Today, all over the world, especially in mountainous areas, cable cars are popular as a way of transportation. The first of them was opened in 1866 in the mountainous regions of Switzerland. With her help, tourists moved to the observation deck with a magnificent view of the surrounding Alpine landscapes.
General information
During the beginning of the active development of skiing, in the second half of the 20th century, the active construction of cable cars began all over the world. With each year of such construction, the roads became more and more comfortable and improved.
Now they are being built even in the most difficult and inaccessible places for people. Among the most diverse cable cars around the world, there are quite impressive structures, surprising in shape, location and length.
In this article you can get acquainted with the different types of cable cars and find out which is the longest cable car in the world. Among the manyof various designs there are the most striking and unusual. Let's take a look at some of them briefly.
The world's most exciting and impressive cable cars
The Chinese cable car in Zhangjiajie National Park is the most exciting. The mountains here seem to float in the air. They are so high and steep that from their peaks the base is not visible in the fog. The view from the funicular cabins is so stunning that there have even been cases of tourists fainting. Of course, for the most part, the fact is that here, due to sudden pressure drops, it stuffs your ears and the air temperature drops sharply.
It is no coincidence that this ropeway is called "the road to heaven": some segments in the ascent have a slope of 70°. It feels like it's crashing into the clouds.
Sternensauser (Hoch-Ibrig ski resort) in Switzerland is the most terrifying cable car in the world in terms of getting around. The structure is a cable stretched at a height of 75 meters between the platforms. The longest cable car in the world of this type is the following. Passengers move under it under the weight of their own bodies, fastened with seat belts and wearing helmets. There is also a chair lift, during the movement of which a passenger can move at great speed (90 km per hour). This creates an eerie and at the same time exciting feeling of free flight.
Genting (Malaysia) is the world's fastest zip line and entertainment empire.
This site is located on the highest point of the mountain (2000 m), so it can be seen from afar and during the day (the outlines of all structures and buildings) and at night due to the abundance of neon lights). Here, at the top, there are hotels, a beautiful amusement park and the only legal casino in Malaysia. A cable car leads here, passing over the exotic jungle, where you can see outlandish plants, amazingly beautiful flowers and monkeys scurrying in dense thickets right from the funicular. The road through this impenetrable jungle was built in 1997.
Vietnamese cable car
"Winperl" in Nha Trang stretches from the provincial capital of Khanh Hoa to the island of Khon Tre (translated as "Bamboo Island"), where the world-famous amusement park of the same name with the expensive is located. This is one of the favorite vacation spots for visitors to the country and the Vietnamese themselves.
Since commissioning in 2007, this facility of this type has been the longest cable car in the world. Above the surface of the water, it stretches for 3320 m. And its height ranges from 5 to 75 m.
The road was built by representatives of a Swiss company. The whole structure represents huge columns supporting the cable car. In the evenings, it is very beautifully illuminated. The structure is stylized in the shape of the Eiffel Tower.
The cabin can accommodate 8 people and the travel time is approximately 10 minutes. For comparison, it should be noted that you can get to the island by ferry in 20 minutes, and byboat for 7.
Earlier, people got to the island only by water - on the appropriate transport.
The longest cable car in the world over the sea has a huge capacity - 1500 people per hour.
The oldest cable car in the Czech Republic
Today, the oldest cable car in the world is considered to lift passengers to Petřín Hill in the Czech Republic. Over the 120 years of its existence, its wagons have transported more than 56 million people to the mountain.
It all started with the fact that members of the Czech tourist club went to Paris in 1889 and were greatly amazed and delighted with the view of the Eiffel Tower. A copy of it was later built on Petřín Hill, and later, in less than a year, a cable car was built. The trailer on rails with surprising ease lifted 50 passengers to a height of 102 meters at a time. Its peculiarity was that the cables rotated with a water wheel. In connection with the First World War in 1916, the road stopped its work for the first time, and only in 1932 it was re-launched, but with an electric motor and slightly extended (up to 551 m).
In 1965, landslides destroyed part of the rail track, and only 20 years later the historic funicular started working again. Since then, it has been operating and is part of the entire city transport system.
The longest cable car in the world: photo
There is in Armenia, not far from the city of Goris, an amazing monastery (IX-XIII centuries), called Tatev. Until 2009, it was abandoned for a long time and began to gradually collapse. According to the approved draft program calledThe "Revival of Tatev" ropeway was built here in 2010. It led to this beautiful monastery nestled in the rocks. Almost immediately after the opening, the Wings of Tatev cable car was listed as the longest cable car in the world in the Guinness Book of Records. Its length is almost 6000 meters. It connects 2 villages - Tatev and Halidzor.
320 meters is its greatest height above the gorge. The maximum speed of the cabin, accommodating 25 passengers at the same time, is 37 km per hour. She goes the whole way in a little over 11 minutes.
Before the appearance of this road to Tatev, people traveled along a steep serpentine running along a cliff with a slope of 45 degrees, which was often washed away in winter. Today Tatev can be visited all year round. The cable car ride is free for locals.
The longest cable car in Europe
The length of this cable car is 3661 meters. It should be noted for comparison that the length of the road is seven times longer and is approximately 27,000 meters.
To date, the longest cable car in Russia has been built in Nizhny Novgorod. It is the only one in Europe with a flight length of 861.21 meters above the water surface, in connection with which it is included in the Book of Records of Europe and Russia.
There are 28 booths, automatically lit and equipped with radio communication, and each of them can accommodate 8 people. Trafficcarried out at speeds up to 22 km per hour.
The largest cable car in Europe (see photo above) with the longest span over the water surface was created for the convenience of local residents. The road connects the cities of Bor and Nizhny Novgorod, located on two opposite banks of the Volga.
Conclusion
How much progress has come! Who would have thought that in such a relatively short time, amazing structures could appear that allow people to move around the most inaccessible and impassable places: between huge peaks, over the jungle, between islands above the water surface of the sea, and even in cities.
