 In Japan, the two are considered as the same category of vehicle and called "ropeway", while the term "cable car" refers to both grounded cable cars and funiculars.An aerial railway where the vehicles are suspended from a fixed track (as opposed to a cable) is known as a suspension railway.An aerial tramway consists of one or two fixed cables (called "track cables"), one loop of cable (called a "haulage rope"), and one or two passenger or cargo cabins.