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La Paz Cable Cars

Three cable car / gondola lift / teleférico lines linking the cities of La Paz and El Alto were completed in 2014, the first phase of an ambitious project to relieve traffic congestion. They form the largest urban Cable-Propelled Transit (CPT) system in the world, consisting of 11 stations, 74 towers / pylons and covering a total length of nearly 10.5km. The 427 gondolas each seat 10 passengers and the network is capable of moving up to 18,000 people / hour. The system was built by the Austrian company Doppelmayr at a cost of $234.6 million financed by the Bolivian government, and is administered by the state company Mi Teleférico. The first line (the Red Line) officially opened in May 2014; the others (Yellow and Green lines) were in service by December 2014. On December 18th 2014 the 10 millionth passenger to use the sytem passed through the turnstiles! In January 2015 president Evo Morales passed a law confirming plans to build 6 more lines at a cost of $450 million. The first of these, the Blue Line from La Ceja to Rio Seco in El Alto, entered service in March 2017. This gallery contains images of the construction of the cable car system, inauguration ceremonies and views of the cities of La Paz and El Alto with the cable cars.

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Blue Line cable car cabin with Mar para Bolivia / Sea for Bolivia slogan on it, Mts Mururata (L) and Illimani (R) in backgrou...
Blue Line cable car cabin with Mar para Bolivia / Sea for Bolivia slogan on it, Mts Mururata (L) and Illimani (R) in backgrou...
Blue Line cable car cabin with Mar para Bolivia / Sea for Bolivia slogan on it, Mts Mururata (L) and Illimani (R) in backgrou...
Blue Line cable car cabins, Mt Illimani in background, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable car cabin with Mar para Bolivia / Sea for Bolivia slogan on it, Mt Illimani in background, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable car cabin with Mar para Bolivia / Sea for Bolivia slogan on it, Mt Illimani in background, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable car cabin with Mar para Bolivia / Sea for Bolivia slogan on it, Mt Illimani in background, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable car cabin with Mar para Bolivia / Sea for Bolivia slogan on it and Av Chacaltaya station, Mt Illimani in back...
Blue Line cable car cabin, Mt Illimani in background, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable car cabins above La Ceja, Mt Illimani in background, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable car cabins above La Ceja, Mt Illimani in background, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable car cabins above La Ceja, Mt Illimani in background, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable car cabins above La Ceja, Mt Illimani in background, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable car cabins descending to terminal in La Ceja, Mt Illimani in background, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable car cabin with Mar para Bolivia / Sea for Bolivia slogan on it above traffic jams in Rio Seco, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable car cabin with Mar para Bolivia / Sea for Bolivia slogan on it above traffic jams in Rio Seco, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable car cabin with Mar para Bolivia / Sea for Bolivia slogan on it above traffic jams in Rio Seco, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable car cabins above traffic jams and hoarding in Rio Seco, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable car cabins above traffic jams and hoarding in Rio Seco, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable car cabin above Hospital del Norte, Rio Seco, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable car cabin above Hospital del Norte, Rio Seco, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable car pylon and Pil milk factory, Rio Seco, El Alto, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas above Mt Huayna Potosí and outskirts of  La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas above Mt Huayna Potosí and altiplano, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas and Mt Illimani shortly after sunrise, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas and Mt Illimani shortly after sunrise, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas and Mt Illimani shortly after sunrise, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas and Mt Mururata shortyl after sunrise, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas and full moon rising above Mt Illimani, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondola and full moon rising above Mt Illimani, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondola above Mt Illimani and full moon just rising, La Paz, Bolivia
View looking down on Yellow Line cable car gondolas above Sopocachi district, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas, La Paz suburbs, Mt Mururata and rock formations of Valle de las Animas, Cordillera Real, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas above Mt Mururata, Cordillera Real, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondola above Mt Illimani, Bolivia
Blue Line cable cars and pylon silhouetted against sunset, Rio Seco, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable cars and pylon silhouetted against sunset, Rio Seco, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable cars and pylon silhouetted against sunset, Rio Seco, El Alto, Bolivia
Blue Line cable cars and pylon silhouetted against sunset, Rio Seco, El Alto, Bolivia
Billboard with Bolivian presidetn Evo Morales next to newly opened Blue Line cable cars, Rio Seco, El Alto, Bolivia
Almost last quarter waning moon and Yellow Line cable car gondola, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas with Antigripal flu relief advert and almost last quarter waning moon, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondola with Antigripal flu relief advert and almost last quarter waning moon, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondola with Moneygram advert and almost last quarter waning moon, La Paz, Bolivia
Almost last quarter waning moon and Yellow Line cable car gondola, La Paz, Bolivia
Cable car cabin with Mar para Bolivia / Sea for Bolivia slogan on it and almost last quarter waning moon, La Paz, Bolivia
Almost last quarter waning moon and Yellow Line cable car gondola and pylon, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas above La Paz and minor peaks of Cordillera Real, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas above La Paz and minor peaks of Cordillera Real, La Paz, Bolivia
Nearly full waning moon setting behind Yellow Line cable car terminal in Ciudad Satelite (El Alto) and houses on hillside, se...
Nearly full waning moon setting behind Yellow Line cable car terminal in Ciudad Satelite (El Alto) and houses on hillside, se...
Nearly full waning moon setting behind Yellow Line cable car terminal in Ciudad Satelite (El Alto) and houses on hillside, se...
Nearly full waning moon setting behind Yellow Line cable car terminal in Ciudad Satelite (El Alto) and houses on hillside, se...
Nearly full waning moon setting behind Yellow Line cable car terminal in Ciudad Satelite (El Alto) and houses on hillside, se...
Houses on hillside and Yellow Line cable car terminal in Ciudad Satelite (El Alto), seen from La Paz, Bolivia
Houses on hillside and Yellow Line cable car terminal in Ciudad Satelite (El Alto), seen from La Paz, Bolivia
Houses on hillside and Yellow Line cable car terminal in Ciudad Satelite (El Alto), seen from La Paz, Bolivia
Houses on hillside and Yellow Line cable car terminal in Ciudad Satelite (El Alto), seen from La Paz, Bolivia
Houses on hillside and Yellow Line cable car terminal in Ciudad Satelite (El Alto), seen from La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car above houses in Cotahuma district after winter snowfall, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car above houses in Cotahuma district after winter snowfall, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable cars  above terminal in Irpavi, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable cars  above terminal in Irpavi, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable cars  above terminal in Irpavi, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable car terminal in Irpavi, Zona Sur, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable car terminal in Irpavi, Zona Sur, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable car terminal in Irpavi, Zona Sur, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable car terminal in Irpavi, Zona Sur, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable car terminal in Irpavi, Zona Sur, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable car Libertador / Chuqi Apu station at Curva Holguin, Obrajes, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable car Libertador / Chuqi Apu station at Curva Holguin, Obrajes, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable car Libertador / Chuqi Apu station at Curva Holguin, Obrajes, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable car Libertador / Chuqi Apu station at Curva Holguin, Obrajes, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable car gondola and earth / rock formations, El Alto in background, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable car gondola and earth / rock formations, El Alto in background, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable car gondola and earth / rock formations, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable car gondola and earth / rock formations, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable car gondolas above Cementerio Jardin, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable car gondola above Cementerio Jardin, El Alto in background, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable car gondolas above Cementerio Jardin, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable car station in Obrajes, La Paz, Bolivia
Green Line cable car gondolas and station in Obrajes, La Paz, Bolivia
Red Line cable car station behind main cemetery, La Paz, Bolivia
Red Line cable car station behind main cemetery, Mt Illimani in background, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas and station in Sopocachi, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas and station in Sopocachi, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas and station in Sopocachi, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas above La Paz suburbs, Cordillera Real mountains in background, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas above La Paz suburbs, Cordillera Real mountains in background, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas descending to Obrajes, Mt Illimani in background, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas descending to Obrajes, Mt Illimani in background, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas, Zona Sur and Mt Illimani in background, La Paz, Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas above La Paz suburbs, Cordillera Real mountains in background , Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas above La Paz , Cordillera Real mountains in background , Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas above La Paz suburbs, Cordillera Real mountains in background , Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas above Sopocachi in La Paz city centre, Cordillera Real mountains in background , Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas above Sopocachi in La Paz city centre , Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas above Sopocachi in La Paz city centre , Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas above La Paz suburbs, Cordillera Real mountains in background , Bolivia
Yellow Line cable car gondolas , Cordillera Real mountains in background , Bolivia
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