Katsuragisan Ropeway

  • Weekdays: 32
  • Weekends and holidays: 40
Trip duration6 min.Fare
  • One-way: ¥740 (Minor: ¥370)
  • Round-trip: ¥1,250 (Minor: ¥630)
Technical featuresAerial lift typeAerial tramwayManufactured byKinki SharyoLine length1.421 km (0.9 mi)No. of cables3Installed power440 V AC

The Katsuragisan Ropeway (葛城山ロープウェイ, Katsuragisan rōpuwei), legally referred to as Katsuragi Ropeway Line (葛城索道線, Katsuragi sakudō sen), is an aerial tramway line in Gose, Nara, Japan. The line is the only aerial tramway line in Japan that is directly owned and operated by a major private railway company, the Kintetsu Railway. Opened in 1967, the line climbs Mount Yamato Katsuragi. Contactless smart cards PiTaPa or Surutto Kansai [ja] are not available on the line.

Basic data

  • System: Aerial tramway, 3 cables
  • Cable length: 1.4 kilometres (0.9 mi)
  • Vertical interval: 561 m (1,841 ft)
  • Maximum gradient: 30°48′
  • Operational speed: 5.0 m/s
  • Passenger capacity per a cabin: 51
  • Cabins: 2
  • Stations: 2
  • Time required for single ride: 5 minutes

See also

External links

  • Official website (in Japanese)
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 Kintetsu Railway
Routes
(Lines)
Railway
     Namba/Nara Line and its branch
     Kyoto/Kashihara Line and its branches
     Keihanna Line
(Line owned by another entity)
     Osaka Line and its branch
     Nagoya Line and its branches
     Yamada/Toba/Shima Line
     Minami Osaka/Yoshino Line and its branches
(Narrow-gauge lines)
     Cable car
(Funicular)
Ropeway
(Aerial tramway)
  • Katsuragisan Ropeway
Transferred and defunct lines
Transferred lines
Defunct lines
  • Higashi-Shigi Line [ja]
  • Ise Line [ja]
  • Ousa Line [ja]
  • Horyuji Line [ja]


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