Ikoma Cable Line

Ikoma Cable Line (Ikoma Cable)
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Motorable level crossing at the passing loop of Hōzanji Line
Overview
Native name	生駒鋼索線 (生駒ケーブル)
Type	Cable railway
System	Kintetsu Railway
Locale	Ikoma, Nara, Japan
Termini	Toriimae Ikomasanjo
Stations	5
Line number	Y
Operation
Opened	August 29, 1918; 98 years ago (1918-08-29)
Owner	Kintetsu Railway
Operator(s)	Kintetsu Railway
Character	Cable railway
Technical
Line length	2 km (1.2 mi)
Number of tracks	4
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	200 V DC
Operating speed	10.8 km/h (6.7 mph)

Ikoma Cable Line
Ikoma Keihanna Line Nara Line Ikoma Line 0.0 Toriimae Toriimae Crossing 1 Toriimae Crossing 2 Toriimae Crossing 3 Hōzanji Line 0.9 Hōzanji Sanjō Line Hozanji Crossing 1.2 Umeyashiki 1.6 Kasumigaoka Kasumigaoka Crossing 2.0 Ikoma-Sanjō

The Ikoma Cable Line (生駒鋼索線, Ikoma kōsaku sen^?), referred to as Ikoma Cable (生駒ケーブル, Ikoma kēburu^?), is a cable railway line owned and operated by the Kintetsu Railway, a Japanese major private railway. The line connects Toriimae to Ikomasanjo, all of which are within Ikoma, Nara, Japan.

The Ikoma Cable Line is actually made up of two different lines; Hōzanji Line (宝山寺線, Hōzanji-sen^?) between Toriimae and Hōzanji, Sanjō Line (山上線, Sanjō-sen^?) between Hōzanji and Ikoma-Sanjō. The Hōzanji Line is the oldest commercially operated funicular in Japan, opened in 1918. It runs to Hōzan-ji, a Shingon Buddhist temple. Sanjō Line climbs up Mount Ikoma, reaching Ikoma Sanjo Amusement Park.