The world famous cable car

The cable car transport routes are no longer a strange image in the world. Not only means the means of transport, many major cable car projects in the world become the pride, pride of the people and the symbol of the nation.

For example, does any Malaysian citizen not show pride when referring to the fastest speed cable system Skyway Genting. New Mexico residents are proud of the world's longest single-span cable car, Sandia Peak, which crosses the mountains, mixed in the haze. And here, Vietnamese people will also have the right to be proud of Vinpearl cable car, the longest sea-going cable car route in the world.

The cable car works across all terrain, from crossing mountains to crossing the sea, it seems that there is no terrain to prevent human footsteps, pride of people on the way to conquer nature.

We would like to introduce some famous cable car systems in the world.

Sandia Peak Cable Car, USA

Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, Sandia Peak Tramway is the world's longest single-span cable car system - 4467.5m, extending from the northeastern edge of New Mexico's largest city to the summit of Sandia Mountain.

Operating from May 7, 1966, this cable car system serves 10,500 flights / day, each cabin has a capacity of 50 guests.

It takes 15 minutes for each cabin to reach a height of 1,219m, with a normal operating speed of 19km / h - a speed that makes visitors comfortable. From the cable car, you can see the whole city of Albuquerque and the countryside of New Mexico state.

(Photo: Turquoisetrail)

Eibsee cable car, Germany

This cable car system went into operation in 1963, operated by two pillars, a 65m high pillar and an 85m pillar. The main cable has a diameter of 46 mm and the tow cables are 29 mm in diameter. The cable car service can accommodate 300 guests / 1 way / hour.

With a length of 4,450m, a speed of 36 km / h, the cable car will take visitors to the highest peak of Germany's Zugspitze, located on the German-Swiss border, in about 10 minutes.

(Photo: zugspitze.de)

Klein Matterhorn Cable Car, Switzerland

The Matterhorn cable car was built in August 1976 and was basically completed in the spring of 1979, serving travelers to the largest summer ski area in Switzerland's mighty Alps and also the mountain range. Europe's highest. Therefore, this is also the highest cable car system in Europe. This cable car transports an average of 560,000 passengers per year.

Sitting on the cable car, visitors have the opportunity to see the snowy landscape from a height of 3,883m.

(Photo: swisstravel.cz)

Table Mountain Cable Car, South Africa

The highest point is 1085m above the sea, Table Mountain in Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa, is considered one of 7 spectacular natural wonders of Africa. This is also the most beautiful tourist destination of South Africa and is one of the 10 most attractive tourist destinations in the world. This strange name is due to the flat top of the rocky mountain.

To be able to see the whole city from Table Mountain at the top of the sea more than 1000 meters, visitors often take the cable car. This cable car system opened its doors to the first guests from nearly 77 years ago - October 4, 1929. Since then, the cable car has undergone 3 times of repair and upgrading, with the last time in October 1997. Sitting on the cable car, visitors can be satisfied with the scenery of majestic mountains and sea.

Each cabin takes only 5-10 minutes to bring visitors up to the top of the mountain, with a speed of 10m / sec, maximum payload of 5200 kg. The total length of the cable car system is 1200m.

(Photo: typepad)

Genting Skyway, Malaysia

This is the fastest speed cable car system in Asia today, located in the famous resort Genting Highland Resort of Malaysia.

Since 1997, this resort has been well-known by domestic and foreign tourists thanks to the campaign of promoting the 3.38 km Skyway Genting cable car system over the hilltops, with a speed of 21.6 km / h. This is also the longest cable car system in Malaysia and Southeast Asia.

(Photo: cuti.com.my)

Sentosa Cable Car, Singapore

The idea of ​​building a cable car to bring tourists from Mount Faber to Sentosa island came to the Singapore government since 1968 and became an important part of the master plan for the lion island nation's tourism projects.

Officially put into operation on February 15, 1974, Singapore Cable Car is the first sea-going cable car system in the world.

Currently, this system has 81 cabins, hanging on cables at least 60m above the sea surface. The distance between cabins is about 61m, which means a departure cabin every 15-21 seconds. With a maximum capacity of 6 adults / cabin, the entire system of sea-going cable cars can serve 1400 visitors / hour / 1 way. At 4m / sec, it only takes about 4 minutes to go from the top of Faber to Jardine Steps, and another 5 and a half minutes to continue to Sentosa.

The world's longest sea-going cable car - Vinpearl, Vietnam

This can be considered a pride of not only Nha Trang residents. The project was officially inaugurated on the morning of March 10, 2007. With a length of 3,320m, the cable car route connecting Nha Trang coastal city with Vinpearl Land tourist area becomes the world's longest sea-going cable car route.

According to the design capacity, with 65 cabins, each hour this cable route can serve 1500 passengers / 1 way. The maximum speed of 36km / h will help each cabin pass the sea route between Nha Trang and Hon Tre island for nearly 10 minutes (normally it takes 25 minutes to take a ferry).

Supported by 9 concrete pillars (the highest of 54.65m, the lowest of 7.96m), this cable car route ensures safety for visitors in extreme weather conditions such as earthquake level 6 (According to the system of assessing earthquake intensity in Vietnam), storms of level 7 or below .

With this new cable car system, tourists coming to Nha Trang will have the opportunity to see the city and sea scenery from a height of 60m above the sea level.

Vinpearl cable car has made Nha Trang port smaller (Photo: PSN)

Dang Le