Mexico City Cable Car – level 3
10-03-2021 15:00
Mexico City has launched its first cable car system for commuters. The cable car serves the high and rugged area on the outskirts of the sprawling metropolis.
There will be five stations spread over nearly nine kilometers, connecting local people to the metro system. Each gondola can carry 10 people; however, the number is currently limited to six persons. The system was developed by an Austrian company which has built cable cars in 80 countries, and the cable car is expected to carry about 48,000 people per day in each direction.
Local people are excited, and they say that the new line will make it much easier to get to work and school. The first two stations were inaugurated by the Mexico City mayor who said that the system was transformational for the poor neighborhood. The system reduces traveling time and it has low environmental impact.
Difficult words: rugged (rocky and rough), gondola (a small cabin for passengers that is suspended from a cable above), inaugurate (to make a formal beginning of something).
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