[1] Running every fifteen minutes, the two-minute ride is renowned for its paronamic views over San Marino, the Province of Rimini, and the Adriatic Sea.

It is managed and operated by the Azienda Autonoma di Stato per i Servizi Pubblici, the Sammarinese state company for public transport.

[9][10] San Marino's railway station, the line's terminus, was located on the present-day Piazzale della Stazione.

[11][12] After several years of negotiation between the Italian and Sammarinese governments, by 1958, it had been decided to replace the railway with the San Marino Highway.

[18] The cablecar system was inaugurated on 1 August 1959 with a maiden voyage on which a statue of Our Lady of Fátima travelled from Borgo Maggiore to the City of San Marino.

It was at this heliport that the statue of Our Lady of Fátima, the aerial cablecar's first passenger, had arrived by helicopter from Forlì on 24 July 1959.

Between 1961 and 1969, Compagnia Italiana Elicotteri operated helicopter flights between Borgo Maggiore and Rimini's port; the service was extended to San Leo in 1964.

[24][25]From 5 March 1995,[18] the system was modernised with double load-bearing cables built by Doppelmayr Italia;[17] the electromechanical works were awarded to Holz, a company from Bolzano.

[18] In spring 2017, a second modernisation programme replaced the cablecars, ticket gates, trolleys, shock absorbers, and electrical and safety equipment.

[31][32] The current stations were built as part of the 1995–96 modernisation programme, and were designed by architect Jacek Sokalski, who co-designed the Central Tower in Warsaw.

[34]The City of San Marino terminus is located at the turn of Contrada Omagnano with Contrada del Pianello, at the historic city centre's northern end, next to the Tourism Secretariat [it] and less than 200 metres (660 feet) from the Basilica of San Marino and the Piazza della Libertà.