Santorini cable car

The Santorini cable car connects the port with the town of Thera in Santorini island in Greece. It was constructed as a donation of the “Loula & Evangelos Nomikos Foundation”.[1] The cable car, technically a pulsed Gondola lift, was built by Doppelmayr, has a capacity of 1,200 people per hour (600 per hour in each direction). The journey takes 3 minutes.[2]

Santorini cable car

The cable car enables visitors arriving by ship to ascent the cliffs easily and quickly.[3] Each car carries six passengers.

References
  1. "Santorini cable car". Santorini.com. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  2. "Santorini Cable Car".
  3. The New York Times Magazine. New York Times. October 1990. p. 61.
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