Kurama-dera Cable
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Basic data
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- Stations: 2
- Track: Single track
Overview
The funicular line serves for the visitors to Kurama-dera temple built in 770. As the temple resides in the heart of the Mount Kurama, it takes roughly 30 minutes on foot from the Script error: No such module "Nihongo". while the funicular line links the same route in just 2 minutes. The temple, however, recommends its visitors not to use the funicular, but to walk on foot if possible to feel stronger impressions.
As a legally recognized Japanese railway line, this is the only one operated by a Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., as well as the only one that is nominally free of charge. This is also the shortest line in the country, if considered as a railway. The line has only single car, counterbalanced by a weight. The line opened on January 1, 1957, as an ordinary iron-wheeled funicular with two cars, Template:RailGauge gauge, later changed in 1996 as the current rubber-tired system with Template:RailGauge gauge.
History
In March 2006 the car was nicknamed Ushiwaka-gō III, after Minamoto no Yoshitsune (called Ushiwakamaru in his childhood), who received training in the temple.
The car in use as of in May 2018 was named "Ushiwaka IV".
As of March 2015, the fare to ride is 200 yen ($1.50 USD)
Stations
- Sanmon Station (山門): Transfer to Kurama, Eizan Electric Railway Kurama Line (5 minutes walk).
- Tahōtō Station (多宝塔)
See also
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