Haifa put its network of public cable cars online this week, Walla! News reported.
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The cable cars run some 2.7 miles from Haifa Bay transportation center to the Neve Sha'anan neighborhood, the Technion and the University of Haifa.
Most of the passengers are expected to be students, with the journey from Haifa Bay Central Station to the Technion taking about 10 minutes and another nine minutes from the Technion to the University of Haifa.
There are 150 total cable cars with a capacity of 10 passengers each, departing every 15 seconds from the stations. The total capacity is 2,400 passengers per hour in each direction.
The elevation gain is over 1,500 feet across the hilly port city situated along the Mediterranean coastline.
In a concession to the ultra-Orthodox, the cable cars will not operate on Saturday.
The cost of the long-delayed project is estimated at over $93 million.
i24NEWS contributed to this report.
