In January 2016, the Chilean Ministry of Housing and Urban Development launched a public competition for social and non-governmental organizations, neighborhood or municipal councils to submit projects to recover assets of the 56 cabins that were discontinued and which were part of the original system in 1980.[10] On July 29 of the same year the winning projects, which included libraries, recreational spaces, and a motorized train in Pueblito Las Vizcachas were presented at the Espacio Matta Cultural Center.[11]
The cable car was reopened on November 24, 2016, by President Michelle Bachelet.[12] Between December 14 and 16, the cable car closed temporarily due to its first maintenance operation after reaching 500 operating hours and receiving more than 68 thousand visits in 16 days.[13]
Characteristics
Tupahue station in 2011
The new cable car has 47 cabins (16 red, 16 blue and 15 green) that can carry up to 6 people each, plus 8 cars designed exclusively to carry bicycles (four in each cart) and a maintenance trolley. Its speed varies between 1 and 5 meters per second (18km/h).[2]
The system has three stations: Oasis, Tupahue and Cumbre. At the last of these it connects with the Funicular de Santiago. The Tupahue is located near the Tupahue Pool, the Mapulemu Botanical Garden ("Forest of the Earth") and the Camino Real Restaurant.
References
↑"El cementerio de los "huevitos" del Teleférico". La Tercera (in Spanish). 8 November 2010. Archived from the original on 12 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
12"Teleférico de Santiago". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
↑"Por más de dos horas 20 personas estuvieron atrapadas en teleférico". La Tercera (in Spanish). 12 December 2008. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
↑"Teleférico volverá a funcionar en septiembre de 2012 y anuncian mejoras en funicular". La Tercera (in Spanish). 7 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
↑"Presentan prototipo de las nuevas cabinas del teleférico del cerro San Cristóbal". La Tercera (in Spanish). 15 March 2011. Archived from the original on 18 March 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
↑D. Zambra and E. Briceño (1 December 2012). "Declaran desierta licitación de teleférico San Cristóbal". La Tercera (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
↑"Siete empresas están interesadas en la renovación del teleférico". La Tercera (in Spanish). 8 January 2014. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
↑"Tras cinco años fuera de servicio, restablecerán teleférico del Cerro San Cristóbal". EMOL (in Spanish). 27 December 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
↑Manuel Valencia (20 April 2015). "En abril del próximo año debería estar funcionando el nuevo teleférico de Santiago". El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2015.
↑"Minvu lanza concurso para preservar cabinas del ex teleférico". La Tercera (in Spanish). 28 January 2016. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
↑""Huevitos" del antiguo teleférico del Parque Metropolitano ya tienen destino". EMOL (in Spanish). 29 July 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
↑"Reinauguran Teleférico del Parque Metropolitano de Santiago". La Tercera (in Spanish). 24 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
↑"A casi un mes de su apertura teleférico cierra por mantención". Ahora noticias (in Spanish). 14 December 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
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