Medellín Metrocable
Metrocable de Medellín
- Date
- 7 de agosto de 2004 · confidence high
- Place
- Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
- Credited to
- Medellín Metro
- Field
- Movement
What it is
An urban cable-car line (Line K) integrated into the metro network that links hillside neighbourhoods with the city centre. It was the first cable car conceived as mass public transport integrated with other modes.
There were isolated urban cable cars earlier (Portland's, 2006, is later; New York's, 1976), but none integrated into a mass-transit system like Medellín's.
What it led to
- Urban cable cars in Caracas, La Paz and Rio
- Social urbanism and neighbourhood integration
- Public transport in hilly areas