Mountain route
Hakone Tozan Cable Car
Gōra → Sōunzan · Japan
Japan’s second-oldest funicular (1921) links Gōra with the Hakone Ropeway at Sōunzan — the cable-hauled leg of the classic Hakone circuit.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 10939673 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, on it to within a metre
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Odakyu Hakone — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Hakone Tozan Cable Car?
The Hakone Tozan Cable Car runs 1.2 km from Gōra to Sōunzan.
How long does the Hakone Tozan Cable Car take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 10 min for the 1.2 km. That is an average of 7 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Hakone Tozan Cable Car?
Odakyu Hakone, with two two-car trainsets, renewed 2020.
How old is the Hakone Tozan Cable Car?
The line has been in service since 1921. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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