Mountain route
Koyasan Cable Car
Gokurakubashi → Kōyasan · Japan
Nankai’s 1930 cable car hoists pilgrims up the final 328 m to UNESCO-listed Kōyasan, the mountaintop monastery town of Shingon Buddhism.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 17206154 — 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, a median 2 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Nankai Electric Railway — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Koyasan Cable Car?
The Koyasan Cable Car runs 800 m from Gokurakubashi to Kōyasan.
How long does the Koyasan Cable Car take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 5 min for the 800 m. That is an average of 10 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 11 km/h.
Who runs the Koyasan Cable Car?
Nankai Electric Railway, with N10/N20 series two-car sets (2019).
How old is the Koyasan Cable Car?
The line has been in service since 1930. 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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