Tianmen Mountain cableway

Tianmen Mountain ropeway is located in Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park, with a total length of 7454 meters and an elevation difference of 1277 meters. It is the world's longest Alpine sightseeing passenger ropeway, with a one-way running time of about 28 minutes. Among them, the local slope between the station and the upper station is as high as 37 degrees, which is rare in the world. It is the cableway with the largest local slope in China, and also the cableway with the most supports. There are 98 cableways and 57 cableway supports (including 3 rescue supports), all of which are imported from Europe.

Starting from the city garden in the center of Zhangjiajie, Tianmen Mountain cableway goes directly to the original sky garden on the top of Tianmen Mountain. It is like a rainbow flying across the "world" and "heaven". It has become one of the "four wonders" of Tianmen Mountain scenic spot, adding a unique spectacle to Zhangjiajie, a world-class scenic spot.

Tianmen Mountain cableway

Tianmen Mountain ropeway is the longest passenger ropeway in the world, located in Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain. There are 98 lift cars and 57 cableway supports (including 3 rescue supports), all of which are imported from POMA company of France. The total length of the cableway is 7455 meters (7454 meters, 7460 meters) and the height difference is 1279 meters (1277 meters). It is one of the few Cableways in China with the height difference of more than 1000 meters. The local slope between the station and the upper station is as high as 38 degrees, which is rare in the world. It is the cableway with the largest local slope in China and the most supports.

Main information

Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain ropeway is the world's longest sightseeing passenger ropeway, The inclined length of the ropeway is 7455 meters, the horizontal height difference between the upper and lower stations is 1277 meters, and the one-way operation time is about 28 minutes. It is the world's longest single line circulating detachable ropeway with 8-person suspension type passenger ropeway (single line: only one bar rope pulling rope; circulation: closed operation according to a certain direction and speed; detachable ropeway: detaching at the station and detaching at the station).

Tianmen Mountain cableway integrates the most advanced passenger cableway technology in the world. There are 57 cableway supports, including 3 horizontal rescue supports. The supports are produced in China, and the main equipment is supplied by POMA company of France. The cableway steel rope is from France, and 98 cabins are from Swiss CWA company. They are designed according to European standards, and the car height is 2m Among them, 96 ordinary cars cost 120000 yuan, and two VIP cars cost 200000 yuan (later increased to 113). The rope is 6 × 36ws type, 50.5mm in diameter, 10kg per meter and 6.2m in distance. There are 96 compression pulleys and 16 supporting pulleys on the climbing surface.

The tension system of the carrier cable of the cableway adopts the hydraulic tension mode, with an intermediate driving station. The cableway runs clockwise at a speed of 6 meters per second. The speed drops to 0.3 meters per second when the cableway is uncoupling. The distance between each two cabins is 172.8 meters, with a time interval of 28.8 seconds. The one-way traffic volume is 1200 people per hour, and the maximum climbing angle is 38.6 degrees. This is rare in the world.

The biggest highlight of Tianmen Mountain cableway is the design of its climbing slope bracket. The bracket has 96 cable pressing wheels and 16 cable supporting wheels. It integrates the most advanced theories and achievements in modern physics, modern engineering and modern manufacturing industry, and applies the most advanced cableway technology in the world, so that this section of cableway always gives people a feeling of stirring and momentum.

Starting from the city garden in the center of Zhangjiajie, the cableway goes directly to the original sky garden on the top of Tianmen Mountain, just like a rainbow flying across the "world" "The sky" is like a giant dragon flying in the sky. It is magnificent and magnificent. It has become one of the "four wonders" of the Tianmen Mountain scenic spot, adding a unique spectacle to Zhangjiajie, a world-class scenic spot.

On March 20, 2010, Freddie nock and Saimaiti Aishan will challenge the galvanized oil-free steel rope with an altitude of more than 1000 meters, a transverse span of 690 meters, an elevation difference of more than 500 meters, an inclination of 42 ° and a diameter of 5.2 cm in the middle section of Tianmen Mountain ropeway. This section of ropeway steel rope is the section with the largest inclination and the largest support span at both ends of the whole ropeway. Once upon a time, this section of cableway became the key point in the construction of the whole cableway because of its high mountain, dangerous road and steep slope. According to the engineers, this short distance of 690 meters took nearly three months for the whole engineering team. As a result, this section of cableway has become the most spectacular and shocking section of Tianmen Mountain cableway. There is no doubt that it has become the "devil track" to test the two high-altitude tightrope walkers. Unfortunately, because of the slippage of the cableway and the strong wind, they both failed in the challenge. Nork walked nearly 200 meters on the ropeway before quitting the race, while Saimaiti only walked 20 meters when he was injured and gave up the race. But their courage and boldness were praised and admired by the audience, saying that they were proud even though they were defeated.

history

Construction history

Tianmen Mountain cableway project was started in May 1999. Cableway companies from Austria, France, Switzerland, Italy and Japan came to Tianmen Mountain for investigation. Finally, according to the field situation of Tianmen Mountain and the requirements of the national cableway safety center, they met POMA of France in Tianjin on March 17, 2001. The contract price at that time was 61.9 million yuan.

From the commencement ceremony on January 15, 2003 to the operation in August 2005, the whole construction took more than two years and cost 260 million yuan (220 million yuan),

The whole set of equipment is imported from abroad according to European standards except for the support made in Tianjin, China. The safety process of "commissioning self inspection operation inspection safety inspection" is strictly implemented in the whole construction. Due to the extremely high mountains along the ropeway and the complex and changeable geological landforms, the construction is far more difficult than ordinary, and the whole construction process is extremely difficult. Tianmen Mountain cableway not only condenses the wisdom and sweat of all construction personnel at home and abroad, but also integrates the most advanced scientific and technological achievements of contemporary cableway engineering, which can be called a miracle and a milestone in contemporary cableway engineering construction.

Cableway reconstruction

With the construction and development of Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area, the number of Chinese and foreign tourists to Tianmen Mountain is increasing. In order to meet the needs of Chinese and foreign tourists, combined with the actual situation of the operation of Tianmen Mountain cableway for many years, the original cableway design function and traffic volume are not suitable for the current and future development of the scenic area and the needs of tourists. In order to ensure the sustainable development of the scenic area and provide better services for tourists, the cableway is reformed in line with the requirements of safety, high efficiency, energy saving and consumption reduction, and more humanized operation service, without changing the original operation mode, function and original structure of the cableway, and without changing the structure and line of the cableway station.

After nearly 40 days of upgrading and transformation, in March 2010, the transformed Tianmenshan cableway added the function of independent operation of cableway sections. At the same time, it increased the number of lift cars to 113, increasing the transportation capacity of 1000 people per hour to 1200 people. And add automatic departure system, namely four chain circulation system (chain + transfer rail) to ensure the correct automatic departure interval. At the same time, according to the actual situation, the platform design is transformed into a lifting platform, which is not only convenient for passengers to get off from the middle station, but also convenient for morning and evening departure. After the transformation, the cableway starts automatically, the distance between Cableways is accurate, the platform rises and falls smoothly, the tourists can get on and off easily, and the equipment runs well.

The whole cableway will take the middle station as the dividing point, which is divided into two sections that can operate independently. The top of the mountain, tianmendong and the next station of the cableway will be combined orderly, and tourists can get off at the middle station of the cableway. This is not only conducive to the diversion of tourists, relieve the reception pressure of scenic spots and Cableways in the peak period of tourism, but also provides tourists with diversified choices.

Ticket Price

Adult ticket: 258 yuan / piece discount ticket: 155 yuan / piece

security

Safety measures

In addition to the support made in Tianjin, China, the complete set of cableway equipment is imported from abroad according to European standards. The whole construction strictly implements the safety process of "commissioning self inspection operation inspection safety inspection".

Among the 57 supports of the ropeway, three rescue supports are specially added, which are used to implement the "horizontal rescue" or "vertical rescue" scheme immediately when the ropeway is suddenly paralyzed, so as to rescue the tourists to the ground safely, and the cableway station buildings are equipped with lightning protection equipment, which is the most complete and advanced rescue system in the world.

Considering that the cableway runs for a long time and tourists need ventilation in high temperature, two ventilation windows are specially designed for each car to form air convection.

As the main traffic facilities of Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area, the ropeway of Tianmen Mountain is overhauled and maintained in detail every year in addition to daily maintenance, so as to ensure the safe operation of the ropeway.

Accident situation

At 16:15 p.m. on April 18, 2013, the ropeway in Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area stopped operation due to a fault. The preliminary investigation showed that the power supply was interrupted due to strong wind. At the time of the failure, about 120 tourists were trapped in the car on the ropeway of Tianmen Mountain, and about 1200 tourists were stranded on the top of Tianmen Mountain. At 19:54 p.m., the power supply of the ropeway was restored, and all the stranded tourists went down the mountain safely. After a week of overhaul, the ropeway was restored to normal operation on April 26

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