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aerial lift An aerial lift, also known as a cable car or ropeway, is a means of cable transport in which ''cabins'', ''cars'', ''Gondola lift, gondolas'', or Chairlift, open chairs are hauled above the ground by means of one or more Wire rope, cables. Aeria ...
line in
Kōbe Kobe ( ; , ), officially , is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population of around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in the Kansai re ...
, Hyōgo, Japan,operated by
Kōbe City Urban Development is a private corporation that specialises in facility management services including shopping centers, office and station buildings, public facilities and sports & recreation venues, as well as marine access and ropeway & cable car operations. Hi ...
. Opened in 1970, the line links
Mount Rokkō is the name of a range of mountains in southeastern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Outline There is no single mountain or peak called "Rokkō," although the highest peak of the mountains is called , (literally, ''the highest peak of the Rokkō ...
and
Arima Onsen is an onsen, or hot springs in Kita-ku, Kobe, Japan, located near Mount Rokkō. This onsen attracts many Japanese because of its easy access from the busy cities in the Kansai metropolitan area including Osaka and Kobe. Arima Onsen was named ...
hot spring A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a Spring (hydrology), spring produced by the emergence of Geothermal activity, geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow ...
. The aerial lift consisted of two lines, and . The latter, however, is currently out of service, because users shifted to cars and buses.


Basic data

''This is the data of Ura-Rokkō Line.'' *System:
Aerial tramway An aerial tramway, aerial tram, sky tram, cable car or aerial cablecar, aerial cableway, ropeway, téléphérique (French), or Seilbahn (German) is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary cables for support, with a third movin ...
, one track rope, two haulage ropes *Cable length: *Longest span: *Spans: 7 *Vertical interval: *Passenger capacity per a cabin: 61 *Cabins: 2 *Main engine: 200 k W DC motor *Operational speed: 5 m/s *Time required for single ride: 12 minutes


See also

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Maya Ropeway The is an aerial lift line in Kōbe, Hyōgo, Japan, operated by Kōbe City Urban Development. Together with Maya Cablecar, the line has an official nickname . Opened in 1955, the line climbs Mount Maya, with a scenic view of the city known as K ...
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Shin-Kōbe Ropeway The is an aerial lift line in Kōbe, Hyōgo, Japan, operated by Kōbe City Urban Development. It has an official nickname . Opened in 1991, the line links Shin-Kōbe Station and Nunobiki Herb Garden. Its scenic view is popular among tourists. ...
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Maya Cablecar The Maya Cablecar, officially the is a funicular line in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan, operated by the public company Kobe Future City Corporation. The line opened in 1925, originally as a route to Tōri Tenjō-ji temple on Mount Maya. Now the line is ...
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Rokkō Cable Line The is a funicular line on Mount Rokkō in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. It is the only railway line operates, while it also operates bus lines. The line opened in 1932. The line's two stations differ in elevation by . See also *List of funicular ...
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List of aerial lifts in Japan The list of aerial lifts in Japan lists aerial lifts in the nation. In Japan, aerial lift, or , includes means of transport such as aerial tramway, funitel, gondola lift, funifor, as well as chairlift. All of them are legally considered as a sort ...


References


External links


Rokkō Arima Ropeway official website

Kōbe City Urban Development official website
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