<div>New cable car to Sněžka will transport its first passengers today</div>

Pec pod Sněžkou (Trutnovsko) - The new cable car to the highest Czech mountain Sněžka today carries its first passengers. Unlike the original cable car with open chairs, the new facility features more comfortable cabins. All three stations have also been renovated. The investor for the cable car, costing more than 300 million crowns, was the town of Pec pod Sněžkou, with most expenses covered by grants from European Union funds. The hourly capacity of the cable car remains at 250 people.
    Today, the official launch of the cable car is planned for the residents of Pec pod Sněžkou and for the people who participated in its construction. For the next two days, tourists staying in Pec pod Sněžkou will be able to ride for free. From December 23, the cable car will be open to the general public. It will be closed on December 24, after which the cable car should operate continuously.
    The original chairlift to Sněžka, produced by Transporta Chrudim, stopped running on the upper section last May and on the lower section in September. The construction company BAK Trutnov and the cable car company Leitner were supposed to complete the new cable car by the end of March 2014. However, they managed to finish the construction nearly four months early. The cable car passed load tests in November, during which it carried barrels of beer.