cable car
noun
: a vehicle moved by an endless cable:
a
: one suspended from an overhead cable
b
: one that moves along tracks
Example Sentences
The skiers took a cable car to the top of the mountain. Tourists packed the cable cars on the hilly streets of San Francisco.
Recent Examples on the Web Completed in 1921, the wooden bridge was only marginally better than the cable car. 
Zachary Petit, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Aug. 2022 Located at the top of the Carpathian Mountains and accessible only by cable car, the Hotel of Ice offers a great experience from beginning to end. Isis Briones, House Beautiful, 18 Aug. 2022 The vertiginous Fuente Dé cable car offers sweeping views and access to excellent walking routes. Joe Minihane, CNN, 13 July 2022 Some cable car manufacturers are already refocusing from tourist transportation to full-fledged passenger transportation. Nadezhda Kosareva, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022 There are cable car tracks down the middle of both streets. Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2022 Baker went with a group on a cable car up to the top of a mountain on the island. Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2022 Sadie and Eddie with three of their children and Eddie’s father (far left), who has been a cable car conductor in San Francisco for more than 34 years. ELLE, 4 Apr. 2022 Drops out to become San Francisco’s first female African-American cable car conductor. CNN, 11 Jan. 2022 See More
Zachary Petit, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Aug. 2022 Located at the top of the Carpathian Mountains and accessible only by cable car, the Hotel of Ice offers a great experience from beginning to end. Isis Briones, House Beautiful, 18 Aug. 2022 The vertiginous Fuente Dé cable car offers sweeping views and access to excellent walking routes. Joe Minihane, CNN, 13 July 2022 Some cable car manufacturers are already refocusing from tourist transportation to full-fledged passenger transportation. Nadezhda Kosareva, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022 There are cable car tracks down the middle of both streets. Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2022 Baker went with a group on a cable car up to the top of a mountain on the island. Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2022 Sadie and Eddie with three of their children and Eddie’s father (far left), who has been a cable car conductor in San Francisco for more than 34 years. ELLE, 4 Apr. 2022 Drops out to become San Francisco’s first female African-American cable car conductor. CNN, 11 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1874, in the meaning defined above