The longest cable car in the world, in Europe, in Russia (photo)

Today, throughout the world, especially in mountainous areas, cableways are popular as a means of transportation. The first of these was discovered in 1866 in the highlands of Switzerland. With her help, tourists moved to the observation deck with a magnificent view of the surrounding Alpine landscapes.

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In the period of the active development of skiing, in the second half of the 20th century, the active construction of cable cars around the world began. With each year of this design, the roads became more and more convenient, refined.

Now they are built even in the most difficult and difficult for people places. Among the most diverse cableways around the world there are quite impressive, surprising in form, location and length of the structure.

In this article, you can see the different types of cable cars and find out which is the longest cable car in the world. Among the many diverse designs, there are the most striking and unusual. Let's briefly review some of them.

The most exciting and impressive in the world cable cars

The Chinese cable car in the Zhangjiajie National Park is the most exciting. The mountains here seem to soar in the air. They are so high and steep that there is no ground from their peaks in the fog. From the cabs of the funicular opens such a stunning view that even the cases of falling tourists fainted. Of course, most of the matter is that here, because of sudden pressure drops, ears are pawned and the air temperature drops sharply.

It is no coincidence that this rope way is called "road to heaven": some segments in the ascent have a slope of 70 °. There is a feeling that it is crashing into the clouds.

Sternensauser (Hoch-Ibrig ski resort) in Switzerland is the most terrifying ropeway in the world in terms of movement. The construction represents a cable stretched at a 75-meter height 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 body, fastened with straps and wearing helmets. There is also a chair lift, during which the passenger can travel at a huge speed (90 km per hour). This creates a creepy and at the same time an exciting feeling of free flight.

"Genting" (Malaysia) - the fastest in the world road on the rope and a real empire of entertainment.

This site is located at the highest point of the mountain (2000 m), so it can be seen from afar and in the daytime (outlines of all buildings and buildings) and at night due to the abundance of neon lights). Here, on top, are hotels, a beautiful amusement park and the only legal casino in Malaysia. There is a cable car running over exotic jungles, where you can see outlandish plants, surprisingly beautiful flowers and monkeys scurrying in thick thickets. The road through these impassable jungle was built in 1997.

Vietnamese cable car

"Vinperl" in Nha Trang stretches from the capital of Khanh Hoa province to the island of Hong Tre (where "Bamboo Island" is located), where the amusement park with the same name is located. This is one of the favorite vacation spots for the guests of the country and the Vietnamese themselves.

Since the commissioning in 2007, this type of construction of this type is the longest cable car in the world. Above the water surface, it extends to 3320 m. And its height varies from 5 to 75 m.

The road was built by representatives of the Swiss company. The whole design represents huge columns supporting the cable car. In the evening it is very beautifully highlighted. The structure is stylized in the form of the Eiffel Tower.

The cockpit accommodates 8 people, and the travel time takes about 10 minutes. For comparison, it should be noted that the ferry to the island can get over in 20 minutes, and on the boat for 7.

Previously, people reached 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 in the world is the cable car, which raises passengers to the Petrshin hill in the Czech Republic. Over 120 years of its existence, its trains have been transported to the mountain by more than 56 million people.

And it all began with the fact that members of the Czech club of tourists in 1889 went to Paris and were greatly impressed and delighted with the view of the Eiffel Tower. Its copy was later built on the hill Petrshin, and later, in less than a year, was built and a cable car. The trailer on the rails with surprising ease raised to a height of 102 meters 50 passengers for 1 time. Its peculiarity was that the cables were rotating 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 restarted, but with an electric motor and a little longer (up to 551 m).

In 1965, landslides destroyed part of the rail track, and only 20 years later the historic funicular again earned. Since then, it operates and is part of the entire urban 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 century), called Tatevsky. Until 2009, it was abandoned for a long time and gradually began to deteriorate. According to the approved draft program called "Tatev Revival", the cable car was built here in 2010. She led to this beautiful monastery, located in the rocks. Almost immediately after the opening, the cable car named "Wings of Tatev" was listed as the longest cable car in the world to the Guinness Book of Records list. Its length is almost 6000 meters. It connects two villages - Tatev and Alidzor.

320 meters is its greatest height above the gorge. The maximum speed of the cabin, accommodating 25 passengers at the same time - 37 km per hour. All the way it goes a little more than 11 minutes.

Before the advent of this path to Tatev, people traveled along a steep, serpentine road that ran along a cliff with a slope of 45 degrees, which often blurred in the winter. Today Tatev can be visited all year round. Passage by cable car for local residents is free.

The longest cable car in Europe

The length of this cable way is 3661 meters. It should be noted for comparison that the length of the road is seven times larger and is approximately 27,000 meters.

In Nizhny Novgorod, to date, the longest cable car in Russia has been built. It is the only one in Europe with a span of 861.21 meters above the water surface, which is why it is included in the Book of Records of Europe and Russia.

All cabins, automatically illuminated and equipped with radio, - 28, and each of them accommodates 8 people. Movement is carried out at a speed of up to 22 km per hour.

The biggest cable car in Europe (photo above) with the longest span above the water surface was created for the convenience of local residents. Connects the road of Bor and Nizhny Novgorod, located along the two opposite banks of the Volga.

Conclusion

Up to what progress has reached! Who would have thought that in such a comparatively short time, amazing structures could appear, allowing people to move around the most inaccessible and impassable places: between the huge peaks, over the jungle, between the islands over the water surface of the sea and even in cities.