Mountain route
Mount Takao Cable Car
Kiyotaki → Takaosan · Japan
Japan’s steepest railway — a 608 permil grade near the top — lifting hikers up Michelin three-star Mount Takao since 1927.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 10939594 — 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 1 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: the railway’s own site — 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 Mount Takao Cable Car?
The Mount Takao Cable Car runs 1.02 km from Kiyotaki to Takaosan.
How long does the Mount Takao Cable Car take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 6 min for the 1.02 km. That is an average of 10 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Mount Takao Cable Car?
Takao Tozan Electric Railway, with counterbalanced cars ’Aoba’ and ’Momiji’.
How old is the Mount Takao Cable Car?
The line has been in service since 1927. 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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