Câble C1, the first cable car in the Île-de-France region, is set to be inaugurated on December 13, 2025. This eco-friendly and unusual mode of transport will serve five stations, flying over four municipalities in Val-de-Marne. But what precautions are taken in the event of bad weather? Reduced cabin speed, cable car shutdown... We'll tell you more.
Are you ready to board the very first urban cable car in Île-de-France? If you don't suffer from vertigo, then head to Val-de-Marne on Saturday, December 13, 2025, forthe inauguration of Câble C1, a new mode of transport described as "eco-friendly and efficient" by the department. Its launch should help open up the towns of Valenton, Limeil-Brévannes, and Villeneuve-Saint-Georges. To do this, the 4.5 km
Câble C1 will serve five stations and connect Créteil to Villeneuve-Saint-Georges in just 18 minutes.
While the C1 cable car is the very first urban cable car in the Paris region, it is the fifth of its kind in France. The first to be built in the country wasin Brest in the Finistère department, launched in 2016. Next came the cable cars in Saint-Denis on Réunion Island and Toulouse, which have been in service since 2022. Since October 2025, the city of Ajaccio in Corsica has also had its own urban cable car.
On December 13, 2025, Val-de-Marne will also get a cable car, thanks to the inauguration ofthe Câble C1. This urban cable car is arousing the curiosity of many travelers eager to try out this innovative mode of transport. According to Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM), 11,000 passengers per day are expected when it comes into service.
But one question arises: what precautions aretaken
in the event of bad weather?If the department is placed on yellow alert for high winds, will the
Câble C1 take flight? IDFM provides several answers on
its website.
Pointing out that the Val-de-Marne area is "rarely affected" by such episodes of high winds, Île-de-France Mobilités nevertheless states that the speed of the cabins will be reduced in the event of strong winds, i.e., above 70 km/h. Below this threshold, the cable car will operate normally. However, in the event of a storm, i.e., when winds exceed 90 km/h, the cable car will be shut down, and "replacement buses will be systematically put in place" to allow passengers to travel by other means.
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