Ikoma Cable Line

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Ikoma Cable Line (Ikoma Cable)
Motorable level crossing at the passing loop of Hōzanji Line
Overview
Native name	生駒鋼索線 (生駒ケーブル)
Owner	Kintetsu Railway
Line number	Y
Locale	Ikoma, Nara, Japan
Termini	Toriimae Ikomasanjo
Stations	5
Color on map	(#B1865B)
Service
Type	Cable railway
System	Kintetsu Railway
Operator(s)	Kintetsu Railway
History
Opened	August 29, 1918; 106 years ago (1918-08-29)
Technical
Line length	2 km (1.2 mi)
Number of tracks	4
Character	Cable railway
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	200 V DC
Operating speed	10.8 km/h (6.7 mph)
Maximum incline	Hōzanji Line: 22.7% Sanjō Line: 33.3%
Route map Legend Hōzanji Line km Ikoma Ikoma, Keihanna and Nara lines 0.0 Toriimae Toriimae Crossing 1 Toriimae Crossing 2 Toriimae Crossing 3 0.9 Hōzanji Sanjō Line 0.9 Hōzanji Hozanji Crossing 1.2 Umeyashiki 1.6 Kasumigaoka Kasumigaoka Crossing 2.0 Ikoma-Sanjō km

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.