Gradually, the flow of cars and other vehicles on the roads becomes more intense and in large cities this creates a big problem, especially during rush hour. In order to solve the issue of unloading the roads in 2012, a cable car through the Volga in Nizhny Novgorod was commissioned - which was a real sensation.
This type of transport has become the longest in the whole of Europe, nowhere else to meet such a long air way over the surface of the river - as much as 861 meters, which can be overcome in some fifteen minutes.
Technical characteristics of the cable car in Nizhny Novgorod
A unique construction in its kind was built on French technology with the use of foreign specialists. Thanks to the high degree of protection, this ropeway is the safest way to get to the other side of the river for work or to make a Sunday walk with the family.
The height of the cable car in Nizhny Novgorod is very impressive - 82 meters above the ground in the highest place. In fact, this is not the case everywhere and there are swings - descents and ascents. But from the small gondola car from this angle an unusual view opens, especially at sunset.
The total length of the cable car in Nizhny Novgorod is 3,661 meters or almost three and a half kilometers. The trolley moves at a speed of about 22 km / h and is able to overcome the distance in just 15 minutes. But in order for the bridge over the Volga and for the numerous traffic jams on the roads to get from one end of Nizhny Novgorod to the suburb of God it will take at least one and a half hours and this is not the limit.
The pendant road above the Volga is equipped with 28 gondolas, each of which accommodates 8 people. Such a number of cabs can move at least 1000 people per hour in the forward and backward directions.
How to find a cable car in Nizhny Novgorod?
Residents of the city do not need a guide to understand how to get to the cable car. But tourists and guests of the city who come from far away to ride on this engineering invention will need a little help.
If you have to leave Nizhny Novgorod in the direction of Bohr, then you need to take a bus that departs either from Senna Square, or from the Autostation at Senna. To go follows to the Nizhny Novgorod Cathedral mosque.
Leaving the bus, you should go towards the river, focusing on the signs with the inscription "Cable car". So, soon you will be at the station, where you can buy a one-way ticket and go on an unforgettable trip across the sky.
Well, those who got ready to go from Bor to Nizhny Novgorod can easily get to the cable car station, because almost all the roads of a small settlement lead to it. But in order not to come there at an inopportune hour, one must know the mode of operation of the cable car in Nizhny Novgorod.
How does the cable car work?
So, the work of the stations starts at 6.45 every day, except on Sundays and public holidays. From Monday to Thursday, the station closes at 21.00, and on the remaining days it works an hour longer - until 22.00.
There is a break (technical) on the cable car which continues from 10.45 to 13.00 from Monday to Thursday, and the rest of the days work non-stop.
In 2015, one way ticket cost 80 rubles. In addition, you can buy a plastic card, designed for several trips a month, which is very convenient for people who use the cable car daily.
For students and certain categories of the population, there is a 50% discount on travel. Children up to the age of seven can ride in trailers for free.
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