Written by: Rohan Upreti - 2022016, Grade X
Posted on: 07 December, 2020
The type of car that runs on cable is called cable car. First cable car was made in San Francisco in 1873 by Andrew Smith Hallidie. Cable cars are made to make transportation easy in hills,Mountains.
The longest cable car of the world is situated in Armenia. This cable car was finished making on 16th October, 2010. It’s name is “Wings of Tatev”. It has a length of 5.7 km. There are three cable cars in our country
Manakamana cable car: Manakamana cable car is located in chitwan and was opened on November 24, 1998. The length of the cable car is 2,772.2 meters. The cable car was imported from Australia. The cable car runs between Cheres, Chitwan to Manakamana, Gorkha. The base station was the height of 846 ft and the top station has the height of 4,272 ft.
Chandragiri cable car: Chandragiri cable car is a transportation system located in Chandragiri municipality. This cable runs between Thankot to Chandragiri hills. The length of his cable car is 2.4 km. This cable car consists of 38 gondolas. This cable car has the capacity of 1000 people per hour. This cable car was opened in 2016.
Kalinchok: It is situated in Kalinchowk Village Development Committee in Dolakha. The altitude of Kalinchok cable car is 3,842 m.
