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A rising trend for ropeway transportation

Bab

A new line connected to the Metro, the urban gondola renovation, the Galala tourist gondola inauguration, these are all the projects that support the development of mobility in North Africa. Gondola Tlemcen

INAUGURATION OF TWO GONDOLA

In the biggest metropolitan city transport network, the operation in Northern Africa, a new urban and maintenance of this new 1.8 km TECHNICAL gondola lift connects the once- line with a capacity of 2,400 pph is isolated hilltop village of Zghar carried out by ETAC, which already to the vast Bab el Oued district manages many lines in Algiers, Tlemcen TC10 which extends over the northern Blida, and Tlemcen. Length: 1698 m part of Algiers, facing the sea. To ensure passenger comfort, The Tlemcen gondola is back in Vertical rise: 231 m the 66 ten-passenger cabins are service since November 2018 after Capacity: 1500 equipped with lighting for night a four-year shutdown. The ten- Speed: 6 m/s transport and ventilation to beat passenger urban gondola lift runs Number of cabins: 36 the heat. Connected to the existing along a 2 km line and connects Grand-bassin Park donwtown to the leisure park on the Lalla TECHNICAL Setti plateau. To strengthen a multimodal transport service, this Bab El Oued TC10 renovation project was combined with the opening of a new bus Length: 2025 m station. The long-awaited gondola Vertical rise: 223 m lift represents a means of transport Capacity: 2400 with high added value for Tlemcen, Speed: 5,5 m/s a full-fledged tourist center. Number of cabins: 66 FIRST GONDOLA LIFT SYMBOLIZING MODERNITY FOR

Begun in October 2015, the resort on the Gulf of Suez. POMA project for the newly developed was entrusted with installing the TECHNICAL Galala City—the second largest 4.37 km long tourist gondola construction site in Egypt after the lift to facilitate communication new Suez Canal—is currently being between the residential area and Galala TC10 finalized. A symbol of modernity, the tourist coast of Ain Sokhna. Length: 4 376 m it is structured around three major This is the longest section between development axes: the creation of two stations in the Middle East and Vertical rise: 611 m an urban area at the top of the Al Africa. President Abdel-Fattah el- Capacity: 250 Gala plateau, the development of Sisi attended the inauguration on Speed: 5 m/s a new industrial area—including Friday, September 7, reaffirming Number of cabins: 14 several desalination plants—and its importance for the Egyptian increasing the tourist offer with economy. the creation of a luxury seaside

Monte Galala About POMA

With over 8,000 lifts built worldwide over the past 83 years, the POMA Group is a leading player in ropeway transportation solutions. All over the globe, POMA has already demonstrated its know-how and expertise in ropeway transportation in both urban and mountain areas in the tourist, entertainment, science and industrial sectors. POMA’s annual turnover is ¤286 million. The company employs 938 people spread out over their various industrial sites worldwide, including 630 in France. Web: www.poma.net - Twitter: www.twitter.com/pomaropeways w PRESS CONTACT: POMA Isabelle Carassic [email protected] + 33 4 72 33 85 85 3 + 33 6 03 89 61 20 www.poma.net NP