Mountain route
Sakamoto Cable
Cable Sakamoto → Cable Enryakuji · Japan
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Japan’s longest funicular — 2,025 m up Mount Hiei to UNESCO-listed Enryaku-ji, with Lake Biwa views — running since 1927.
Stations
- 0 kmCable Sakamoto
- 0 kmHōraioka
- 2 kmMotate Yama
- 2 kmCable Enryakuji
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 8138136 — 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 3 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
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Sakamoto Cable?
The Sakamoto Cable runs 2.03 km from Cable Sakamoto to Cable Enryakuji.
How long does the Sakamoto Cable take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 11 min for the 2.03 km. That is an average of 11 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Sakamoto Cable?
Hieizan Railway, with European-styled cars ’En’ and ’Fuku’ (1993).
How old is the Sakamoto Cable?
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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