The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company (TMACC) has announced its annual maintenance shutdown until 1 September, adhering to global safety and preventive maintenance protocols in compliance with governing standards, including the Swiss BAV regulations for cableways.
Feature image: Table Mountain Aerial Cableway.
Scheduled to take place during South Africa’s winter season, this maintenance period follows the mid-year school holidays, typically a quieter time for tourism. This timing allows for minimal disruption to visitors while ensuring the cableway remains in top condition.
He said that while there was never a perfect or ideal time to schedule such work, the winter period posed the least impact for travellers from all over the world to experience the natural wonder of Table Mountain.
Andries de Vries, Technical Executive at TMACC, emphasised the importance of maintenance.
‘We rigorously inspect and service every aspect of the cableway, ensuring consistent alignment with international best practice and the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) specifications,’ he said.
The service provider said that although some maintenance periods were less intensive and disruptive, the work planned for 2024 was more extensive.
‘The various pieces of equipment and components of the Cableway including the cable cars themselves, the track ropes, and other infrastructure items each require their own unique routine inspection cadences and maintenance cycles, as recommended by the OEM,’ said the TMACC.
