Hangursbanen
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Hangursbanen is a gondol cable car in Voss
, Norway
. It is 1126 metres long and has a top altitude of 660 above sea level. It is owned and run by Voss Resort AS, a local ski resort in Voss.
The cable car goes from ca 500 metres from the train station at Voss, up to the Hangursrestaurant, which is in the same building as the cable car top station.
The cable car runs in winter, in the skiing season and in summertime.
There are two gondolas on the lines, the Dinglo (red) and the Danglo (blue), which goes on each own side, but on the same cable. When one is at top, the other one is at the bottom. The names come from the swaying from side to side which is "dingling" in Norwegian slang.
Hangursbanen can go 8 M/S when going for full power.
Voss
is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Voss. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen....
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is 1126 metres long and has a top altitude of 660 above sea level. It is owned and run by Voss Resort AS, a local ski resort in Voss.
The cable car goes from ca 500 metres from the train station at Voss, up to the Hangursrestaurant, which is in the same building as the cable car top station.
The cable car runs in winter, in the skiing season and in summertime.
There are two gondolas on the lines, the Dinglo (red) and the Danglo (blue), which goes on each own side, but on the same cable. When one is at top, the other one is at the bottom. The names come from the swaying from side to side which is "dingling" in Norwegian slang.
Hangursbanen can go 8 M/S when going for full power.