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- Assam Government plans to build a gondola to help transport pilgrims and tourists up to the Maa Kamakhya Temple in Assam, India. The proposed monocable detachable gondola (MDG) system would take 7 minutes to travel 1.8 kilometers from the Kamakyha Corridor to Kamakyha Railway Station. The system would carry 1000 passengers per hour per direction (pphpd) and is anticipated to reduce travel time by 55 to 60 percent for passengers arriving via railway.
- Argentière Cable Car’s iconic tower crumples to make way for new gondola in Chamonix, France. The original system was built in 1963 and went up over 6000 vertical feet to the top of the Grand Montets. In 2018, the historical system’s mid-station was closed due to a fire and has remained closed ever since. Plans were then made to replace the system with a tricable detachable system (3S) by Doppelmayr. With construction underway, a video of the iconic tower, P4, being taken down was released, to which skiers responded with comments paying tribute to the system.
- Power outage strands hundreds of people at the top terminal of Banff Gondola. A lightning storm caused a power outage throughout Banff and Canmore which caused hundreds of people to remain stuck at the top terminal. Passengers were also marooned in gondolas on their journey back down the mountain until being safely off-loaded with back-up power. While some people hiked the 5.5-kilometer trail back down to the parking lot, others chose to remain at the top terminal until they were able to be transported down by Alpine helicopters.
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