Mountain route
Ikoma Cable Car
Toriimae → Ikoma-Sanjō · Japan
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Japan’s first cable railway (1918) still climbs Mount Ikoma as the country’s only double-track funicular, famed for its animal-faced cars.
Stations
- 0 kmTorii-mae
- 1 kmHōzanji
- 1 kmUmeyashiki
- 2 kmKasumigaoka
- 2 kmIkoma-Sanjō
The stations on this line, as Wikidata lists them, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 35 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Kintetsu Railway, 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 Ikoma Cable Car?
The Ikoma Cable Car runs 2 km from Toriimae to Ikoma-Sanjō.
How long does the Ikoma Cable Car take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 12 min for the 2 km. That is an average of 10 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 11 km/h.
Who runs the Ikoma Cable Car?
Kintetsu Railway, with Dog ’Bull’, cat ’Mike’ and cake-themed cars.
How old is the Ikoma Cable Car?
The line has been in service since 1918. 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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