Myoken Cable

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The Myōken Cable (妙見ケーブル, Myōken Kēburu^?), officially the Cable Line (鋼索線, Kōsaku-sen^?), is Japanese funicular line in Kawanishi, Hyōgo, operated by Nose Electric Railway. The line climbs Mount Myōken (妙見山, Mount Myōken^?). The line was opened by Myōken Cable Railway (妙見鋼索鉄道, Myōken Kōsaku Tetsudō^?) in 1925, comprised of Kabu Line and Jōbu Line. Both of them were abandoned in 1944. Kabu Line reopened in 1960 as Myōken Cable, while Jōbu Line became a chairlift.

Contents 1 Basic data 2 Stations 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Basic data

• Distance: 0.6 kilometres (0.4 mi)
• Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) (Standard gauge, in contrast to the narrow gauge of most Japanese railways including funiculars.)
• Stations: 2
• Vertical interval: 229 m (751 ft)

[edit] Stations

Station	Connection	Location
Myōken Cable
Kurokawa 黒川	Myōken Line via walk	Kawanishi	Hyōgo Prefecture
Cable Sanjō ケーブル山上	Myōken Lift via walk
Myōken Lift
Myōken-no-mizu Hiroba-mae 妙見の水広場前	Myōken Cable via walk	Kawanishi	Hyōgo Prefecture
Myōkensan 妙見山

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) Noseden official website