{{Short description|Aerial lift in Pahang, Malaysia}} {{Infobox aerial lift line | name = Genting SkyWay <br>云顶缆车 | image = Genting Highlands - Genting Skyway 0012.jpg | image_width = | caption = Cabin view from upper station. | lift_type = [[Aerial lift|Cable car]] | system = [[Gondola lift]] | status = Limited service | location = [[Genting Highlands]], [[Pahang]], [[Malaysia]] | start = [[Gohtong Jaya]], [[Selangor]] | end = [[Highlands Hotel]], [[Genting Highlands]] | no_stations = 2 | ridership = | open = {{Start date and age|df=y|1997|2|1}} (open to the public)<ref name="in just">{{cite news |title=Up Genting Highlands — in just 11 minutes |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19970223-1.2.29.1?qt=genting,%20skyway&q=genting%20skyway |access-date=23 October 2024 |work=The Straits Times |agency= Bernama, New Straits Times |date=23 February 1997}}</ref> <br> {{Start date and age|df=y|1997|2|21}} (official launch)<ref name="date"/> | close = | owner = | operator = | character = | stock = | line_length = {{convert|3380|m|abbr=on}} | tracklength = | notrack = | notes = | speed = 6 metres per second | vertical = | map = | carrier_cap = maximum of 8 adult passengers per cabin, more than 2,000 people per hour | trip_duration = 15 min }}
'''Genting''' '''SkyWay'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Genting SkyWay {{!}} Resorts World Genting |url=https://www.rwgenting.com/en/getting-here/cable-car/genting-gohtong-jaya-cable-car.html |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=www.rwgenting.com}}</ref> is a [[gondola lift]] connecting [[Gohtong Jaya]], [[Selangor]] and Resort Hotel in [[Genting Highlands]], [[Pahang]], [[Malaysia]]. Its lower station at Gohtong Jaya township, located approximately {{convert|51|km|mi}} northeast of Kuala Lumpur, comprises a 5-storey station building and a 10-storey car park<ref name="make"/> while its upper station is located at the [[Highlands Hotel]].<ref name="make">{{cite news |title=Genting's cable cars make debut |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19970202-1.2.29.6?qt=genting,%20skyway&q=genting%20skyway |access-date=23 October 2024 |work=The Straits Times |agency=Bernama |date=2 February 1997}}</ref> It was opened to the public on 1 February 1997 <ref name="in just"/> and officially opened by the fourth [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]], [[Mahathir Mohamad]] on 21 February 1997.<ref name="date">{{cite news |title=Skyway date |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19970221-1.2.35.7.2?qt=genting,%20skyway&q=genting%20skyway |access-date=23 October 2024 |work=The Straits Times |agency=New Straits Times |date=21 February 1997}}</ref>
Completed in January 1997 and costing RM 128 million to build,<ref name="make"/> the Genting SkyWay is one of the two aerial lines serving Genting Highlands and helps to ease the traffic congestion at Genting Highlands<ref name="make"/> especially during peak seasons.<ref name="to">{{cite news |title=Speedy rail and cable-car link from new KL airport to Genting |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19970309-1.2.30.8?qt=genting,%20skyway&q=genting%20skyway |access-date=23 October 2024 |work=The Straits Times |agency=Bernama |date=9 March 1997}}</ref> At launch, Genting SkyWay was the longest cable-car system in South East Asia<ref name="to"/> and also the most advanced and fastest monocable car system in the world, travelling up to {{Convert|21.6|km/h|m/s mph}}.<ref name="to"/>
Genting SkyWay can carry more than 2,000 people per hour<ref name="date"/> with 8 passengers per gondola.<ref name="in just"/> At the maximum speed of {{Convert|6|m/s}}, the {{convert|3.38|km|mi|adj=on}} journey up the mountain peak takes approximately 15 minutes, depending on the weather. The system was designed by [[Leitner Ropeways]].<ref name="to"/>
The 2 × {{Cvt|640|kW}} power of the main drive and the 54mm diameter solid cable wire is among the most powerful and strongest monocable gondola installation in the world.{{cn|date=August 2018}} The system, equipped with high-tech electronic equipment{{cn|date=August 2018}}, was built in accordance with stringent Swiss regulations<ref name="in just"/> and it has a double safety circuit free from all faults.<ref name="to"/>
The foundation used for the pylons is of the "Hang-dug Caisson" type. Each pylon is founded on four Caissons measuring 1.2 metres in diameter, socketed down to bedrock. The average depth of the [[Caisson (engineering)|Caisson]]s is about 40m (135 feet) and each group of four Caissons piles can take a vertical load of 4,000 tonnes against the maximum vertical load of 150 tonnes from the cable car system. The Caissons method is about the safest and strongest foundation in existence, designed specifically for hilly terrain. Each pylon is accessible via rescue tracks on the ground, whilst each gondola is equipped with radio communication equipment from the stations.
==History== During the double festive season in February 1997, about 40,000 to 50,000 passengers ride Genting SkyWay. <ref name="to"/>
The rides at Genting SkyWay were free until 31 March 1997, after which passengers paid RM 2 for a one-way trip.<ref name="in just"/>
A second phase of Genting SkyWay was planned in early 1997, linking the Gohtong Jaya station and the station in [[Batang Kali]]<ref name="to"/> with Kuala Lumpur's "mass-transit transportation system", the [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport]] in Sepang and [[West Port, Malaysia|West Port]] in [[Port Klang]].<ref name="in just"/>
In August 2016, Genting SkyWay served as the alternate route to the resort while the newer [[Awana Skyway]] was closed for maintenance.
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Genting_Highland_Malaysia_(13).JPG|Cabin view from lower station. File:Genting_Skyway_Valley.JPG|Cabin view from the upper station. File:Genting Highland Malaysia (10).JPG|Cabin view from lower station. File:Aerial tramway support.jpg|Top of the last pylon measuring 45 m File:Arrival_of_cable_Car_into_Genting_Resort.JPG|Arrival of cable car into Maxims Hotel.
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==See also== * [[Awana Skyway|Awana SkyWay]] * [[Langkawi Cable Car]] * [[Penang Hill cable car]]
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons}} * [http://www.leitner-lifts.com/attach/News%20en-Freigabe2.pdf Leitner News April 2007]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [http://www.arup.com.my/common/GentingSkywayandStations.PDF Genting Skyway technical summary]
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