Nagasaki Ropeway

Nagasaki Ropeway
Nagasaki Ropeway
Overview
Status	Operational
Character	Aerial tramway
Location	Mount Inasa, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan
No. of stations	2
Open	1958
Operation
Operator	Nagasaki City
Carrier capacity	41 Passengers per cabin, 2 cabins
Trip duration	5 min
Technical features
Line length	1,090 m (3,576 ft)
No. of cables	1 track cable and 2 haulage ropes
Cable diameter	Drive - 52mm Support - 22mm
Operating speed	5.0 m/s
Vertical Interval	298 m (978 ft)

The Nagasaki Ropeway (長崎ロープウェイ, Nagasaki Rōpuwei) is a Japanese aerial lift line, operated by Regional Creation Nagasaki Co., Ltd./Nagasaki Ropeway Business Consortium^[1] under contract to the City of Nagasaki. Opened in 1958, the line climbs Mount Inasa in Ohamamachi, to the west of the city of Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture.^[2] The current cabins entered service in 2011^[3] and were designed by Ken Okuyama Design.

Since January 31, 2020, Nagasaki Inasa Mountain Slope Car [ja] also traverses Mount Inasa,^[4] taking passengers from Chufuku Station, adjacent to Inasayama Park Parking Lot carpark and Inasayama Park bus stop (serviced by bus route 5 from JR Nagasaki Station), to Summit Station, adjacent to Nagasaki Ropeway Inasa Dake Station.

Stations

Lower Station: Fuchi Shrine Station (Fuchijinja Station). Adjacent to Fuchi Shrine.
- Address: 8-1 Fuchimachi, Nagasaki City, 852-8012 ( 32°45'29" N 129°51'35"E )
- From JR Nagasaki Station, take Nagasaki Bus Route 3 or 4 and alight at "Ropeway-mae" bus stop, then walk for 3 minutes
Upper Station: Inasadake Station. Adjacent to Nagasaki Inasa Mountain Slope Car [ja] "Summit Station" and 180 metres (590 ft) from Mt. Inasa Overlook observation deck.
- Address: 364-1 Inasa-cho, Nagasaki City, 852-8011 ( 32°45′15.2″ N 129°50′57.1″E )

Services

Travel time is 5 minutes. Services departs both stations at the same time. Extra trips may operate in times of high passenger volume. The adjacent slope car operates to the same frequencies with a journey time of 8 minutes.

As of November 2024^[update]^[5]:
09:00-18:00	every 20 minutes
18:00-22:00	every 15 minutes
22:00 departure is downhill passengers only

Basic data

Cable length: 1,090 m (3,576 ft)
Vertical interval: 298 m (978 ft)

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

^ "トップページ｜稲佐山公園WEB". www.inasayama.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 November 2024.
^ "Mount Inasa: One of Japan's Most Spectacular Night Views | Japan Cheapo". Retrieved 5 September 2023.
^ "Nagasaki Ropeway". 【公式】長崎観光/旅行ポータルサイトながさき旅ネット. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
^ "Nagasaki Inasayama Slope Car". 【公式】長崎観光/旅行ポータルサイトながさき旅ネット. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
^ "Fuchi Jinja (Nagasaki Ropeway) | Timetable". Japan Travel by NAVITIME. Retrieved 20 November 2024.