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September 2014 No. 194 • 39th Year
Orlando in the US state of Florida has a funicular railway of the special kind: the Hogwarts Express which takes visitors on a journey into the imaginary world of Harry Potter. p.6
75 years of CWA – top cabins for ropeways World market leader celebrates company anniversary. p.7
Wrocław university tramway crosses the River Oder Aerial tram connects two university facilities. p.10
Vietnam has the world’s longest gondola lift … which also holds the world record for climbing the greatest vertical height. p.12
Gondola lift to the Great Wall of China Riding to the world’s biggest man-made structure with the Badaling 8-MGD. p.16
Gondolas with bicycle racks for the summer Switzerland’s first combined lift offers surprises for every season. p.18
Top-notch training for apprentices Doppelmayr opened its modern apprentice workshop 35 years ago. p.22
The Bolivian cities of La Paz and El Alto are to be linked by a ropeway network. Hundreds of thousands of commuters will benefit. p.4