The first cross-border cable car project on the border between Russia's Amur Region and China is nearing completion. The regional government announced that construction preparations for the line connecting Blagoveshchensk and the Chinese city of Heihe have reached 96%.
Governor Vasiliy Orlov stated that safety is the top priority in the project, saying, "All technical solutions undergo rigorous checks, and the supervisory authorities of both countries adopt common reliability standards. As a result, an extremely comfortable and secure cross-border cable car must be created for passengers."
Andrey Nadin, general director of the ARPI company carrying out the project, reported that all ten track ropes required for the cable car have been installed. Each weighing about 30 tons, these ropes will carry the 110-person capacity cabins at a height of 70 meters above the Amur River, unprecedented in Russia.
According to a government statement, all 20 compensation frames have also been placed; the joining of the haul ropes is expected to be completed by the end of July. While the facade and roofing works on the terminal building are almost complete, 78.8% of the interior utility networks and 81% of the interior finishing work has been done.
Governor Orlov emphasized that the completion of construction, testing, trial operation, and commissioning of the facility require synchronization of the approaches of Russia and China.
Earlier, the Amur Region government, with the participation of Chinese suppliers, Rostekhnadzor, and other agencies, drew up a plan at a meeting that envisions starting trial operation of the cable car in the final ten days of December 2026. It was noted that industrial operation would begin after the successful completion of tests and official procedures on the Russian and Chinese sides.
