1 An electric railway operating in mixed street traffic with unpowered, individually controlled transit vehicles propelled by moving cables located below the street surface and powered by engines or motors not on board the vehicle 2 Streetcar type of passenger vehicle operating by means of an attachment to a moving cable located below the street surface and powered by engines or motors at a central location not on board the vehicles
A cable car is a vehicle for taking people up mountains or steep hills. It is pulled by a moving cable. A car designed to operate on a cableway or cable railway
a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway; "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain"
An electric railway operating in mixed street traffic with unpowered, individually-controlled transit vehicles propelled by moving cables located below the street surface and powered by engines or motors at a central location not on board the vehicle
a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway; "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain