The , officially the , is a Japanese funicular

Funicular

A funicular, also known as an inclined plane or cliff railway, is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope; the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalance each other.-Operation:The basic principle of funicular...

 line in Isehara, Kanagawa

Isehara, Kanagawa

is a city located in central Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, Isehara had an estimated population of 100,976 and a density of 1,820 persons per km². The total area was 55.52 km². There is School of Medicine, Tokai University.-Geography:...

. This is the only line operates. The company belongs to Odakyū Group

Odakyu Group

The is a holding company based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The group originated as a rail transport operator, centered around Odakyū Electric Railway, but now also has operations in real estate, finance , fiber optic networking, personal storage, travel sales, and bus service. It comprises 106...

. The line opened in 1931, as a route to Ōyama Afuri Shrine on Mount Ōyama. The line is now also used for hiking.

Basic data

• Distance: 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
• Gauge
  Rail gauge
  Track gauge or rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the heads of the two load bearing rails that make up a single railway line. Sixty percent of the world's railways use a standard gauge of . Wider gauges are called broad gauge; smaller gauges, narrow gauge. Break-of-gauge refers...
  
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• Stations: 3
• Vertical interval: 278 m / 912 ft.

Stations

The line has three stations. From the foot of the hill:

• Ōyama Cable Station (大山ケーブル駅)
• Ōyamadera Station (大山寺駅)
• Afurijinja Station (阿夫利神社駅)

All the stations were renamed on October 1, 2008. Their former names were Oiwake Station (追分駅), Fudōmae Station (不動前駅) and Shimosha Station (下社駅) respectively.

See also

• List of funicular railways
• List of railway companies in Japan
• List of railway lines in Japan