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This passenger cable car is popularly known as “Ropeway” in Darjeeling and is about 3-4 kilometers north of Darjeeling town at North Point. Darjeeling-Rangit Valley Passenger Cable Car is India’s oldest passenger cable car and was built during the British era when it was the only means of transport between Darjeeling and Rangeet Valley.
The ropeway has kept up with the times and modernized. On a clear day, it offers magnificent views of the green lush tea gardens below. The ropeway starts at North Point and ends at Singla Bazaar on the banks where the Little Rangeet river meets the Great Rangeet river covering a distance of nearly 8 kilometers. It stops at Tukver, Burnesbeg and Singla tea estates and the journey takes approximately 45 minutes. There is no time limit for passengers on the Ropeway so do alight and visit the tea factories, souvenir shops or just walk around.
On 19 October 2003, four tourists were killed and 11 others injured when three carriages of the Darjeeling Rungeet Valley Ropeway slipped off the cables at North Point. Since then the safety measures have been ramped up considerably.
