Mount Tsukuba Ropeway

Mount Tsukuba Ropeway

Overview
Status	Operational
Character	Aerial tramway, 2 track cables and 2 haulage ropes
Location	Mount Tsukuba, Japan
No. of stations	2
Open	1965
Operation
Operator	Keisei Electric Railway
Carrier capacity	70 Passengers per cabin, 2 cabins
Trip duration	6 min
Technical features
Line length	1.3 kilometres (0.8 mi)
Vertical Interval	298 m (978 ft)

(video) Moving down on Tsukuba Ropeway.

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The Mount Tsukuba Ropeway (筑波山ロープウェイ, Tsukubasan Rōpuwei) is Japanese aerial lift line in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, operated by Tsukuba Kankō Railway (筑波観光鉄道, Tsukuba Kankō Tetsudō, "Tsukuba Sightseeing Railway"). The line, opened in 1965, climbs Mount Tsukuba. The company belongs to Keisei Group.

Basic data

Distance: 1.3 kilometres (0.8 mi)
Vertical interval: 298 m (978 ft)

The ropeway tram passes 2 steel towers on the way to the final destination.

External links

(in Japanese) Tsukuba Kankō Railway official website

v t e Keisei Group
Keisei lines	Chiba Chihara Higashi-Narita Kanamachi Main Narita Airport (Narita Sky Access) Oshiage
Related lines	Toei Asakusa Line Hokusō Jōsō Kashima (closed) Kominato Mt. Tsukuba Cable Car Mt. Tsukuba Ropeway Nokogiriyama Ropeway Ryūgasaki Shibayama Shin-Keisei Tōyō Rapid
Major stations	Keisei Ueno Nippori Aoto Keisei Funabashi Keisei Narita Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Narita Airport Terminal 1 Oshiage Keisei Chiba
Related companies	Chiba New Town Railway Hokusō Railway Kantō Railway Kashima Railway (defunct) Kominato Railway Maihama Resort Line Shibayama Railway Shin-Keisei Electric Railway Tōyō Rapid Railway Tsukuba Kankō Railway