
On October 10th, after being tested by National Cableway Inspection Center, Longtanchong Cableway of Fangshan Mountain Scenic Zone in Qingjiang River is open to the public
The construction of the cableway was started in January last year. And it is the first made-in-Chinapulsating cableway which has adopted the new 8-passenger carandhorizontal drive mobile platform. There are eight towers along the cableway. Each car can carry 8 passengers and 550 one-way passengers can be transportedper hour. The running time of one-way transport is only 6 minutes, which is of great convenience for tourists.
“Previously, it took tourists one hour to travel from the eastern hillsideof Bawang Stone to the eastern entrance of Fangshan Scenic Zone. With the newly-built cableway, 6 minutes would be enough.” According to theofficials in charge of the scenic zone, touristscan save onehour without climbing1280laddersteps.(Reporter: Liang Jian Correspondent: Xiang Yingkun)