Mountain route
Wellington Cable Car
Lambton Quay → Kelburn · New Zealand
Wellington’s red icon since 1902, climbing 120 m from Lambton Quay to the Kelburn lookout. Rebuilt as a true funicular in 1979.
- Distance
- 0.61 km
- Fastest time
- 5 min
- Average speed
- 7 km/h
- Top speed
- 18 km/h
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Stations
- 0 kmLambton Quay
- 0 kmTalavera
- 1 kmKelburn
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 7422278: 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
- Checked against the running timetable via Metlink Wellington: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the Cable Car (Kelburn–Wellington) to Kelburn–Cable Car Station
- 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 Wellington Cable Car?
The Wellington Cable Car runs 610 m from Lambton Quay to Kelburn.
How long does the Wellington Cable Car take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 5 min for the 610 m. That is an average of 7 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 18 km/h.
Who runs the Wellington Cable Car?
Wellington Cable Car Ltd, with two 100-passenger Swiss Habegger cars (1979).
How old is the Wellington Cable Car?
The line has been in service since 1902. 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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