Koblenz cable car - Koblenz, RLP / Germany
N 50° 21.716 E 007° 36.312
32U E 400792 N 5579803
Aerial lift opened in 2010
Waymark Code: WMY9NE
Location: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Date Posted: 05/16/2018
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"The Koblenz cable car (German: Seilbahn Koblenz) is an aerial lift that was opened in 2010 in Koblenz, Germany for the Bundesgartenschau (a biennial exhibition) the following year. It connects the banks of the river Rhine and the hill plateau next to Ehrenbreitstein Fortress. The cable car system has an 890m length and elevates 112m.
The gondola system has an hourly capacity of 7600 people, the most for any such a ride in the world. It operates usually between April and October of a given year. Its construction and operation is in control by an Austrian company specialized in such rides, the Doppelmayr Gruppe."
Operator Skyglide Event Deutschland GmbH
18 cabins, maximum of 35 adult passengers per cabin
7600 passengers per hour either way
Line length 890 m (2,920 ft)
Operating speed 4.5 metres per second