Madrid, June 6 (EFE)
This is how ‘Madridiario’ has advanced it and it has been confirmed to EFE by sources from the City Council’s Environment and Mobility Area, who specify that, during the “exhaustive technical audit” that has been carried out since the beginning of the year, “defects” have been detected ” on the cable through which the cabins circulate.
This problem “represents incompatibility with the provision of the service”, which “will not resume operation until the damaged cable is replaced”.
“The facility undergoes a complete examination every year and, every five years, as in 2023, the analysis is much deeper and more detailed,” add the same sources.
The Cable Car, which was previously operated under a concession, has been managed since 2018 by the Municipal Transport Company (EMT) of Madrid, which “is already working to solve this situation as soon as possible”.
Inaugurated in 1969, the Cable Car covers a distance of 2,457 meters between Paseo del Pintor Rosales and Casa de Campo. It has 80 cabins with capacity for six people and can transport a maximum of 1,200 passengers per hour.
In 2022, 320,521 travelers used the Cable Car.
CARABANTE EXPECTS THE START-UP OF THE CABLE CAR AT THE END OF 2023
In statements to the press, the acting Environment and Mobility delegate, Borja Carabante, explained that a review of the Cable Car is carried out every year, and that once every five years a kind of “higher-level MOT” is undertaken. depth” of this means of transport based on hanging cabins.
“In that inspection, what we have detected is a technical failure, specifically in the Cable Car cable, which makes its opening unfeasible due to security conditions. Therefore, it is necessary to renew the entire Cable Car cable and we will not be able to open it throughout this summer season ”, the PP mayor has abounded.
In this summer period, “the bidding and adjudication” of the works will be carried out, he added, and has concluded: “We hope that the start-up will take place at the end of this year.”