First funicular launched on Vietnam’s tourist mountain near Danang

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Written by Linda Hohnholz

DANANG, Vietnam – Vietnam’s first inclined tramway has opened on Ba Na Mountain, some 46 kilometers southwest of the central city of Danang.

DANANG, Vietnam – Vietnam’s first inclined tramway has opened on Ba Na Mountain, some 46 kilometers southwest of the central city of Danang.

The funnicular carries passengers up a 400 meter track, at five meters per second, past destinations like Linh Ung Pagoda, Le Jardin Garden and a complex of old French villas, news website VnExpress reported.

The trams can transport as many as 1,600 passengers per hour to the peak of the 1,489-meter mountain.

French colonialists built a resort on Ba Na in 1901 for high-ranking civil servants and military officials. The resort, which consisted of more than 200 French-style villas, hotels, markets, an opera house, and stadium, was destroyed during war.

A resort known as Ba Na Hills is now located on the mountain’s peak and can now be accessed by the cable car system.

WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARTICLE:

  • A resort known as Ba Na Hills is now located on the mountain's peak and can now be accessed by the cable car system.
  • The funnicular carries passengers up a 400 meter track, at five meters per second, past destinations like Linh Ung Pagoda, Le Jardin Garden and a complex of old French villas, news website VnExpress reported.
  • The trams can transport as many as 1,600 passengers per hour to the peak of the 1,489-meter mountain.

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Linda Hohnholz

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