Gondola · La Paz, Bolivia
Teleférico Línea Roja: 16 de Julio ↔ Central
Teleférico Línea Roja: 16 de Julio ↔ Central is a gondola near La Paz, Bolivia. It climbs 408 m over 2.39 km, from 3,694 m to 4,102 m above sea level. Between its 19 pylons, the cable runs up to about 46 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
40/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Teleférico Línea Roja: 16 de Julio ↔ Central is scarier than 40% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 6 of 14 in Bolivia.
- Highest above the ground: about 46 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 2.02 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 310 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Teleférico Línea Roja: 16 de Julio ↔ Central is near La Paz, Bolivia, at 3,694 m above sea level (16.49150° S, 68.14477° W). From there it runs 2.39 km up to the top station at 4,102 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Empresa Estatal de Transporte por Cable Mi Teleférico
- Capacity
- 3,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 10 min
Nearby lines
- Teleférico Línea Plateada: 16 de Julio ↔ Ciudad Satélite gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 37 m
- Teleférico Línea Morada: 6 de Marzo ↔ Faro Murillo gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 22 m
- Teleférico Línea Naranja: Armentia ↔ Villarroel gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 4 m
- Línea Amarilla: Mirador-El Libertador gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 664 m
- Funicular funicular · 3.1 km away · rises 13 m
- Teleférico Línea Blanca: Villarroel ↔San Jorge gondola · 3.4 km away · rises 223 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.