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What is the longest gondola in the world?

The Zlatibor Gold Gondola Lift, at nine kilometers long, holds the record for the longest gondola lift in the world.



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Since its opening, the 6 kilometer Grindelwald-Männlichen Gondola Cableway has been the longest cableway in the world. The journey lasts 30 minutes and offers riders stunning views of the Jungfrau Mountain and Eiger Mountain in the Bernese Alps.

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When the haulage cable snapped, in very close proximity to the summit station at low speed, the cabin careered downhill until it collided with a pylon, then fell about 54 meters (180 ft) before tumbling down the steep slope of the mountain, stopping after impacting trees.

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Ba Na Hills Cable Car (Da Nang, Vietnam) The world's longest cable car is more than five kilometers long.

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The disaster happened when the cable snapped and the emergency brake failed to prevent the car from sliding backwards. The vehicle then pulled off the support line entirely and crashed 65ft into the side of the Mottarone mountain near Lake Maggiore, resulting in the deaths of all but one of the passengers.

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One more sign of the coming Golden Age of Gondolas?

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Skyway Monte Bianco is a cable car in the Italian Alps, linking the town of Courmayeur with Pointe Helbronner on the southern side of the Mont Blanc massif. Taking over three years to construct, it opened in 2015 at a cost of 110 million euros, and is considered to be the world's most expensive cable car installation.

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In Switzerland, about 350 aerial tramways are in use, including: Klein Matterhorn Aerial Tramway, the highest cable car in Europe (3883m), Zermatt.

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