The short subway in the sky is back.
The Roosevelt Island tram reopens today after an eight-month, $25 million overhaul — a relief for residents who prefer it to the subway or buses.
Riders will see 30 percent more windows, more seating space, faster travel times and wider walkways into and out of the pods.
“This is the most modern aerial-train system on earth,” said Leslie Torres, CEO of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp., the state agency that owns the tram.
The new model (above, yesterday) is designed to last 30 years. The old one made it through about 17.
And each of the two cars now has its own cable, so, at rush hour, they can pick up passengers on the same side at the same time, said designer David Aubonnet, of French-based Leitner-Poma.
“The old tram was basically a ski lift,” he said.
The new cable cars are also expected to rock less in windy conditions.
Oddly, they’ll hold fewer people, down from 125 to 109 — although the highest number recorded in the old cars was less than 100, Aubonnet said.
The 3-minute trip from Manhattan to Roosevelt Island will take a minute less than before.
The tram had been expected to reopen on Sept. 1, but bad weather held up test runs, officials said.