Cable Sakamoto Station (ケーブル坂本駅, Kēburu-Sakamoto-eki) is a funicular railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Hieizan Railway.[1]
Cable Sakamoto Station ケーブル坂本駅 | |
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![]() Cable Sakamoto Station, September 2019 | |
General information | |
Location | Sakamotohonmachi, Ōtsu-shi, Shiga-ken 520-0116 Japan |
Coordinates | 35.069660°N 135.863953°E / 35.069660; 135.863953 |
Operated by | Hieizan Railway] |
Line(s) | Sakamoto Cable |
Distance | 2.0 km from Cable Enryakuji |
Platforms | 1 bay platform |
History | |
Opened | March 15, 1927 |
Previous names | Sakamoto (to 1974) |
Location | |
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Cable Sakamoto Station is the lower terminus of the Sakamoto Cable, and is 2.0 kilometers from the upper terminus of the line at Cable Enryakuji. It is the longest cable-car route in Japan at 2,025 meters.[2]
The station consists of a single bay platform, and when it is crowded, the doors on both sides of the train may be opened to drop passengers. The track has a slope of 160 ‰, but the platform is not a slope but a gentle staircase.The station building was built in 1925 and is a two-story Western-style structure with a ticket office, a waiting room, and a crew waiting room on the first floor and offices on the second floor. The station building received protection by the national government as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2017.[3]
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Terminus | - | Hōraioka |
Cable Sakamoto Station was opened on March 15, 1927 as Sakamoto-eki (坂本駅).[4] Operation were suspended from March 19, 1945 to Augusts 7, 1946. The station was renamed January 15, 1974.
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