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Haifa's new cable car is a revolotionary new transportation method.
For the first time in Israel, A cable car is used for public transport.
The "Rachbalit" is a 4.4 km long aerial lift streching from Haifa's bay (Hamifratz Central Station) to Haifa's university, at the top of Mt. Carmel.
It connects 2 award-winning academic institutions-
The Technion (Israel's MIT) and Haifa's University.
It climbs 460m above sea level in a 19 minutes journey.
There are 150 cabins, each can hold 10 people.
There are 6 stations, but as a start only 3 are open: Hamifratz, Technion Center and University.
First suggested in 1965, the dream now becomes a reality.
It is made by the Austrian company Doppelmayr.
I'm sorry for the terrible music, I have no idea what I thought to myself.