Koblenz cable car

The Koblenz cable car (German: Seilbahn Koblenz) is an gondola 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.

Koblenz cable car
Overview
Status	Operational
Location	Koblenz, Germany
Termini	Rhine river bank Ehrenbreitstein, Koblenz
No. of stations	2
Open	4 July 2010
Operation
Operator	Skyglide Event Deutschland GmbH
Carrier capacity	18 cabins, maximum of 35 adult passengers per cabin, 7600 passengers per hour either way
Technical features
Aerial lift type	Tri-cable gondola detachable
Line length	890 m (2,920 ft)
Operating speed	4.5 metres per second

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. ^[1][2][3][4]

See also

• Ehrenbreitstein Fortress
• Federal Horticultural Show 2011
• Cologne Cable Car, which was also built for a Bundesgartenschau in 1957.