The MTR Corporation said crowd management at the Ngong Ping 360 cable car had improved yesterday, the fifth day of the service's trial run.
About 9,500 passengers rode the Lantau cable car yesterday, with service extended to 7pm.
Holidaymakers waited for up to three hours in the morning in a queue that stretched towards the Tung Chung MTR station. But many seemed prepared for the long wait, bringing food and entertainment, such as video game consoles.
Ngong Ping 360 managing director Morris Cheung Siu-wa said crowd management had improved yesterday as lessons had been learned from Tuesday, when people had to wait for up to four hours.
Yesterday's service began at 9.15am, 45 minutes earlier than scheduled. 'I would like to thank our staff and their family members for co-operating,' Mr Cheung said.
Two glitches led to the system being briefly suspended twice yesterday. In the first incident, a sensor found one of the cabin doors had not closed fully. The service resumed 30 seconds later after a brief check.
At about noon, the system stopped for three minutes when a signal indicated that the rope grip attaching a gondola to its overhead cable did not release totally as the gondola entered the station. It was found to be a false alarm.