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Gondola · Xiwanzi, China

4 - Time Warp Express

4 - Time Warp Express is a gondola near Xiwanzi, China. It climbs 498 m over 1.98 km, from 1,654 m to 2,152 m above sea level. Between its 15 pylons, the cable runs up to about 43 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

25/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, 4 - Time Warp Express is scarier than 25% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 258 of 374 in China.

  • Highest above the ground: about 43 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 368 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 221 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 4 - Time Warp Express is near Xiwanzi, China, at 1,654 m above sea level (40.89028° N, 115.44387° E). From there it runs 1.98 km up to the top station at 2,152 m.

Per cabin
8 people

Nearby lines

Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.