Subways in the sky

摘要

MEXICABLE, a cable-car line 4.9km (three miles) long, soars above Ecate-pec, a poor suburb of Mexico City. Open for just over a year, its 185 gondolas carry 18,000 people a day between San Andres de La Canada, at the top of the hill, and Santa Clara Coatitla at the bottom. The trip makes five stops en route and takes 19 minutes, compared with the 80-minute bus trip residents previously endured. The cable car is "super quick and much less stressful," says Nelly Hernandez, a passenger accompanied by her awestruck four-year-old daughter.