Kurobe cable car — Local services in Tateyama

Not really a hanging cable car, but running on rails. It seems rather powerful to pull two fully loaded cars up such a steep incline ( HK). As it leaves almost every half hourly, It fitted quite a large queue of people with some standing as all the seats were taken up (standing is allowed as it is very stable on rails) There is no scenery as it is all inside a tunnel at 1455m high, much like Disneyland / underground mine ride. The incline can be up to 30deg so its so steep that the 'walkway' inside the cars are high steps, so not so suitable for wheelchairs :P There's are toilets, cafe and dining at Kurobedaira station to enjoy...

The 1.3km journey between Tateyama Station and Bijodaira takes seven minutes, with an elevation difference of approximately 500m, and the dynamic scenery of the transition from lowland forest to mountain forest unfolds before your eyes. Two cable cars use a bucket system to go up and down the slope, which has an average gradient of 24 degrees. Along the way, there are places where you can see columnar joints, where rocks form...

短短五分鐘的地纜路程，爬升非常快，中間有一處地方可以會車。

日本立山黑部阿爾卑斯山脈路線中往返黑部平與黑部湖（黑部水壩）的一條纜索鐵路，由立山黑部貫光公司經營。該線也是立山高架索道和關電隧道無軌電車之間的連絡交通手段，正式名稱為「立山黑部貫光鋼索線」，惟與同公司的立山登山纜車正式名稱相同，故一般甚少使用該名稱。此外，為保護自然景觀及防止雪崩，登山纜車全路段採用地下化。

1964年，來往扇澤和黑部湖之間的關西隧道電氣巴士開駛，距離全線通車的目標僅剩室堂到黑部湖這段路。在最初的規劃中，將室堂至黑部湖這段路規劃成汽車道路，還歷時4年進行了包括氣象觀測及測量在內的研究。但由於山勢陡峭施工難度高、施工成本龐大，以及保護自然和環境措施等諸多問題窒礙難行，最終才敲定以隧道無軌電車、高空纜車、登山纜車三種交通工具來銜接。

為了保護自然並防止雪災，整條黑部登山纜車的路線均採地下隧道，挖掘工作於1966年3月開工。由於施工現場是斷崖絕壁，故所需的材料及設備均透過空中纜車（索道）及大型直升機運送過來。黑部平車站竣工後，便設置了捲揚機，並於1969年7月舉行了黑部登山纜車的通車儀式。（摘自維基...