The Salève cable car: a gateway on Nature and its riches! A creation linking Man and Nature.

Inaugurated in 1932, the Salève cable car is an avant-garde creation of the architect Maurice Braillard, the engineer Andre Rebuffel and the visionary developer, Auguste Fournier.

The cable car had a promising start but the construction of the road from Treize Arbres and then the Second World War halted this momentum in its tracks.

In 1947, the cable car found it hard to recover its pre-war levels of use. It finally closed in 1975.

It returned to the local landscape in 1984 after major development works and with cross-border French-Genevoise management. It is managed by the Rothschild company who wish to preserve this jewel of heritage and have supported the Teleleferique for 25 years.

In 2008, a five year contract to operate the cable car, was awarded to Veolia Transport.

A new dynamism was injected and the re-opening of the restaurant in March 2009 boosted this momentum. The actions of different organisations related to the Salève have led to a major growth in the use of the cable car.

Discover the full history of the cable car and its technology by clicking on the “thumbnail” below.