A cable car (usually known as a cable tram outside North America) is a type of cable railway used for mass transit in which rail cars are hauled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed. Individual cars stop and start by releasing and gripping this cable as required.

Riding Cable Cars. It's easy to find and board a cable car. Choose from three cable car lines - two start at Powell and Market and continue to the Fisherman's Wharf area; one starts at California and Market and continues to Van Ness Avenue.

Cable Car Hours: 7:00 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. every day of the week (7 days a week) – Updated August 2022. You can download our printable cable car map, with all of the stops and top areas or a full San Francisco map. The (very popular) cable cars generally run about every 10 minutes.

Cable car most commonly refers to the following cable transportation systems: Cable railway, in which the vehicle rests on rails or a road. Cable car may also refer to: Songs. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cableways.

The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last manually operated cable car system and an icon of the city of San Francisco.

2017年4月5日 · Whether it’s an aerial tramway or a gondola, here are 10 of the world’s best cable car rides – from Hong Kong to Palm Springs.

There are actually four cables, one for the California line, one for Powell Street, and one each for the outer ends of the two Powell lines (Mason and Hyde). Here’s a map. Each cable has its own set of winding wheels. The rearmost winding wheel in each set is adjustable. When a cable is new, this rearmost wheel is close to the other winding wheels.

The cable cars are the world's last manually operated cable car system, a tramway whose cars are pulled along by cables embedded in the street. These right-out-of-the-Smithsonian cable cars were named a national historic landmark in 1964.

The cable is lubricated to reduce wear and friction; for over a century pine tar was used, giving the cable car lines a distinctive and now nostalgic smell, but after the 1982 restoration a synthetic lubricant was substituted.

Learn about San Francisco's cable cars before you ride! Inside you can find: interactive demos on how cable cars work, cable car route maps with popular destinations, cable car fares and etiquette , and the location and hours for the San Francisco Cable Car Powerhouse.