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The Singapore Cable Car is a gondola lift in Singapore, providing an aerial link from Mount Faber (Faber Peak Singapore) on Singapore Island to the resort island of Sentosa across the Keppel Harbour. Opened on 15 February 1974, it was the second aerial ropeway system in the world to span a harbour , after Port Vell Aerial Tramway in Barcelona ...
The vegetation around Mount Faber is a secondary rainforest that is smaller and less dense than on Bukit Timah Hill.Mount Faber is one of the higher hills in Singapore at 106 metres (348 ft), [7] lower than Bukit Timah Hill (164 m (538 ft)) and Bukit Gombak (133 m (436 ft)) and 113 m (371 ft)).
Kanin Cable Car in Bovec is the longest gondola lift in Slovenia. It takes skiers from the Bovec valley (436 m) to the central part of the ski slopes (2,200 m). Vogel Cable Car in Bohinj; Velika Planina Cable Car in Kamniška Bistrica valley (supposedly longest unsupported cable car in Europe)
Marang Trail is 800 metres (2,600 ft) long and an elevation of 70 metres (230 ft). It extends from Marang Road, just behind the HarbourFront MRT station along the North East and Circle MRT lines to the cable car station at The Jewel Box on Mount Faber. The trail consists of steps and shaded footpaths through secondary forest. [4]
In 1974 the Singapore Cable Car system was built, linking Sentosa to Mount Faber. Finally, in 1975, the Republic of Singapore Navy had moved out from the Sentosa to Pulau Brani Island. [19] A series of attractions were subsequently opened for visitors including Fort Siloso, Surrender Chamber wax museum, Musical Fountain, and the Underwater World.
Telok Blangah Hill Park is a park situated at Telok Blangah Green, off Henderson Road, in Bukit Merah.It connects to Mount Faber Park via Henderson Waves bridge. [1] Standing at 36m (118ft) above Henderson Road, it is the tallest pedestrian bridge in Singapore.
The oil rig was being towed away from Keppel Wharf when it became entangled in the cable and caused it to snap. It also left thirteen people trapped in four other cabins between Mount Faber and Sentosa. The disaster was the first involving death or injury since the cable car system opened in February 1975.
Former Sentosa Monorail system which ran between 1982 and 2005 New Sentosa Express system undergoing trial runs in 2006. In June 2002, the Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) awarded a S$78 million (US$43.56 million) contract to Japanese subsidiary Hitachi Asia to build the Sentosa Express, which was part of a ten-year redevelopment plan for Sentosa, an offshore island south of the Singapore ...