DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car
Encyclopedia
DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car is a supplier of Automated People Mover
s (APM) based in Wolfurt
, Austria
. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Doppelmayr Garaventa Group. Their main product is the ropeway-propelled CABLE Liner
shuttle used in airports, city centres, intermodal passenger transport
connections, park and ride
facilities, campuses, resorts, and amusement parks.
In 2003, after the world’s only Maglev transport system at Birmingham International Airport fell into disrepair, DCC installed the "AirRail Link
" to replace the Maglev and temporary replacement bus-service that had been operating since 1995.
DCC is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company.
Group in 1996.
People mover
A people mover or automated people mover is a fully automated, grade-separated mass transit system.The term is generally used only to describe systems serving relatively small areas such as airports, downtown districts or theme parks, but is sometimes applied to considerably more complex automated...
s (APM) based in Wolfurt
Wolfurt
Wolfurt is a municipality in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg.-External links:*...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Doppelmayr Garaventa Group. Their main product is the ropeway-propelled CABLE Liner
Cable Liner
The Cable Liner and Cable Liner Shuttle is a range of automated people mover products designed by DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car for use at airports, in city centres, intermodal passenger transport connections, park and ride facilities, campuses, resorts and amusement parks.The design is notable for...
shuttle used in airports, city centres, intermodal passenger transport
Intermodal passenger transport
Intermodal passenger transport involves more than one mode of transport of passengers. Some modes of transportation have always been intermodal; for example, most major airports have extensive facilities for automobile parking and have good rail or bus connections to the cities nearby. Urban bus...
connections, park and ride
Park and ride
Park and ride facilities are car parks with connections to public transport that allow commuters and other people wishing to travel into city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system , or carpool for the rest of their trip...
facilities, campuses, resorts, and amusement parks.
In 2003, after the world’s only Maglev transport system at Birmingham International Airport fell into disrepair, DCC installed the "AirRail Link
AirRail Link
The AirRail Link is a people mover linking Birmingham Airport with Birmingham International railway station and the National Exhibition Centre , in the United Kingdom...
" to replace the Maglev and temporary replacement bus-service that had been operating since 1995.
DCC is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company.
Company history
DCC was established by the DoppelmayrDoppelmayr
The Doppelmayr Garaventa Group is an Austrian-Swiss company that manufactures chairlifts, cable cars, gondolas, surface tows for ski and amusement parks as well as urban people movers and material handling systems. To date, Doppelmayr and Garaventa have produced over 13,700 installations in 78...
Group in 1996.
- 1999: completion of the Mandalay Bay Tram in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- 2002: Doppelmayr merged with Garaventa Group
- 2002: completion of AirRail LinkAirRail LinkThe AirRail Link is a people mover linking Birmingham Airport with Birmingham International railway station and the National Exhibition Centre , in the United Kingdom...
at Birmingham International Airport, UK - 2006: completion of the LINK Train in TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... - 2006: award of Automated People Mover contract for the City of VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
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, USA - 2007: completion of the Cable Liner Shuttle at Mexico City International AirportMexico City International AirportBenito Juárez International Airport , in Venustiano Carranza, one of the sixteen boroughs into which Mexico's Federal District is divided, is a commercial airport that serves Mexico City, the capital of Mexico...
- 2007: award of Automated People Mover contract for the New Doha International AirportNew Doha International AirportNew Doha International Airport is an international airport currently under construction in Doha, capital of Qatar. NDIA was slated to replace the old Doha International Airport as Qatar's only international airport in 2009. Current estimates have a completion date of 2011/2012...
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External links
- DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car, designer's webpage
- Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group, parent company of DCC