Dominican Republic – Santiago de los caballeros – In progress

Santiago

In the Dominican Republic, a 2nd aerial link connected to the metro is being built to extend the public transport network in the north-west of the capital. This new line will cover a distance of 4.2 km, providing even faster access to the city centre via 4 multimodal stations. The government’s objective: to improve the quality of life of Dominicans !

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Urban Gondola Lift
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The project

The Dominican government has set up the SITS (Santiago Integrated Transport System) to support urban development in the country's second-largest city, Santiago de los Caballeros. A soft and sustainable mobility service accessible to all is at the heart of the project and will include a monorail, bicycles, electric buses and a nearly 4 km long 12-seater gondola lift.

As in Santo Domingo, the Santiago gondola lift will be equipped with the latest-generation DirectDrive® motor and will offer reliable, fast and eco-friendly transport for 4,500 people per hour at a speed of 7 m/s. Its comfortable 12-seater cabins will feature the emblematic red colour of the city to soar through the Dominican sky.

The gondola lift will fly over the most congested areas of the city, which has 130,000 inhabitants in this area, connecting the 4 stations in just 10 minutes. By directly connecting residents to sources of employment and enhancing public spaces, the authorities intend to give new economic and social impetus to the neighbourhoods served by the line.

TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS

Longueur

Length

3 900 m

Difference in altitude

41 m

Date

Speed

7 m/s

Capacity

4 500 personnes/h

nombre de stations

Number of stations

4

Number of cabins

129

Number of passengers per cabin

12

POMA, innovation

for the project

Development of Dominican transports

The Santiago de los Caballeros gondola lift will be the 3rd POMA line built in just 6 years in the Dominican Republic, which has made ropeway transportation the symbol of innovative and virtuous mobility to boost the country’s development, a model for the entire Caribbean region.

An intermodal mobility solution

The central station, located at the crossroads of a key road network and which will also host the future monorail station, will become a major intermodal hub for thousands of daily users.

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With the installation of this ultra-modern aerial tramway, POMA has provided New Yorkers with the most advanced technology in urban ropeway transportation. It is 960 m long and connects Roosevelt Island to Manhattan in just three minutes, passing over the East River in great comfort with unique views of New York through the huge windows on both cabins.

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Téléo

France – Toulouse – 2021

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Colombia – Medellin – 2021

P Line – Metrocable

A social and economic link, Medellin’s Metrocable is the emblem of a city on the move. The 6th line of the metrocable took off in 2022 to extend its public transport network, serving sustainable and soft mobility

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Urban Gondola Lift
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Connect – urban link
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The project

With 6 lines in service, it is an international benchmark, and the network of gondola lifts now stretches over 14 kilometres, directly connected to the different lines of the Medellín Metro by multimodal stations. Each year, more than 220 million people use the city's transport system, demonstrating a successful social inclusion model that offers a new quality of life to the city's residents through social connections and increasingly attractive neighbourhoods.

At the heart of the Medellín Metro public transport system, Line P has a direct connection to Line A of the Metro at the ACEVEDO station, the intermodal hub from which the first Metrocable also departs. Line P connects some 200,000 residents in north-west Medellín through 4 stations along a 2700 m line located near the public library, medical centres, a community police station, landscaped parks and playgrounds for children. Some of these infrastructures were created after the new line project and have given the district a new lease on life !

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P Line

TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS

Longueur

Length

2 656 m

Difference in altitude

344 m

Capacity

4 000 people per hour

Date

Speed

5.5 m/s

Passengers per day

44 000

Number of cabines

130

Number of passengers

12

Operating time

18,5 hours per day

POMA, innovation

for the project

A sustainable mobility solution

Line P transports 4000 passengers every hour, and all with minimal environmental impact. To that end, it has the first gearless green motor technology–DirectDrive–built in, making it low on both energy consumption and sound pollution.

A reliable flow management system

As the world’s first 12-person cable car, Line P comes with DIAMOND 10/12 cabins that combine 10 seated spaces with 2 standing spaces: a perfect solution for rush hour !

Operational and maintenance support

The cabins and stations were made in France, at POMA group industrial facilities. The towers were produced in Colombia and installed in Medellín in close cooperation with POMA Colombia, the local subsidiary created by POMA that provides trustworthy support to MetroMedellín in operating and maintaining the system.

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Dominican Republic – Santiago de los caballeros – In progress

The Dominican government has set up the SITS (Santiago Integrated Transport System) to support urban development in the country’s second-largest city, Santiago de los Caballeros. A soft and sustainable mobility service accessible to all is at the heart of the project and will include a monorail, bicycles, electric buses and a nearly 4 km long 12-seater gondola lift.

Read

Los Alcarrizos – Santo Domingo

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Citadel of Namur gondola lift

Belgique – Namur – 2021

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Equateur – Guayaquil – ongoing project

In order to improve the flow of daily traffic between Duran and Guayaquil, Ecuador’s economic capital, and offer an alternative solution for crossing the estuary, the local authorities have opted for ropeway transportation. Ecuador’s first urban gondola lift links Duran and Guayaquil, providing fast, smooth travel throughout the transport network for 40,000 passengers a day.

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Géorgie – Chiatura – 2020

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Tizi Ouzou

Algeria – Tizi Ouzou – 2019

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Airtram New York

USA – New York – 2010

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Téléo

France – Toulouse – 2021

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La Réunion

Réunion Island – Saint Denis – 2020

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Pereira Megacable

Colombia – Pereira – 2021

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Dominican Republic – Santo Domingo – 2023

LOS ALCARRIZOS

The city of Santo Domingo inaugurates its new urban aerial tramway line, the fastest in the world. The monocable system criss-crosses the sky over a 4.2-km stretch and serves four stations, offering a perfect soft mobility solution between the city centre and the suburbs.

product range
Urban Gondola Lift
Application
Connect – peri-urban link
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The project

Fitting seamlessly into the city's multi-modal public transport network, the new line is a wonderful asset for the 400,000 people who live in the western part of the Dominican capital, linking up the Los Alcarrizos neighbourhood with metro line 2. The second line built by POMA lets residents of the capital's western suburbs cross dense, highly congested areas that are an obstacle to reaching the city centre.

Line 2 of the “Teleferico Santo Domingo” stretches over 4.2 km, with four stations connecting over 23 neighbourhoods to the west of the capital. A single ticket valid for the city's entire transport network lets passengers board one of the 157 cabins criss-crossing the Dominican sky, and travel to the city centre quickly, reliably and comfortably, via a public transport corridor accessible to everyone: a brilliant alternative to one-hour-plus journeys by car or bus on heavily congested roads.

The capacity of 4500 passengers per hour means that this area’s residents can now reach the city centre more quickly, taking one of the 160 12-place cabins that pass over the urban obstacles at a speed of 7 m/s. This is a world first in urban ropeway transportation !

TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS

Longueur

Length

4 156 m

Difference in altitude

15 m

Date

Speed

7 m/s

Capacity

4 500 personnes/h

nombre de stations

Number of stations

4

Number of cabines

160

Number of passengers

12

POMA, innovation

for the project

World first

The T2 line in Santo Domingo isthe 1st urban aerial cable car to operate at a speed of 7 m/s!

Development of Dominican transports

In keeping with its strategy for the development of rapid public transport, in 2018 the Dominican capital decided to install a 5 km urban gondola lift system. This solution was designed to answer the many challenges of sustainable mobility – heavy traffic, increasing congestion, urban gridlock. Operated by the subsidiary POMA RD, this first line now connects the north-east zone to the city centre in only 20 minutes via its connection with line 2 of the metro. Line 1 of the “Teleférico Santo Domingo”, with its 195 10-seater cabins, connects more than 23 districts. It provides transport for 3,000 people per hour, in each direction, crossing the Ozama River twice.

An intermodal mobility solution

To meet a global enhanced mobility, the cable car is connected via the first station to the metro, which is just being extended. As an intermodal hub, the station has been designed as a large new district centre, whereas the three other stations are kept as simple as possible, as they are located directly in densely populated residential areas.

A third line under construction

POMA is currently installing the country’s third urban aerial tramway line, construction work having begun in autumn 2021 in Santiago de los Caballeros – part of the drive to boost urban development in the country’s second largest city. A soft and sustainable mobility service accessible to all is at the heart of the project and will include a monorail, bicycles, electric buses and a 12-seater gondola lift covering a stretch of nearly 4 km. The Santiago de los Caballeros gondola lift will be the 3rd POMA line built in just six years in the Dominican Republic, making cable transportation the symbol of innovative and virtuous mobility to boost the country’s development.

A system in symbiosis with its environment

In terms of design, the new cable car is similar to its sister line. It remains simple, attractive building architecture coupled with gondolas in the national colours blue, white and red, as for the national flag.  There are few opportunities to get a view over Santo Domingo, hence the cable car becomes an unforgettable experience for tourists.

A project supported by Agence Française de Développement

In 2020, with the support of the AFD, manager of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP), the “Mobilise Your City” programme resulted in a second “Teleférico” line. This new line will be 4.2 km long in the north-eastern part of the city. A single ticket is still all passengers need to travel across the whole city-wide network, with the new line accessible to 395,000 residents via 4 stations.

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They talk about it

Los Alcarrizos de Santo Domingo

“With this new aerial tramway line, the aim is to pursue a pro[1]cess of transformation and social cohesion across the city and its suburbs, by providing safe, res[1]pectable public transport that fits perfectly with other local mobility solutions, providing residents of historically marginalised neighbourhoods such as Los Alcarrizos with access to the city centre and greater integration. With this cable transportation line, along with all the work undertaken to modernise and extend the current transport network, we expect to see a profound transformation in terms of mobility across the entire city, in every way. Mobility will be more efficient, greener, faster, more accessible and more enjoyable.”

President of POMA Colombia

Luis Abinader


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Dominican Republic – Santiago de los caballeros – In progress

The Dominican government has set up the SITS (Santiago Integrated Transport System) to support urban development in the country’s second-largest city, Santiago de los Caballeros. A soft and sustainable mobility service accessible to all is at the heart of the project and will include a monorail, bicycles, electric buses and a nearly 4 km long 12-seater gondola lift.

Read

P Line – Metrocable

Colombia – Medellin – 2021

A social and economic link, Medellin’s Metrocable is the emblem of a city on the move. The 6th line of the metrocable took off in 2022 to extend its public transport network, serving sustainable and soft mobility

Read

Citadel of Namur gondola lift

Belgique – Namur – 2021

In Namur, Belgium, the ropeway connects the city centre to the Citadel Esplanade, flying over the river Sambre and the ramparts. Tourists and locals alike enjoy the experience of a silent trip with a breathtaking viewpoint. An ecological mode of travel, it blends harmoniously into its environment, by virtue of its modern architecture that respects the uniqueness of the site, and discreet line structures.

Read

Aerovia

Equateur – Guayaquil – ongoing project

In order to improve the flow of daily traffic between Duran and Guayaquil, Ecuador’s economic capital, and offer an alternative solution for crossing the estuary, the local authorities have opted for ropeway transportation. Ecuador’s first urban gondola lift links Duran and Guayaquil, providing fast, smooth travel throughout the transport network for 40,000 passengers a day.

Read

Chiatura

Géorgie – Chiatura – 2020

To retrofit its urban overhead transport system, the city of Chiatura chose POMA. Four small urban ropeways, developed specifically to satisfy the needs in terms of capacity and the constraints regarding distances, have replaced some (very) old Russian ropeways.

Read

Tizi Ouzou

Algeria – Tizi Ouzou – 2019

POMA has developed a three-section aerial transport line with a total length of 5 km consisting of two gondola lifts and an aerial ropeway in Tizi Ouzou, a town located 100 km from Algiers.

Read

Airtram New York

USA – New York – 2010

With the installation of this ultra-modern aerial tramway, POMA has provided New Yorkers with the most advanced technology in urban ropeway transportation. It is 960 m long and connects Roosevelt Island to Manhattan in just three minutes, passing over the East River in great comfort with unique views of New York through the huge windows on both cabins.

Read

Téléo

France – Toulouse – 2021

More than 8,000 passengers will board the cabins of the Téléo tricable ropeway every day. Part of the Toulouse Agglomeration’s transport network, it crosses a river and travels over a hill to link three major hubs of activity in the south of Toulouse: the University Cancer Institute, Rangueil Hospital and Paul Sabatier University.

Read

La Réunion

Réunion Island – Saint Denis – 2020

POMA built the first metrocable in the Indian Ocean in Saint Denis on Réunion Island. It provides safe, fast and quiet travel, connecting strategic neighbourhoods and delivering a better service to the island.

Read

Pereira Megacable

Colombia – Pereira – 2021

Pereira Megacable is the first urban gondola lift to be 100% integrated into the public transport system of the city of Pereira. It is also the first lift in the country to be equipped with a DirectDrive®.

Read

Nizhny Novgorod

Russia – Nizhny Novgorod – 2011

La première télécabine urbaine en Russie permet aux habitants de Nijni Novgorod de se rendre quotidiennement dans la ville industrielle de Bor, en traversant le plus grand fleuve d’Europe par les airs.

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Equateur – Guayaquil – 2020

Aerovia

In order to improve the flow of daily traffic between Duran and Guayaquil, Ecuador’s economic capital, and offer an alternative solution for crossing the estuary, the local authorities have opted for ropeway transportation.

Ecuador’s first urban gondola lift links Duran and Guayaquil, providing fast, smooth travel throughout the transport network for 40,000 passengers a day.

product range
Urban Gondola Lift
Application
Connect – peri-urban link
More about

The project

Duran, on the opposite bank of the Guayas river, has tripled its population over twenty years to more than 250,000 inhabitants, the vast majority of whom work in Guayaquil, the economic capital of Ecuador. The only bridge linking the two cities is saturated with traffic every day, despite five lanes in each direction.
To address this mobility issue, and to propose an alternative solution for crossing the estuary that could be implemented quickly, the municipality was won over by urban ropeway transportation, of which there are many models in South America!
Aerovia is a 100% horizontal gondola lift that is 4 km long and carries 40,000 passengers per day in its 154 ten-seater cabins, avoiding a 45-minute trip by car.

Discover

the Aerovia

TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS

Longueur

Length

4063 m

Difference in altitude

12 m

Capacity

jusqu’à 2 600 personnes/h

Date

Speed

5 m/s

nombre de stations

Number of stations

4

Number of cabines

155

Number of passengers

10

POMA, innovation

for the project

Ecuador’s first

overhead inter-urban link

Guayaquil has joined the club of metropolises equipped with a POMA urban ropeway transportation system.

Concession-based

model

In addition to design and construction, POMA has been working alongside its partner SOFRATESA for gondola lift maintenance and operation for almost 30 years.
A concession-based model that heralds a new stage in the evolution of our business and customer support.

Integrated

stations

Beyond transportation, Aerovia has been designed to blend into the city and the life of its inhabitants. In Guayaquil, the three stations are located at strategic sites: on the Malecon Simon Bolivar at the edge of the river, at Julian Coronel park which serves as a hub for the city buses, and finally, on Quito avenue near the Centennial park, right in the city centre.
Local services will be made available, as well as shops, restaurants and banks on the different floors of the stations.

Technical challenges

This gondola lift was a technological challenge from the start, in particular the securing of the support posts for the seven towers a few dozen metres under water in the Guayas river.

Aerovia in pictures

They talk about it

Aerovia de Guauaquil

As massive urbanisation grows throughout the world, sustainable overhead transport solutions are redesigning the face of urban mobility. This project in Guayaquil is a perfect example: an overhead solution that passes easily and quickly over the Guayas river and the traffic jams in the city centre, and a sustainable decarbonised means of public transport.

POMA Sales Manager, South America

Guillaume Ployon


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Santiago – Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic – Santiago de los caballeros – In progress

The Dominican government has set up the SITS (Santiago Integrated Transport System) to support urban development in the country’s second-largest city, Santiago de los Caballeros. A soft and sustainable mobility service accessible to all is at the heart of the project and will include a monorail, bicycles, electric buses and a nearly 4 km long 12-seater gondola lift.

Read

P Line – Metrocable

Colombia – Medellin – 2021

A social and economic link, Medellin’s Metrocable is the emblem of a city on the move. The 6th line of the metrocable took off in 2022 to extend its public transport network, serving sustainable and soft mobility

Read

Los Alcarrizos – Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic – Santo Domingo – 2022

The city of Santo Domingo inaugurates its new urban aerial tramway line, the fastest in the world. The monocable system criss-crosses the sky over a 4.2-km stretch and serves four stations, offering a perfect soft mobility solution between the city centre and the suburbs.

Read

Citadel of Namur gondola lift

Belgique – Namur – 2021

In Namur, Belgium, the ropeway connects the city centre to the Citadel Esplanade, flying over the river Sambre and the ramparts. Tourists and locals alike enjoy the experience of a silent trip with a breathtaking viewpoint. An ecological mode of travel, it blends harmoniously into its environment, by virtue of its modern architecture that respects the uniqueness of the site, and discreet line structures.

Read

Chiatura

Géorgie – Chiatura – 2020

To retrofit its urban overhead transport system, the city of Chiatura chose POMA. Four small urban ropeways, developed specifically to satisfy the needs in terms of capacity and the constraints regarding distances, have replaced some (very) old Russian ropeways.

Read

Tizi Ouzou

Algeria – Tizi Ouzou – 2019

POMA has developed a three-section aerial transport line with a total length of 5 km consisting of two gondola lifts and an aerial ropeway in Tizi Ouzou, a town located 100 km from Algiers.

Read

Airtram New York

USA – New York – 2010

With the installation of this ultra-modern aerial tramway, POMA has provided New Yorkers with the most advanced technology in urban ropeway transportation. It is 960 m long and connects Roosevelt Island to Manhattan in just three minutes, passing over the East River in great comfort with unique views of New York through the huge windows on both cabins.

Read

Téléo

France – Toulouse – 2021

More than 8,000 passengers will board the cabins of the Téléo tricable ropeway every day. Part of the Toulouse Agglomeration’s transport network, it crosses a river and travels over a hill to link three major hubs of activity in the south of Toulouse: the University Cancer Institute, Rangueil Hospital and Paul Sabatier University.

Read

La Réunion

Réunion Island – Saint Denis – 2020

POMA built the first metrocable in the Indian Ocean in Saint Denis on Réunion Island. It provides safe, fast and quiet travel, connecting strategic neighbourhoods and delivering a better service to the island.

Read

Pereira Megacable

Colombia – Pereira – 2021

Pereira Megacable is the first urban gondola lift to be 100% integrated into the public transport system of the city of Pereira. It is also the first lift in the country to be equipped with a DirectDrive®.

Read

Nizhny Novgorod

Russia – Nizhny Novgorod – 2011

La première télécabine urbaine en Russie permet aux habitants de Nijni Novgorod de se rendre quotidiennement dans la ville industrielle de Bor, en traversant le plus grand fleuve d’Europe par les airs.

Read
Equateur – Guayaquil – 2020

Aerovia

In order to improve the flow of daily traffic between Duran and Guayaquil, Ecuador’s economic capital, and offer an alternative solution for crossing the estuary, the local authorities have opted for ropeway transportation.

Ecuador’s first urban gondola lift links Duran and Guayaquil, providing fast, smooth travel throughout the transport network for 40,000 passengers a day.

product range
FlyingBelt®
Application
Bulk Material
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The project

Duran, on the opposite bank of the Guayas river, has tripled its population over twenty years to more than 250,000 inhabitants, the vast majority of whom work in Guayaquil, the economic capital of Ecuador. The only bridge linking the two cities is saturated with traffic every day, despite five lanes in each direction.
To address this mobility issue, and to propose an alternative solution for crossing the estuary that could be implemented quickly, the municipality was won over by urban ropeway transportation, of which there are many models in South America!
Aerovia is a 100% horizontal gondola lift that is 4 km long and carries 40,000 passengers per day in its 154 ten-seater cabins, avoiding a 45-minute trip by car.

TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS

Longueur

Length

4063 m

Difference in altitude

12 m

Capacity

jusqu’à 2 600 personnes/h

Date

Speed

5 m/s

nombre de stations

Number of stations

4

Number of cabines

155

Number of passengers

10

POMA, innovation

for the project

Ecuador’s first

overhead inter-urban link

Guayaquil has joined the club of metropolises equipped with a POMA urban ropeway transportation system.

Concession-based

model

In addition to design and construction, POMA has been working alongside its partner SOFRATESA for gondola lift maintenance and operation for almost 30 years.
A concession-based model that heralds a new stage in the evolution of our business and customer support.

Integrated

stations

Beyond transportation, Aerovia has been designed to blend into the city and the life of its inhabitants. In Guayaquil, the three stations are located at strategic sites: on the Malecon Simon Bolivar at the edge of the river, at Julian Coronel park which serves as a hub for the city buses, and finally, on Quito avenue near the Centennial park, right in the city centre.
Local services will be made available, as well as shops, restaurants and banks on the different floors of the stations.

Technical challenges

This gondola lift was a technological challenge from the start, in particular the securing of the support posts for the seven towers a few dozen metres under water in the Guayas river.

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FlyingBelt Adrianopolis POMA
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Apiaï

Brazil – State of São Paulo – 2013

Equipped with 290 buckets, this 10-kilometre-long rope line transports 9,000 tonnes of limestone daily to the cement plant of the city of Apiai, in the state of São Paulo. This quiet, eco-friendly solution helps preserve the natural site.

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Vicat

France – Saint-Egrève – 1987

The industrial ropeway, which is almost 2 km long, transports materials, crossing the Isère, a 6-lane motorway and with a significant difference in elevation on the slopes of the Vercors Massif to the cement works of Saint-Egrève.

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Equateur – Guayaquil – 2020

Aerovia

In order to improve the flow of daily traffic between Duran and Guayaquil, Ecuador’s economic capital, and offer an alternative solution for crossing the estuary, the local authorities have opted for ropeway transportation.

Ecuador’s first urban gondola lift links Duran and Guayaquil, providing fast, smooth travel throughout the transport network for 40,000 passengers a day.

product range
Material Ropeways
Application
Bulk Material
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The project

Duran, on the opposite bank of the Guayas river, has tripled its population over twenty years to more than 250,000 inhabitants, the vast majority of whom work in Guayaquil, the economic capital of Ecuador. The only bridge linking the two cities is saturated with traffic every day, despite five lanes in each direction.
To address this mobility issue, and to propose an alternative solution for crossing the estuary that could be implemented quickly, the municipality was won over by urban ropeway transportation, of which there are many models in South America!
Aerovia is a 100% horizontal gondola lift that is 4 km long and carries 40,000 passengers per day in its 154 ten-seater cabins, avoiding a 45-minute trip by car.

TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS

Longueur

Length

4063 m

Difference in altitude

12 m

Capacity

jusqu’à 2 600 personnes/h

Date

Speed

5 m/s

nombre de stations

Number of stations

4

Number of cabines

155

Number of passengers

10

Apiai material ropeway in pictures

Téléphérique à matériaux Apiai

They talk about if

Apiai material ropeway

The symbiosis between the Brazilian industrialists and the POMA group representatives— AGUDIO, SEMER, COMAG—made it possible to complete the project in record time: dismantling of the old ropeway, changing of all stations and wagons, reinforcement of the entire line. The success of this huge construction project lies in this simple equation: reliability, performance and sustainability.

Head of the POMA do BRASIL subsidiary

Benjamin DUNESME
Téléphérique à matériaux Apiai

They talk about it

Apiai material ropeway

After 30 years of operation, it was essential to renovate our ropeway. We needed to improve safety in our Apiai plant. Thanks to a new, state-of-the-art system, our ropeway has superior capacity and availability. It was a real challenge for both Intercement and POMA

Project manager for the Brazilian industrialist Intercement.

Horacio Luis Ardiani
Téléphérique à matériaux Apiai
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