Ngong Ping 360

Ngong Ping 360
Overview
Status	Operational
System	Bicable gondola detachable
Location	Lantau Island, Hong Kong
Termini	Ngong Ping Tung Chung
No. of stations	2
Open	18 September 2006; 18 years ago (2006-09-18)
Website	np360.com.hk/en/
Operation
Operator	MTR Corporation
Carrier capacity	109 cabins, maximum of 17 adult passengers per cabin, 3500 passengers per hour either way
Trip duration	25 min
Technical features
Line length	5,700 m (18,700 ft)
Operating speed	6 metres per second

Ngong Ping 360
Chinese	昂坪360
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Ángpíng Sānliùlíng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Ngong4 Ping4 Saam1 Luk6 Ling4 IPA [ŋɔ̏ːŋ pʰɪ̏ŋ sáːm lʊ̀k lɪ̏ŋ]

Ngong Ping 360 (Chinese: 昂坪360; Jyutping: ngong5 ping4 three sixty, Cantonese) is a bicable gondola lift on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Intended to improve tourism to the area, the aerial lift was previously known as Tung Chung Cable Car Project before acquiring the Ngong Ping 360 brand in April 2005. It consists of the Ngong Ping Cable Car, formerly known as the Ngong Ping 360 Skyrail, and the Ngong Ping Village, a retail and entertainment centre adjacent to the cable car's upper station.^[1] Ngong Ping 360 connects Tung Chung, on the north coast of Lantau and itself linked to central Hong Kong by the Tung Chung line, with the Ngong Ping area in the hills above. This is home to the Po Lin Monastery and the Tian Tan Buddha, both already significant tourist attractions in their own right. Before Ngong Ping 360's opening, the only access was via a mountain road and bus service.

Ngong Ping 360 is owned by the MTR Corporation, the operator of Hong Kong's rail system. It was built by Leitner Ropeways and was originally operated by Skyrail-ITM. Skyrail-ITM was removed from the project after an investigation following an incident in June 2007. It is now operated by a directly owned subsidiary of the MTR Corporation.