Telefèric d'Olesa a Esparreguera, Cable car system in Baix Llobregat, Spain
The Telefèric d'Olesa a Esparreguera was an aerial tramway in Baix Llobregat that carried two cabins holding 15 passengers each across approximately 1000 meters between two municipalities. The system had ten intermediate pylons and climbed a vertical distance of about 90 meters during each journey.
This aerial tramway opened on October 14, 2005, connecting two Catalan municipalities for the first time. Operations ended on January 1, 2012, as economic pressures from Spain's financial crisis made it unsustainable to continue.
This cable car linked people from Esparreguera to the train station at Olesa de Montserrat, making it easier for them to reach Barcelona and other destinations. The system represented a modern connection between two communities separated by geography.
The line was dismantled after July 2017, when FGC announced its removal; the pylons and cables were reused for the Coma del Clot cable car at Vall de Núria. The two station buildings were to be handed over free of charge to the Olesa de Montserrat and Esparreguera councils. The upper station in Esparreguera stood at the south-eastern edge of the town, far from the centre, with a park-and-ride for 62 cars, two disabled spaces, one taxi bay and one bus bay.
The 440-metre gap between pylons P4 and P5 let the cable clear the Llobregat in one span and kept the tower bases out of the flood zone. The two cabins met and crossed in that same stretch. The two tallest pylons, nearest the river, stood 32 metres high.
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