Poma 2000

The Poma 2000 in Laon, France, was a mechanized guideway travel, a link driven individuals mover which kept running between the railroad station and the city lobby 1.5 km, worst case scenario. slope 13%, slipping 100 m. The framework opened in 1989, supplanting a previous cable car line 1899– 1971, that utilized a rack for braking however not drive. There were three stations. The vehicles kept running on elastic tires on a metallic track at a 2.5 min progress.

Four vehicles were utilized by the framework, and every one of them could convey 33 travelers at a greatest speed of 35 km/h. The greatest limit was 900 travelers/hour, and latest ridership before is conclusion was around 1500 travelers/day. The framework ran each day from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. from Monday to Saturday and consistently in Summer. Going from the station Gare to the station Hotel de Ville took 3.5 min. Refering to €19 million support expenses and rising neighborhood assesses, the Agglomeration Community of Pays de Laon finished the administration on 27 August 2016.

The primary link worked railroad, utilizing a moving rope that could be grabbed or discharged by a hold on the vehicles was the Fawdon Wagonway in 1826, a Colliery rail route line. The London and Blackwall Railway, which opened for travelers in east London, England, in 1840 utilized such a system. The rope accessible at the time demonstrated too powerless to even consider wearing and the framework was deserted for steam trains following eight years.