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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.