Abstract
Cableways have some potential to be used in urban public transportation, particularly uni-directional aerial cable cars with circulating cabins, called gondolas. They have several advantages, but two major problems must be solved: the capacity and the operating speed are not competitive when compared to other means of urban mass transport because of boarding procedures and slowing down and accelerating on intermediate stations. In this paper constructional solutions are presented. Boarding takes place on at least two platforms; these could be on the same level or on separate levels. At intermediate stations certain cabins are diverted to the extra platform while the majority of cabins travel with unreduced speed. Following this constructional approach, the nominal capacity of gondolas could be doubled while increasing the operational travel speed on lines with lot of intermediate stops.
Highlights
Cableways are transport devices to carry passengers by rope, usually electrically powered, but are rarely used in urban areas
At intermediate stations certain cabins are diverted to the extra platform while the majority of cabins travel with unreduced speed
The 7-versus 12-second time interval between two consecutive vehicles should be reduced. This can be achieved by the reconstruction of platforms
Summary
Cableways are transport devices to carry passengers by rope, usually electrically powered, but are rarely used in urban areas. Aerial tramways (jig-back ropeways, reversible aerial ropeways) transport passengers using one or two cabins that move back and forth on cables Their maximum speed is 12 m/s or 43.2 km/h (CEN 2004) and they have maximum capacities of up to 2,000 persons/h. The speeds of cable cars are low but, in the case of gondolas, the vehicles come constantly into stations and passengers do not need to wait for them. It is clear that the capacities of aerial cars are not competitive with the existing, moreused modes of passenger transport in urban centers. The purpose of this article is to present new construction solutions for increasing the operational capacity of cableways, so that this mode of transport becomes more competitive compared to the other types of passenger transport in urban areas. The problem to be solved is how to increase the amount of entering and exiting passengers per time unit in the terminal and intermediate stations
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