The Great Orme Cable Car - Llandudno Wales

The Great Orme Cable Tramway, opened in 1902, is a now popular tourist attraction located in Llandudno, a coastal town in North Wales. It offers a scenic ride to the summit of the Great Orme, a prominent limestone headland that rises above the town of Llandudno and provides stunning views of the surrounding area.

What makes the tramway really special is that it is cable-hauled (like the trolleys in San Francisco) not powered by electric traction motors. The tramcars are vintage-style and mostly unchanged in concept since 1902. Some grades reach 26%, which is extremely steep for a street-running railway. streets before transitioning into a more traditional hillside railway.

The lower terminus is at Victoria Station in Llandudno, near the base of the Great Orme and not far from the promenade. The ride is about 1 mile (1.6 km) long in total and climbs roughly 680 feet (about 207 meters) from the town to near the summit of the Great Orme. Passengers change cars at the Halfway Station. The lower and upper sections use different cable systems and slightly different tramcars, so everyone gets off and transfers there.