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The two cars on the line are drawn along the track using ropes, and is powered by electricity. Each car can carry 40 passengers for a journey that lasts around 3 minutes. The overall capacity of the line is around 450 passengers per hour. The cars are named "Nolloth" and "Thomas T. Tucker" after
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to install an electrically powered funicular was accepted as an environmentally friendly and novel means of transport. It was the first commercial funicular railway of its kind in Africa, and was produced entirely using South
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at the midway point. The track is 585 metres (1,919 ft) long, and rises 87 metres (285 ft) from the lower station (at 127 metres (417 ft) above sea level) to the upper station (at 214 metres (702 ft) above sea level), with a maximum
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