Fuente Dé cable car

Fuente Dé cable car (in Spanish teleférico de Fuente Dé) is an aerial lift line of Cantabria (Spain).

Fuente Dé cable car
Teleférico de Fuente Dé
Overview
StatusOperational
LocationCamaleño, Spain
Open1966
Operation
OwnerCantur S.A.
OperatorCantur S.A.[1]
Carrier capacity20 Passengers per cabin, 2 cabins
Trip duration3 min 40
Technical features
Line length1.45 kilometres (0.9 mi)
Vertical Interval753 m (2,470 ft)

History

The idea of connecting a high-mountain area in the heart of Picos de Europa with Fuente Dé was firstly developed by José Antonio Odriozola, former president of the ''Federación Española de Montañism (Spanish Mountaineering Federation[2]), whose family was from comarca of Liébana. The line was designed by engineer José Calavera Ruiz and architect Ángel Hernández Morales. Its construction started in November 1962 and the opening ceremony was held on August 21, 1966.[3]

Features

The line covers a 753-metre (2,470 ft) vertical drop. Its bottom station is located at 1,090-metre (3,576 ft) and the upper one at 1,850-metre (6,070 ft). Cabins transport capacity is of 20 people and the trip, which does not have intermediate stops, lasts 3'40". The line has a single span and two independent sections with one cabin each, that can be operated separately. Cables length is 1,450-metre (4,757 ft) and the speed of cabins is usually 10-metre (33 ft)/s[4] Fuente Dé ropeway is the longest single-span aerial lift of Europe.[5]

  • Bottom station
  • An old-style cabin (2007)
  • Present-day cabin (2016)
  • Upper station

References
  1. Sociedad Regional Cántabra de Promoción Turística, public society of Government of Cantabria
  2. "José Antonio Odriozola Calvo". Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  3. Esteban, Blanca (2010-02-25). "Fuente Dé, un teleférico especial" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  4. "Teleférico de Fuente Dé" (in Spanish). CANTUR. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  5. Steves, Rick (2015). Rick Steves Spain 2016. Avalon Travel. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-28.

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