Teleferic at Monte Parnes, Athens
توسط Nikos Giannakopoulos
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It operates since 1972 and was upgraded in 2006 in order to use the most modern technologies. After the upgrade it has the capacity to carry two thousand passengers per hour with a maximum speed of six meters per second and works with wind speed up to one hundred and twenty kilometers per hour. The distance covered is almost one thousand six hundred meters with an average slope twenty degrees. The wagons have a capacity of twenty people, and there are VIP wagons with smaller capacity. The view from the wagons is great as it is the best way to see Attica from above.
Source: http://www.τακαζινο.gr
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