Cable car · Palani, India
Cable car near Palani
Cable car near Palani is a cable car near Palani, India. It climbs 117 m over 289 m, from 321 m to 437 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 54 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
54/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Cable car near Palani is scarier than 54% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 14 of 42 in India.
- Highest above the ground: about 54 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 137 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 289 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 61 m of the 289 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Cable car near Palani is near Palani, India, at 321 m above sea level (10.43655° N, 77.52338° E). From there it runs 289 m up to the top station at 437 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 350 people per hour
- Ride time
- about 3 min
Nearby lines
- Funicular near Palani funicular · 0.5 km away · rises 124 m
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.