Cable Car Museum

Wellington's Cable Car Museum is located at the foot of the famous Victoria Hills, which is also the starting point for the Victoria Hill Cable Car. It is a textbook for the development of cable cars in various periods of more than 100 years. After visiting Victoria Mountain, you may wish to come here for a walk and learn about it.

Wellington's Cable Car Museum is located at the foot of Mount Victoria and is part of the climbing cable car. Here shows the development and evolution of the cable car history, there are many physical and old photos to introduce the evolution and working principle of the cable car here, very interesting, you can learn a lot about the cable car knowledge, very good.

Wellington Cable Car Museum (Cable Car Museum) is located at the Botanical Garden Cable Car Station on the top of the mountain. The museum is small in size, and the audience is introduced to the past and present life of the cable car system and the basic operation of the cable car. The Wellington Cable Car departs from Lambton Pier Street, with a total length of 612 meters and a crawl of 120 meters. The operation time is five minutes. From the bustling business district, board the cable car and take a bird's-eye view of Wellington city and the vast coast. The terminal is the entrance to the top of the Wellington Botanical Garden. The cable car museum is free to visit. The museum is on the site of the earliest cable car winch. The birth and development of cable cars is the need for Wellington's economic and social development. Merchant Martin Kennedy first proposed the idea of building a cable car, convincing then UPLAND property owners to join the plan to build a new suburb near Wellington, using the cable car to facilitate residents' travel, close contact with the city center. The cable car system started in 1899 and was first operational on February 22, 1902, with more than 4,000 people on the first weekend. In 1904, the cable car added a trailer, increasing the number of guests. In 1933, electricity replaced steam as the driving force for the cable car. The cable car was designed in Switzerland after 1978 and is still running today. The museum displays two retired cable cars, which are now red and the previous carriages are very British and antique. A hoist gear originally used for the cable car to drive up to a steep slope shows how the cable car was first operated.

Wellington's cable car museum is actually a cable car station up the mountain, part of which shows the entire structure of the cable car and its history, some of which are very professional. But also let you wait for the bus, you can learn more about this knowledge, is very interesting to visit.

Wellington's Cable Car Museum is a professional museum that introduces the cable car. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of the development of the cable car. It has the structure and physical model of the cable car at various stages. It allows you to understand the development of the cable car technology in a deep way. And how the cable car ensures safe operation is really a very educational place.