Singapore Cable Car

Sentosa Cable Car
Mount Faber Line
Sentosa Line
Overview
StatusOperational
SystemMonocable detachable gondola lift
LocationMount Faber / Sentosa, Singapore
No. of stations6
Open15 February 1974; 50 years ago (1974-02-15) (Mount Faber Line)
14 July 2015; 9 years ago (2015-07-14) (Sentosa Line)
Operation
Carrier capacity67 cabins, maximum of 8 adult passengers per cabin, 2000 passengers per hour either way
Trip duration15 min
Technical features
Line length1,650 m (5,410 ft)
System map

Mount Faber Line
Mount Faber
HarbourFront
Sentosa Express
Sentosa Line
Siloso Point
Imbiah Lookout
Sentosa
Merlion
Singapore Cable Car Imbiah Lookout Station.
Cabins departing from Imbiah Lookout Station on the Sentosa Line.
Poké Ball cabins departing from HarbourFront Station in May 2023.
Poké Ball cabins departing from HarbourFront Station in May 2023.

The Singapore Cable Car is a gondola lift in Singapore, providing an aerial link from Mount Faber (Faber Peak Singapore) on Singapore Island to the resort island of Sentosa across the Keppel Harbour.

Opened on 15 February 1974, it was the second aerial ropeway system in the world to span a harbour, after Port Vell Aerial Tramway in Barcelona, which opened already in 1931. However, it is not the first aerial ropeway system to span the sea. For instance, Awashima Kaijō Ropeway in Japan, built in 1964, goes over a short strait to an island.[1][2][3]

The system is a major tourist attraction, as it provides a panoramic view of the central business district. In 2020, a round-trip ticket cost SGD35 for adults and SGD25 for children.[4]

  1. ^ "Welcome to Awashima Marine Park". Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2007.
  2. ^ "つなわたり(Cableway)". Archived from the original on 21 March 2005. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Ropeway in Shizuoka". www.lares.dti.ne.jp.
  4. ^ "Singapore Cable Car Sky Network". One Faber Group. Retrieved 5 May 2020.