France Skytrams

• The Téléphérique de l'Aiguille du Midi, opened in 1955, can carry 75 passengers in the first section and 65 passengers in the second section. It starts in Chamonix at the altitude of 1030 m to Plan de l'Aiguille at 2317 m for the first section. The second section arrives at the top of the Aiguille du Midi in a station at 3777 m high.



• Vallee Blanche Aerial Tramway using a special support structure for its ropes.



• Bubbles of Grenoble-Bastille



• The Vanoise Express, opened in December 2003 at a cost of €15 million, is a double-decker tramway for 200 passengers in each car. It spans the Ponturin gorge at a height of 380 m (1250 ft) above the ground, linking the resorts of La Plagne and Les Arcs in four minutes to form the Paradiski ski resort. Unusually its two cars run independently of each other on separate cables.



• Telépherique de la Grande Motte in Tignes on the mountain-top with the same name.



• The Téléphérique du Salève, opened in 1932 primarily carries tourists from the Geneva suburb of Veyrier with Mount Salève which rises above the city to the south.



• The Grenoble-Bastille cable car (Les Bulles) carries tourists from Grenoble city centre to the Bastille overlooking the city. It was one of the first urban aerial tramways, first opening in 1934. It was reconstructed in 1976 with spherical cabins.