Afam4eva:
If it's a private initiative then i won't fault it. I thought it was going to be a partnership or wholly government initiative.

talktimi: "If you offer sensible and commendable discussion, I'll respect you and discuss with you accordingly, but not if all you have is silly and made up argument based on nothing but your own grudge against Lagos state".

You talk about me being insecure, well its obvious you're the one suffering from insecurity tendencies since you have to resort to abusive and offensive language in an effort to propagate your arguments. I suggest you go for P.R trainings so you could better serve your boss. Youre acting more like a thug than an intellectual which is quite unfortunate.

Josh090: You know, we keep expecting some things we can never get, for example, some people expect that govt will do something abt how some environment looks...in reality, only the people themselves can change that. We desire to see a beautiful environment but I've long come to the realization that only under a totalitarian society that that is possible(where you can force people to do the right thing of cleaning up).
This is why I don't agree with people who think this project should come later maybe after the whole place looks like paris, which may not occur in this life time, so, what do we do? We must still forge ahead and do what we must.

Eko Ile:

Please shut up if you don't have anything better to contribute ... I don't have time for crybabies.

Eko Ile: ^^^^^^... Cry baby ignored.


Back to topic.

It's extra pleasing that the cable cars are going to be solar paneled for interior and exterior lighting. Imaging lighting up the cable cars with Christmas lighting at Christmas time.

Another first for lagos state.


Eko o ni baje lai lai...

Mogidi: @Eko Ile

I think Eko Ile earned his bacon on this one.

I mean defending the indefensible is not always a laudable gesture considering he's been working from page 1 (come on), I throway salute jare.

My advice to you has always been to squeeze every monetary juice from the Fashola government, if you don't Tinubu will.

Oga mi later.

Eko Ile: Funny how the usual ghayy fahgots know so much about balls and ghayy activities.. dumb Ho..mo.se.Xu.als.

@ tpia@'s, thanks for the pictures.

good to know it's only going to cost N200 per ride.

The London cable system which is very limited in terms of scope and distance carries 2,500 each passengers way per hour so I see the Lagos system with a wider scope, coverage area and cars moving at least a hundred thousand passengers in one day..

manny4life: Lol, what has this thread turned into?

tpia@:


you're welcome.

people need to use google more for other things besides junk rubbish of the chippy chappa type.






that's extremely and surprisingly cheap.

my major doubt about the project was will there be enough ridership, since this is an entirely new concept for the state or region.

also, this type of thing is needed as well in the hinterlands, some of which are very hilly.







i'd have been more doubtful as well if i hadnt known of the obudu c, which i also considered strange to see in nigeria at the time.

Josh090: Egbon aribisala e jo oo, ibinu yin ti ma n lagbara ju, e mo bo ya ara ile yin ni omo yen bayii. E ma fi gbogbo nkan se binu, agba yin a daale oo.
Eko ile, pls tread softly on this issue, don't abuse any1 again.

Eko Ile: ^^^^ see guilty conciense ..son of Reterdeen. Of course you lack vision just like your aso rock uncle whose only for Nigeria is cassava bread. Apple no dey fall too far from the tree. Dullards....

Wallie: Interesting! I’m curious to know the exact kind of system to be deployed. I see that the company in question will be using a system provided by Doppelmayr, a company that has been in the business of producing ski lifts since the 1930s.

I wonder the viability of using ski lifts as a means of public transportation because of the year round traffic on such a system. Ski lifts only see heavy traffic during the winter months. If indeed they’re trying to bring a ski lift type system, which at most has a capacity of 6000 people per hour, can such a system be used as a means of public transportation without negatively affecting the mean-time-between-failures (MTBF)?

However, I doubt it would be ski lifts as shown in OP’s pictures. I think it would be a Cable Car like the one in the picture below.

AjanleKoko:

The company provided some pictures in the Businessday centerspread of Monday. They are providing ski lifts. Which is rather puzzling

naptu2: I watched the signing ceremony on NTA 9 o'clock news yesternight. I don't know if the pictures shown were supplied by the company or by the NTA, but I mostly saw gondolas. However, I also saw ski lifts and cable car carriages.

Eko Ile:


They are using gondolas, not ski lifts..

naptu2: [size=14pt]Lagos Cable Car Transit system (LCCT).[/size]



The Lagos Cable Car Transit system is a cable car system that will be built and operated by the Doppelmayr Group. It is the brainchild of Michael Doppelmayr.

The Doppelmayr Garaventa Group is an Austrian 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 countries. The Doppelmayr Garaventa Group was formed in 2002 when Doppelmayr of Wolfurt, Austria merged with Garaventa AG of Switzerland to form the world's largest ropeway manufacturer.

Doppelmayr was founded in Wolfurt Austria in 1892. Artur Doppelmayr, the son of the founder, took over in 1967. In 1996, Doppelmayr's holding company purchased Von Roll, a Swiss maker of gondolas and cable cars. In 2002, Doppelmayr acquired CWA, a Swiss maker of gondola and cable car cabins. The merger of Doppelmayr and Garaventa was announced in 2001 and completed in 2002.

The company was selected in April 2011 as one of a consortium to build London's Cable Car system

DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car is a supplier of Automated People Movers (APM) based in Wolfurt, Austria. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Doppelmayr Garaventa Group.[1] 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.



Company history

DCC was established by the Doppelmayr 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 Link at Birmingham International Airport, UK
• 2006: completion of the LINK Train in Toronto, Canada
• 2006: award of Automated People Mover contract for the City of Venice, Italy
• 2006: award of contract for MGM Mirage CityCenter in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
• 2007: completion of the Cable Liner Shuttle at Mexico City International Airport
• 2007: award of Automated People Mover contract for the New Doha International Airport in Qatar
• 2012: completion of the Emirates Air Line (cable car) in London


Michael Doppelmayr watched the BBC documentary, “Welcome to Lagos” and had the idea to build a cable car system in Lagos. He felt that the idea would definitely succeed because of the sheer population density of Lagos. He did his research and discovered that, by 2015, Lagos will be the third largest urban agglomeration in the world, with a population of about 25 million people.


He made contact with some Nigerian businessmen and Ropeways Transport Limited was formed. The chief executive officer of Ropeways Transport Limited is Captain Dapo Olumide, former CEO of Virgin Nigeria.


Ropeways Limited proposed 3 routes to Lamata. They are:

1) Apapa – Oluwole – Adeniji Adele
2) Ijora/7up – Iddo – Adeniji Adele
3) Victoria Island – Falomo – Obalende – Adeniji Adele

Lamata has approved the routes and granted Ropeways the right of way. This was officially formalised via a tripartite agreement between Ropeways Limited, LAMATA and the Lagos State Government.

The idea behind the selection of these routes is to decongest the three bridges connecting Lagos Island to the Mainland (Carter, Eko and Third Mainland bridges), decongest the two bridges connecting Lagos Island to Victoria Island (Onikan and Five Cowry bridges) and connect the port and industrial district (Apapa) with the central business district (Marina). The Lagos Cable Car Transit system will be 12km long. A journey from Apapa to Adeniji will take roughly 4 minutes.

The project will be funded by a loan from the African Development Bank (ADB). The project will cost $500 million and it is expected that fares will be around 100 – 300 naira.

The project will have 5 sources of power viz – (1) The Independent Power Project (IPP) on the Island (2) Gas (3) Diesel (4) Turbines (5) Inverters (which will provide 30 minutes back-up power).

An interview with Captain Dapo Olumide (CEO of Ropways Limited) on Channels Television’s Sunrise programme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqud4IaxC00




[img]http://4.bp..com/-MfVeaaQc2q0/URme8ogawwI/AAAAAAAAFyU/6a4_MQz_Etw/s1600/aa.jpg[/img]
Governor Fashola, Captain Olumide and a representative from Doppelmayr at the signing ceremony.