Télécabine parc Beauval POMA
France – Beauval – 2019

The “Nuage de Beauval”

With the “Nuage de Beauval” (literally, the Cloud of Beauval”), Beauval and POMA combined their expertise to design and build a gondola lift that is one of a kind in France. The gondola lift connects the panda and elephant areas to the lion kingdom in just a few minutes. In addition to being a great mobility solution within the park, it also offers a unique experience in France for the 1.5 million annual visitors who enjoy fantastic views over many areas of the park, aboard gondolas with glass flooring.

product range
Touristic gondola lift
Application
Leisure park
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The project

The Zooparc de Beauval is one of the four most beautiful zoos in the world, with its 10,000 exceptional animals. It welcomes more than one million visitors each year.

The 24 gondolas of the “Nuage de Beauval” gondola lift, connecting two far-apart areas of this 40-hectare zoo in three minutes, are designed to meet a real mobility challenge by making it easier to move around the site and improving visitor comfort, especially for families and people with reduced mobility.

However, the Zooparc de Beauval also wanted to make this new mode of transport a unique experience by offering an unprecedented view of the park. Some gondolas with panoramic glazing even have glass flooring. This is a unique panoramic aerial trip experience in France on a private leisure site.

The Nuage de Beauval was a phenomenal success, even posting a 99.70% availability rate over the 2020 summer period!

technical
specifications

Longueur

Length

758 m

Elevation

-8m

Capacity

1320 pphpd

Date

Speed

4 m/s

Number of cabins

24

Number of passengers per cabin

8

motorisation

Motorisation

DirectDrive®

POMA, innovation

for the project

Eco-friendly transport

The “Nuage de Beauval” gondola lift is an eco-friendly soft mobility solution. Its system keeps the environmental impact to a minimum, notably through the limited space it requires on the ground, the sound comfort it offers thanks to its silent “DirectDrive®” system, and its technical configuration. The various project construction phases were carried out under the close supervision of the zoo management team, for whom the top priority remains the welfare of the zoo’s animals, looked after by this family business since 1980.

 

1,000,000 passengers

Having received its first passengers on 30 March 2019, the Nuage de Beauval welcomed its millionth passenger in early December—a resounding success! The Zooparc de Beauval ordered new gondolas to increase the capacity of the gondola lift during the 2020 seasons.

Team training

POMA trained local personnel in operation and maintenance of the gondola lift and will provide support to the zoo for 5 years for scheduled maintenance operations.

The “Nuage de Beauval” in pictures

They talk about it

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
Télécabine parc Beauval POMA
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Télécabine parc Beauval POMA
France – Beauval – 2019

The “Nuage de Beauval”

With the “Nuage de Beauval” (literally, the Cloud of Beauval”), Beauval and POMA combined their expertise to design and build a gondola lift that is one of a kind in France. The gondola lift connects the panda and elephant areas to the lion kingdom in just a few minutes. In addition to being a great mobility solution within the park, it also offers a unique experience in France for the 1.5 million annual visitors who enjoy fantastic views over many areas of the park, aboard gondolas with glass flooring.

product range
Detachable gondola lift
Application
Connect – peri-urban link
More about

The project

The Zooparc de Beauval is one of the four most beautiful zoos in the world, with its 10,000 exceptional animals. It welcomes more than one million visitors each year.

The 24 gondolas of the “Nuage de Beauval” gondola lift, connecting two far-apart areas of this 40-hectare zoo in three minutes, are designed to meet a real mobility challenge by making it easier to move around the site and improving visitor comfort, especially for families and people with reduced mobility.

However, the Zooparc de Beauval also wanted to make this new mode of transport a unique experience by offering an unprecedented view of the park. Some gondolas with panoramic glazing even have glass flooring. This is a unique panoramic aerial trip experience in France on a private leisure site.

The Nuage de Beauval was a phenomenal success, even posting a 99.70% availability rate over the 2020 summer period!

technical
specifications

Longueur

Length

758 m

Elevation

-8m

Capacity

1320 pphpd

Date

Speed

4 m/s

Number of cabins

24

Number of passengers per cabin

8

motorisation

Motorisation

DirectDrive®

POMA, innovation

for the project

Eco-friendly transport

The “Nuage de Beauval” gondola lift is an eco-friendly soft mobility solution. Its system keeps the environmental impact to a minimum, notably through the limited space it requires on the ground, the sound comfort it offers thanks to its silent “DirectDrive®” system, and its technical configuration. The various project construction phases were carried out under the close supervision of the zoo management team, for whom the top priority remains the welfare of the zoo’s animals, looked after by this family business since 1980.

 

1,000,000 passengers

Having received its first passengers on 30 March 2019, the Nuage de Beauval welcomed its millionth passenger in early December—a resounding success! The Zooparc de Beauval ordered new gondolas to increase the capacity of the gondola lift during the 2020 seasons.

Team training

POMA trained local personnel in operation and maintenance of the gondola lift and will provide support to the zoo for 5 years for scheduled maintenance operations.

The “Nuage de Beauval” in pictures

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Télécabine parc Beauval POMA
France – Beauval – 2019

The “Nuage de Beauval”

With the “Nuage de Beauval” (literally, the Cloud of Beauval”), Beauval and POMA combined their expertise to design and build a gondola lift that is one of a kind in France. The gondola lift connects the panda and elephant areas to the lion kingdom in just a few minutes. In addition to being a great mobility solution within the park, it also offers a unique experience in France for the 1.5 million annual visitors who enjoy fantastic views over many areas of the park, aboard gondolas with glass flooring.

product range
Material Ropeways
Application
Bulk Material
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The project

The Zooparc de Beauval is one of the four most beautiful zoos in the world, with its 10,000 exceptional animals. It welcomes more than one million visitors each year.

The 24 gondolas of the “Nuage de Beauval” gondola lift, connecting two far-apart areas of this 40-hectare zoo in three minutes, are designed to meet a real mobility challenge by making it easier to move around the site and improving visitor comfort, especially for families and people with reduced mobility.

However, the Zooparc de Beauval also wanted to make this new mode of transport a unique experience by offering an unprecedented view of the park. Some gondolas with panoramic glazing even have glass flooring. This is a unique panoramic aerial trip experience in France on a private leisure site.

The Nuage de Beauval was a phenomenal success, even posting a 99.70% availability rate over the 2020 summer period!

technical
specifications

Longueur

Length

758 m

Elevation

-8m

Capacity

1320 pphpd

Date

Speed

4 m/s

Number of cabins

24

Number of passengers per cabin

8

motorisation

Motorisation

DirectDrive®

Apiai material ropeway in pictures

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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

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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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Télécabine parc Beauval POMA
France – Beauval – 2019

The “Nuage de Beauval”

With the “Nuage de Beauval” (literally, the Cloud of Beauval”), Beauval and POMA combined their expertise to design and build a gondola lift that is one of a kind in France. The gondola lift connects the panda and elephant areas to the lion kingdom in just a few minutes. In addition to being a great mobility solution within the park, it also offers a unique experience in France for the 1.5 million annual visitors who enjoy fantastic views over many areas of the park, aboard gondolas with glass flooring.

product range
Fixed grip chairlift • UNIFIX®
Application
Skiing area
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The project

The Zooparc de Beauval is one of the four most beautiful zoos in the world, with its 10,000 exceptional animals. It welcomes more than one million visitors each year.

The 24 gondolas of the “Nuage de Beauval” gondola lift, connecting two far-apart areas of this 40-hectare zoo in three minutes, are designed to meet a real mobility challenge by making it easier to move around the site and improving visitor comfort, especially for families and people with reduced mobility.

However, the Zooparc de Beauval also wanted to make this new mode of transport a unique experience by offering an unprecedented view of the park. Some gondolas with panoramic glazing even have glass flooring. This is a unique panoramic aerial trip experience in France on a private leisure site.

The Nuage de Beauval was a phenomenal success, even posting a 99.70% availability rate over the 2020 summer period!

technical
specifications

Longueur

Length

758 m

Elevation

-8m

Capacity

1320 pphpd

Date

Speed

4 m/s

Number of cabins

24

Number of passengers per cabin

8

motorisation

Motorisation

DirectDrive®

POMA, innovation

for the project

Eco-friendly transport

The “Nuage de Beauval” gondola lift is an eco-friendly soft mobility solution. Its system keeps the environmental impact to a minimum, notably through the limited space it requires on the ground, the sound comfort it offers thanks to its silent “DirectDrive®” system, and its technical configuration. The various project construction phases were carried out under the close supervision of the zoo management team, for whom the top priority remains the welfare of the zoo’s animals, looked after by this family business since 1980.

 

1,000,000 passengers

Having received its first passengers on 30 March 2019, the Nuage de Beauval welcomed its millionth passenger in early December—a resounding success! The Zooparc de Beauval ordered new gondolas to increase the capacity of the gondola lift during the 2020 seasons.

Team training

POMA trained local personnel in operation and maintenance of the gondola lift and will provide support to the zoo for 5 years for scheduled maintenance operations.

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Télécabine touristique POMA Maokong
China – Taiwan – Taipei – 2006

Maokong Gondola Lift and Taipei Zoo

The Maokong gondola lift is located in a historic area of the Taiwanese capital, connecting Taipei Zoo and Maokong. It is one of the largest in the world, spanning four kilometres. Ensuring the synchronisation of its 5 sections and the interconnection of its 6 stations constituted a true technological challenge.

product range
Touristic gondola lift
Application
Tourist attraction
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The Maokong gondola lift is not only the first recreational ropeway in the city of Taipei, it is also the longest ropeway system in Taiwan with a distance of 4.03 km.

It connects the city to the large zoo, located in a vast park that is also home to the Buddhist Zhinan Temple and the famous “Muzha Tea Garden”, destinations popular with the city’s tourists.

Maokong Gondola Lift and Taipei Zoo

In motion

Télécabine touristique POMA Maokong

Technical

SPECIFICATIONs

Longueur

Length

4105 m

Difference in elevation

275 m

nombre de stations

Number of stations

4

Capacity

2400 passengers/ hour

Date

Speed

6 m/s

Number of cabins

147

Passengers per cabin

8

temps

Journey time

12 min

taux de disponibilité

Availability rate of

99,99%

POMA, innovation

for the project

Over 2 million passengers

in a few months

 

Opened on 4 July 2007, the gondola lift had already carried 2,364,682 passengers by 31 December 2007. Used by nearly 25,000 passengers per day. The Maokong gondola lift quickly became one of the most popular tourist sites in Taiwan.

Blending into the landscape

The unique configuration of this installation underlines the ability of ropeway transportation to blend into the landscape. The gondola lift overlooks several hills without disturbing the natural environment.

Double safety line

The gondola lift is equipped with a double safety line to ensure optimal operation. A device that proved to be particularly effective given the damage caused by the site’s numerous cockatoos and flying squirrels.

Connected

to the city’s Metro

Managed and operated by the public company in charge of running the Taipei metro, the gondola lift is very affordable and the regular metro passes are also valid. The gondola lift is open 18 hours a day, all year round, with few exceptions.

Availability

rate of 99.99%

Since it opened in 2007, the gondola lift has had an exemplary average availability rate.

Maokong gondola lift in pictures

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Télécabine parc Beauval POMA
France – Beauval – 2019

The “Nuage de Beauval”

With the “Nuage de Beauval” (literally, the Cloud of Beauval”), Beauval and POMA combined their expertise to design and build a gondola lift that is one of a kind in France. The gondola lift connects the panda and elephant areas to the lion kingdom in just a few minutes. In addition to being a great mobility solution within the park, it also offers a unique experience in France for the 1.5 million annual visitors who enjoy fantastic views over many areas of the park, aboard gondolas with glass flooring.

product range
Touristic gondola lift
Application
attraction
More about

The project

The Zooparc de Beauval is one of the four most beautiful zoos in the world, with its 10,000 exceptional animals. It welcomes more than one million visitors each year.

The 24 gondolas of the “Nuage de Beauval” gondola lift, connecting two far-apart areas of this 40-hectare zoo in three minutes, are designed to meet a real mobility challenge by making it easier to move around the site and improving visitor comfort, especially for families and people with reduced mobility.

However, the Zooparc de Beauval also wanted to make this new mode of transport a unique experience by offering an unprecedented view of the park. Some gondolas with panoramic glazing even have glass flooring. This is a unique panoramic aerial trip experience in France on a private leisure site.

The Nuage de Beauval was a phenomenal success, even posting a 99.70% availability rate over the 2020 summer period!

technical
specifications

Longueur

Length

758 m

Elevation

-8m

Capacity

1320 pphpd

Date

Speed

4 m/s

Number of cabins

24

Number of passengers per cabin

8

motorisation

Motorisation

DirectDrive®

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