page_title: Langkawi Cable Car
section_title: Construction and design
hierarchical_section_title: Langkawi Cable Car / Construction and design
caption_attribution_description: English: Langkawi, Malaysia: Langkawi Cable Car, view from Middle Station to Base Station
context_page_description: The Langkawi Cable Car, also known as Langkawi SkyCab, is one of the major attractions in Langkawi Island, Kedah, Malaysia. It provides an aerial link from the Oriental Village at Teluk Burau to the peak of Gunung Machinchang, which is also the location of the Langkawi Sky Bridge. The total length is 2.2 km, with a journey time from the base to the top of around 15 minutes. It was officially opened in 2003.
  Langkawi Cable Car is located just north of Telaga Harbour, Pantai Kok, with the entrance within 'Oriental Village' at the foot hill of the Mat Chincang mountain range. It is located to the north-west of the Langkawi International Airport, on the west coast of the main island of Langkawi. It is approximate 30 minutes drive from Kuah town and 15 minutes drive from Langkawi International Airport.
context_section_description: The Langkawi cable car project was first mooted in 1999 by the then Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad when he flew over Gunung Machinchang in a helicopter during his visit to Langkawi.  The project was a joint venture by Doppelmayr of Austria and a local company.
  After a survey of the mountain conducted in May 2000, the construction of Langkawi Cable Car began in April 2001. The gondola cable car system was selected as it permitted a long span of over 900 metres.  There are three stations for the cable car; the Top Station is located at the peak of Gunung Machinchang which is the second highest peak of Langkawi.  In the middle is an "angle station" where the gondolas make a 45-degree turn to reach the Top Station.  As there is no road to the top due to the steepness of Gunung Machinchang, all the structural components needed to be lifted to top with helicopters in combination with an auxiliary working cable and then assembled on site.
  The gradient or the slope between the Base Station and the Middle Station is said to be the one of the steepest in the world at 42° It has the longest free span for a mono-cable car at 950 m (3,120 ft).  When there are strong winds, the cable car operation would be put on hold.  There are 35 normal gondolas, each of these can carry six persons with total weight up to 480 kg, with a total maximum capacity of 700 to 800 passengers per hour.  There are also 4 bottom glass gondolas which sit 6 passengers and 2 VIP gondolas each with 3 leather seats.  The gondolas travel at a distance of some 70 meters above the canopy of forest of the Machinchang Range.
  The Langkawi cable car was completed in August 2002 at a cost of RM 46 million. The soft launch for the cable car was held for six days in October 2002 which was well-received, it then opened to the general public on 1 November 2002. It was officially opened in 2003.
caption: Langkawi Cable Car
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