The first city cableway connecting it with the Ile-de-France has opened in Paris | EUROtoday

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Cabins have begun to fly over the cityscape of the southeastern suburbs of Parison the event of the inauguration of the primary city cable automotive within the French capital area, which can shorten entry to the metropolis from some municipalities within the banlieue, whose entry is at all times topic to intense and gradual visitors, within theIle-de-France. The C1 line within the suburb of Limeil-Brevannes was inaugurated on Saturday, within the presence of Valérie Pécressepresident of the Ile-de-France area, and the mayors of the cities served by the cable automotive.

The 4.5 kilometer route connects Creteil a Villeneuve-Saint-Georges and cross Limeil-Brevannes e Valenton. The cable automotive will carry round 11,000 passengers per day in its 105 cabins, every able to accommodating ten seated passengers. The whole journey will take 18 minutes, together with stops, in comparison with about 40 minutes by bus or automotive, connecting the remoted neighborhoods to Line 8 of the Paris Metro. The 138 million euro undertaking was cheaper to construct than a subway, officers stated. “An underground metro would never have seen the light of day because the budget of more than a billion euros could never have been financed,” stated Gregoire de Lasteyrie, vice-president of the Ile-de-France regional council accountable for transport.

This is the seventh French city cable automotive, with aerial cable automobiles already working in cities equivalent to Brest, Saint-Denis de La Reunion e Toulouse. Historically used to traverse rugged mountainous terrain, these programs are more and more getting used to attach remoted neighborhoods. The first French city cable automotive was inbuilt Grenobleon the foot of the Alps, in 1934.