Tsukuba funicular
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 Miyawaki valley station
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| Route length: | 1.634 km | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1067 mm ( cape track ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 358 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height difference: | 495 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Society: | Tsukuba Kankō Tetsudō | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The funicular Tsukuba ( Japanese. 筑波 山 ケ ー ブ ル カ ー , Tsukubasan Kēburukā ; English Tsukuba Cable Car ) is a funicular in Japan . It is located in the area of the city of Tsukuba in the prefecture of Ibaraki and opens up the mountain Tsukuba . It is operated by Tsukuba Kankō Tetsudō , a subsidiary of Keisei Dentetsu .
description
The Miyawaki valley station ( 宮 Tal ) is located near the northern city limits behind the Tsukubasan-jinja , a Shinto shrine over a thousand years old . From there, the single-track leads kapspurige route using a straight line and in the second half of the course in a curve of approximately 90 ° up to Tsukuba-Sancho ( 筑波山頂 ). After passing through the turnout in the mid-span, which has a Abtsche switch has, the route passes through a tunnel in a short gabbro -Felsformation. The mountain station is a little east of Nantai-san, the western summit of Tsukuba.
The funicular overcomes a height difference of 490 m over a length of 1.634 km, with a maximum gradient of 358 ‰. In order not to impair the sensitive measurements of the neighboring geomagnetic station of the Japan Meteorological Agency , the power is not supplied via an overhead line. Instead, both cars (capacity: 106 people each) have a battery motor . The train runs every 20 minutes between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., with a journey taking eight minutes. From the train station Tsukuba from the base station of a bus can be reached. A 15-minute walk from the mountain station leads to the Tsukuba cable car .
history
The Tsukuba Tozan Tetsudō ( 筑波 登山 鉄 道 , German "Tsukuba mountain railway"), founded in April 1923, began operations on October 12, 1925 after two years of construction. To support rationing measures during World War II , the government classified the funicular as “non-urgent” and on February 11, 1944, ordered its closure. The rails were dismantled and the steel obtained from them went into the war economy . In August 1952, the company again received an operating license and operations could be resumed on November 3, 1954 after a ten-year break. On October 1, 1999, the Tsukuba Tozan Tetsudō merged with the operator of the neighboring cable car and changed its name to Tsukuba Kankō Tetsudō .
literature
- け い て つ 協會 . JTB Publishing, Tokyo 1997, ISBN 4-533-02660-5 .
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
Coordinates: 36 ° 13 ′ 13.8 ″ N , 140 ° 6 ′ 16.4 ″ E