The Hakone Komagatake Ropeway (箱根駒ヶ岳ロープウェー, Hakone Komagatake Rōpuwē), officially the Komagatake Ropeway Line (駒ヶ岳索道線, Komagatake Sakudō-sen), is a Japanese aerial lift line in Hakone, Kanagawa, operated by Izu Hakone Railway. The line, opened in 1963, climbs Mount Koma (駒ヶ岳) from the Lake Ashi lakeside.
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From 1957 to 2005, Izu Hakone Railway also operated Hakone Komagatake Funicular (駒ヶ岳鋼索線) which climbed Komagatake from east side.
Basic data
edit- System: Aerial tramway, 2 track cables and 2 haulage ropes
- Cable length: 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi)
- Vertical interval: 590 m (1,936 ft)
- Maximum gradient: 30°15′
- Operational speed: 5 m/s
- Passenger capacity per a cabin: 101
- Cabins: 2
- Time required for single ride: 7 minutes
Gallery
editSee also
editExternal links
edit- Media related to Hakone Komagatake Ropeway at Wikimedia Commons
- Hakone Komagatake Ropeway official website(in Japanese)
35°13′10″N 139°1′6.2″E / 35.21944°N 139.018389°E