Mount Faber
South, Singapore
South, Singapore
January 2012
The Singapore Cable Car provides an aerial link from Mount Faber on the main island of Singapore to the resort island of Sentosa across the Keppel Harbour. Opened on 15 February 1974, it was the first aerial ropeway system in the world to span a harbour.
The system currently consists of 81 cabins, suspended at least 60 metres (197 feet) above the sea, and about 61 metres (200 feet) between each cabin (or one cabin per 15 to 21 seconds). Each cabin can carry a maximum of 6 adult passengers, while the whole system can support 1400 passengers per hour either way.
Travelling at a speed of 4 metres per second (13 feet per second), it takes about 4 minutes to get from Mount Faber to Jardine Steps, and another 5.5 minutes to continue on to Sentosa. Including the short interval at Jardine Steps, however, it will take 12 minutes on a continuous ride from Mount Faber to Sentosa.
Looking down from the top!
Amazing views of upcoming housing developments, a private marina, the city and the port provide a 360-degree panorama...
Sources
- "Singapore Cable Car" (10 March 2012). Wikipedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Cable_Car.
