Darjeeling-Rangeet Valley Passenger Ropeway:
The Darjeeling Ropeway connects Darjeeling with Bijanbari, down in the little Rangeet Valley . A monocable type, with one rope acting both as tractor and carrier, the ropeway travels at a speed of 6.5 km an hour. The 4,620 ft span is the biggest and a record for India . From an elevation of 7,000 ft in Darjeeling 's North Point, a bicable passenger ropeway, carrying 6 pax. at a time, in a boxed car, decends to 800 ft. at Singla.
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