SkyOrb cabins mark another world first for Singapore Cable Car

Chrome-finished spherical cable car cabins, customised for Singapore Cable Car (SCC), will take passengers between Mount Faber and Sentosa Island from March 20.

- Chin Soo Fang

These futuristic "balls" with glass-bottomed floors, called SkyOrb cabins, mark yet another world first for the company as it celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2024.

In 1998, it was the first in the world to launch sky dining in a cable car. The following year, to commemorate its 25th anniversary, it introduced the world's first glass bottomed cable car cabins, which offered clear views of the harbour and seascape south of Singapore.

The seven new SkyOrb cabins will join the existing fleet of 67 on the Mount Faber Line connecting Mount Faber and Sentosa Island.

They will light up the night sky with the ring of lights around the cabin windows that change colours for different occasions.

Double window louvres at the front and triple window louvres at the rear of the SkyOrb provide enhanced air ventilation. Measuring 2.5m tall and 2.3m wide, each cabin can seat up to six guests.

The SkyOrb is SCC's fifth generation of cable cars since the attracttion was launched in 1974.

It costs an additional $15 per person to ride one way in the SkyOrb on weekdays, and an additional $20 per person on weekends and public holidays. A round-trip Cable Car Sky Pass, inclusive of the Mount Faber Line and Sentosa Line, currently costs $35 for adults and $25 for children on all days.

The SkyOrb cabins will not ply the Sentosa Line, which takes riders only across the island, from Imbiah Lookout station to Siloso Point station.