to ropeway peri-urban mobility in Courchevel, joined the following year by a second ropeway link, the Le Praz gondola lift.

Les Grangettes

in motion

TECHNICAL

SPECIFICATIONS

Longueur

Length

1027 m

Elevation

273 m

Capacity

2400 pphpd

Date

Speed

6 m/s

Number of cabins

33

Number of passengers per cabin

10 personnes

motorisation

Motorisation

DirectDrive®

POMA, innovation

for the project

Premium

Design

To do this exceptional site justice, the focus was placed on design and ride comfort. By choosing 40 Evo Diamond 10-seater cabins with a dark and elegant design, lit by LEDS powered by solar panels, Courchevel became the first resort in France to open such an installation.

 

Intra-resort

link

The Grangettes gondola is a genuine link between Courchevel Village and Courchevel 1850 for all holidaymakers, skiers and seasonal workers, the gondola lift is operated daily until 11 pm. A new peri-urban link, the Le Praz gondola lift, has enhanced the resort’s offer of soft mobility a few hundred metres away.

A Station at

La Croisette

The top station is “La Croisette”. This way, skiers arriving from Courchevel Village can easily reach the rest of the skiing area. For pedestrians, unloading in the heart of the Galerie de la Croisette allows easy access to all the commercial and leisure areas of the Courchevel 1850 resort.

Les Grangettes in pictures

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Fourvière

France – Lyon – 2018

POMA carried out the special inspection of the iconic funicular railway in Lyon. During the inspection, its carriers as well as the drive station were completely renovated and upgraded in SIGMA’s workshops, according to the SYTRAL guidelines aimed at “providing users with an even greater level of comfort, while preserving the line’s historic heritage”.

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Hong Kong Wheel

China – Hong Kong – 2014

POMA produced the 45 cabins for the Hong Kong observation wheel in China. The observation wheel offers spectacular views over the bay and megacity centre, both during the day and at night.

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Ain Dubai

United Arab Emirates – Dubai – 2020

For the world’s largest observation wheel, commissioned for the Dubai World Expo, POMA built 48 outsized capsules, the largest and heaviest ever produced. The teams came up with evermore ingenious product development solutions and met a very high level of customer demand.

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Shenzhen Observation Wheel

China – Shenzhen – 2020

POMA produced the 28 capsules of the observation wheel for the Chinese megalopolis of Shenzhen. Developed specifically to withstand a very hot and humid climate, they presented a real technical challenge, which the group’s teams managed to overcome.

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Miami Airport

United States – Miami – 2016

Miami International Airport inaugurated its two APMs in 2016 and 2017. The two APM trains travel 375 m and carry up to 12,000 passengers per hour between the main terminal and terminal E.

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Cairo Airport

Egypt – Cairo – 2012

The expanding Cairo International Airport, one of the largest in the Middle East, wanted a high-performance link to connect its three airport terminals and to provide access to the car parks and shopping centre. The specifications for the construction of the MiniMetro® were speed, silence, comfort, availability and also environmental considerations.

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Liaison Blanc Blanc

France – Grenoble – 2010

“Liaison Blanc-Blanc” is more than just a funicular railway, it is a mini mobile clean room, ISO 6 classified, which connects the two controlled environment areas of the Grenoble CEA over 250 metres.

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London Eye

England – London – 2000

Right in the heart of London, on the banks of the River Thames, 32 rotating capsules climb to 135 m, taking visitors above the rooftops of London for an exceptional view of the entire capital.

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The High Roller

United states – Las Vegas – 2014

Caesars Entertainment has entrusted the POMA Group with the design and manufacture of the High Roller observation wheel capsules. A flagship attraction of “The Linq”, a new urban and entertainment district in Las Vegas.

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