Keifuku Cable Line

The Eizan Cable (叡山ケーブル, Eizan Kēburu), officially the Cable Line (鋼索線, Kōsaku-sen), is a funicular line in Sakyō, Kyōto, Japan, operated by Keifuku Electric Railroad. The line opened in 1925, as a western route to Enryaku-ji, a famous temple on Mount Hiei. The line has 561 m (1,841 ft) vertical interval, the largest in the country.^[1]

Eizan Cable funicular

v t e Keifuku Electric Railroad
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Eizan Cable
km min Eiden Eizan Main Line Yase-Hieizanguchi 0.0 Cable Car Yase 0 1.3 Cable Car Hiei 9 Ropeway Hiei Eizan Ropeway
Eizan Ropeway
Eizan Cable Cable Car Hiei 0.0 Ropeway Hiei 0.5 Hiei Sanchō km

Basic data

• Distance: 1.3 km (0.81 mi)
• Gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
• Stations: 2
• Vertical interval: 561 m (1,841 ft)

See also

• List of funicular railways
• List of railway lines in Japan
• Sakamoto Cable – on the other side of the mountain