Slope car

A is a small automated monorail, or a fusion between monorail, people mover, inclined elevator and rack railway. It is a brand name of . Since this mode of transportation is relatively uncommon, it lacks a widely accepted generic name, other than the simple "monorail". The system is different from normal modern monorails in many ways. It is a development from industrial monorails used in 1960s orchards. Slope cars are installed in more than 80 places in Japan and South Korea.Delivery results search at Kaho Manufacturing's official website yields more than 80 cases (slope cars only).

Overview

The system is introduced generally when there are steep slopes or stairs between entrance gates and buildings. Slope cars generally function as amenities that provide accessibilities for elderly or handicapped people visiting particular places, such as parks, golf courses, or hotels. As most lines move fairly slowly, people without disabilities often find it faster to walk the same routes on foot, rather than to use slope cars. However, there are also places where slope cars climb very steep slopes which people without disabilities can not climb unless there are stairs. In Japan, slope cars are not legally considered as railways.

System There is a type that is long, having a 4 to 8 passengers capacity, and another type that is long, having around 30 passengers capacity. Some slope cars are "trainsets" consisting of two cars. Most slope cars are straddle-beam monorails, but there are suspended monorail slope cars as well. Normal monorails generally use rubber tyres running on a concrete beam, while slope cars use a steel beam with a rack rail on one side. As such, slope cars can climb 100% (45°) slopes at maximum speed. The system is powered by a "third rail" on the other side of the beam.

The system does not require a driver. A car starts when a user pushes a button, and it automatically stops at the selected destination.

History

In 1966, Yoneyama Industory, an agricultural machinery maker in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, invented , a freight-only rack monorail system. It soon became widespread in mikan citrus orchards in the prefecture, and in other parts of Japan. Other makers also started to build similar systems. Later in 1990, a company called Chigusa developed a passenger rack monorail system. These rack monorails were first used to transport workers in construction sites or forests. However, from 1990s, public facilities such as parks also started to use the system. started to sell their "slope cars" in 1990.

Similar systems were designed for vineyards in Switzerland and Germany in the 1960s. These were also transporting workers from the start. The brand name Monorack is used here for the Garaventa Monorackbahn since 1976. The main difference is the type of rail being used - the Japanese systems use and the European systems use square tubing. The cooperation between Nikkari in Japan and Habegger in Switzerland started in 1975, so the Monorack tractors are mostly identical.Note: Nikkari adopted the name in 1973 while Habegger was sold to Van Roll in 1981. Graventa bought the rope business from Van Roll in 1996 including the Monorack systems.

Other names As "slope car" is the brand name of Kaho Manufacturing, similar, if not the same, concepts are called differently by different manufacturers.

Ansaku makes . Chigusa makes . Monorail Industry makes . Senyō Kōgyō makes . EMTC of Korea makes the Mountain Type (which has two rails) and the monorail Inclined Type and Locomotive Type Doppelmayr Garaventa makes the Monorack for agricultural use. They say they have installed 650 systems worldwide.

Slope cars are similar in some ways to personal rapid transit systems in that they offer on-demand service for individuals or small numbers of passengers.

List of slope cars

Japan Facility, line name Function Diagonal line length (m) Diagonal line length (ft) Speed (km/h) Speed (mph) Maximum gradient Passenger capacity Opening year Location Aburagi Dam Dam 2.1 1.3 45° 6 2002 Soeda, Fukuoka Aburayama Golf Course Golf course 2.1 1.3 21° 4 2004 Fukuoka, Fukuoka Akagi Kōgen Highland Pasture Kronenberg Zorbing 4.8 3.0 11° 2003 Shibukawa, Gunma Ashikita Kaihin Sōgō Park Zorbing 4.8 3.0 15° 2003 Ashikita, Kumamoto Amanohashidate Viewland Park 3.3 2.0 25° 40 Miyazu Bay, Kyoto Ashikita Kaihin Sōgō Park Zorbing 5.1 3.2 11°40′ 2005 Ashikita, Kumamoto Bay Hill View Chayagadai Diagonal elevator 1.8 1.1 24° 4 1999 Ōita, Ōita Bukkō-ji Temple Accessibility 1.8 1.1 29 6 2005 Kyōto, Kyōto Bukkoku-ji Temple Accessibility 2.4 1.5 15° 4 2004 Sendai, Miyagi Cactus Herb Park Park 4.8 3.0 19°30′ 30 1995 Nichinan, Miyazaki Funaoka Castle Park Park 4.8 3.0 18° 40 1996 Shibata, Miyagi Garden Sight Sakurajima, Sakurajima-gō Diagonal elevator 1.7 1.0 32°30′ 8 2001 Kagoshima, Kagoshima Gassan Dam Dam 2.7 1.7 35°32′ 8 1994 Tsuruoka, Yamagata Genkai Island Accessibility 2.1 1.3 33° 2 1998 Fukuoka, Fukuoka Gifu Prefectural Museum, Rakuraku-gō Diagonal elevator 4.8 3.0 13° 8 2002 Seki, Gifu Grandee Nasu Shirakawa Golf Club Golf course 2.4 1.5 17° 6 2005 Nishigō, Fukushima Hamamatsu Flower Park Park 3.0 1.9 25° 16 2020 Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Hanatateyama Onsen Park 3.0 1.9 15° 8 2004 Chikuzen, Fukuoka Hanawa Ski Resort Ski resort 5.4 3.4 28° 10 1996 Kazuno, Akita Hayakuchi Dam Dam 1.5 0.9 45° 2 2003 Ōdate, Akita Hinokidai Danchi Accessibility 3.9 2.4 22° 6 2000 Sasebo, Nagasaki Hotel Hatsuhana Park 1.8 1.1 29°50′ 6 2005 Hakone, Kanagawa Iiyama Ski Jump Ski resort 5.4 3.4 27° 8 1999 Iiyama, Nagano Iizuka City Chikuho Community Center Accessibility 0.9 0.6 29° 3 1997 Iizuka, Fukuoka Ikawa X Park Zorbing 3.9 2.4 18° 2004 Miyoshi, Tokushima Inaniwa Castle Konjakukan Park 4.0 2.5 33°30′ 24 1993 Yuzawa, Akita Iya Onsen Diagonal elevator 3.0 1.9 42° 2004 Miyoshi, Tokushima Jōō-ji Temple Accessibility 2.1 1.3 29° 4 2002 Taku, Saga Kannondaki Park, Kajika-kun Park 4.8 3.0 13° 10 1997 Satsuma, Kagoshima Kayase Dam Dam 1.5 0.9 45° 2 1999 Isahaya, Nagasaki Kunimi Forest Park Park 3.6 2.2 35° 40 2006 Shisō, Hyōgo Maruoka Park Park 3.0 1.9 15° 10 2005 Kirishima, Kagoshima Mashiki Country Club Golf course 3.6 2.2 24° 4 1992 Mashiki, Kumamoto Masutani Dam Dam 1.5 0.9 36° 2 2003 Minamiechizen, Fukui Minami Kiyosato Flower Park Park 3.6 2.2 25°30′ 20 2000 Hokuto, Yamanashi Minamihata Dam Dam 2.1 1.3 28° 6 2003 Nakagawa, Fukuoka Minaminooka Memorial Park Accessibility 2.1 1.3 24°30′ 6 2004 Yokohama, Kanagawa Misawa Adonis Golf Club Golf course 3.0 1.9 33° 4 1994 Ena, Gifu Miyamoto residence Accessibility 1.5 0.9 28° 2 1992 Hisayama, Fukuoka Mizutori-gō Accessibility 0.9 0.6 29° 2 2002 Nagasaki, Nagasaki Moritate Construction Accessibility 0.6 0.4 45° 2 1999 Fukuoka, Fukuoka Mount Hiko, Mount Hiko Slope Car Park 4.8 3.0 18° 80 2005 Soeda, Fukuoka Muya Bus Stop, Sloppy Diagonal elevator 9.6 6.0 5°40′ 20 2002 Naruto, Tokushima Mount Inasa (Inasa-yama), Nagasaki Inasa Mountain Slope Car[ja] English website Park, Lookout, Observation Deck 4.8 3.0 21° 40 2020 Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture Nagasaki Subtropical Botanical Garden Park 3.0 1.9 10° 20 1996 Nagasaki, Nagasaki Nakadake Dam Dam 1.8 1.1 35° 2 2006 Soo, Kagoshima Nanakura Dam Dam 2.1 1.3 45° 4 1993 Ōmachi, Nagano Nanreku Shōken-yama Park Park 6.0 3.7 11°30′ 12 1990 Ainan, Ehime Ogasayama Sports Park Ecopa Park Fukuroi, Shizuoka Okuhagi Honjin Garden Park 4.2 2.6 25° 24 1990 Hagi, Yamaguchi Okutadami Dam Dam 4.8 3.0 21° 40 1997 Uonuma, Niigata Otaki Dam Dam 2.7 1.7 50° 6 1997 Kawakami, Nara Passage Kinkai Island Golf Club Golf course 3.0 1.9 22° 5 1997 Nagasaki, Nagasaki Rusutsu Resort Ski resort 10.8 6.7 9°30′ 36 1998 Rusutsu, Hokkaidō Saga Sōgō Ground Accessibility 0.9 0.6 35° 2 1999 Saga, Saga Sakura-gō Accessibility 0.9 0.6 33° 2 2003 Nagasaki, Nagasaki Sanbōdai Schanze Ski resort 5.4 3.4 28° 8 1997 Shibetsu, Hokkaidō Sanda Onsen Kumano no Sato Park 3.0 1.9 14° 8 2006 Sanda, Hyōgo Sazanka Kōgen Pincnic Park, Kōgen Monorail Park 6.0 3.7 17° 20 1995 Isahaya, Nagasaki Sazanka Kōgen Pincnic Park, Kōgen Monorail Park 6.0 3.7 14° 16 1993 Isahaya, Nagasaki Shin Takasegawa Dam Dam 2.1 1.3 30° 4 1996 Ōmachi, Nagano Shirahama Mermaid Town Accessibility 2.1 1.3 24° 4 2000 Shirahama, Wakayama Shōkaien Care House Toyonosato Accessibility 1.8 1.1 36°9′ 16 2001 Mizumaki, Fukuoka Siesta Patio Park 4.8 3.0 16° 15 2000 Taku, Saga Soeda Park, Sakura Park 3.6 2.2 17° 16 1991 Soeda, Fukuoka Sugiyama residence, Noboru-kun Accessibility 1.5 0.9 28° 2 1996 Shizuoka, Shizuoka Sun Village Akane Ski resort 2.4 1.5 30° 12 1995 Iizuka, Fukuoka Tachibana Thermal Power Plant Accessibility 0.9 0.6 27° 2 2000 Anan, Tokushima Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden Park 3.6 2.2 9°30′ 40 2003 Ōita, Ōita Takasegawa Dam Dam 2.1 1.3 45° 4 1994 Ōmachi, Nagano Takayama Dam Dam 1.5 0.9 42° 8 2006 Minamiyamashiro, Kyōto Takeo Onsen Hoyōmura, Skybus Noboru-kun Park 4.2 2.6 23° 16 1993 Takeo, Saga Tenjin Dam Dam 1.5 0.9 45° 2 1999 Miyakonojō, Miyazaki Tenjin-kun Accessibility 0.9 0.6 29° 2 2002 Nagasaki, Nagasaki Tsunagi Onsen Shikisai Park 2.1 1.3 32°30′ 6 1994 Tsunagi, Kumamoto Ueda Women's Junior College Tea House Accessibility 2.4 1.5 22° 2 2005 Ueda, Nagano Urayama Dam Accessibility 2.7 1.7 45° 2 1998 Chichibu, Saitama Wakato Hospital Diagonal elevator 3.0 1.9 9°15′ 4 1992 Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Watanabe residence Accessibility 0.9 0.6 31° 2 1998 Minoo, Ōsaka Wespa Tsubakiyama Park 4.8 3.0 25° 40 2000. Ceased operation October 31, 2020. Fukaura, Aomori Yamano Hotel Park 2.4 1.5 36° 6 2004 Takayama, Gifu Yoichi Ski Jump Ski resort 5.4 3.4 30° 8 1999 Yoichi, Hokkaidō Zaō Ski Jump Ski jump 5.4 3.4 35° 10 2001 Yamagata, Yamagata

South Korea Facility, line name Function Diagonal line length (m) Diagonal line length (ft) Speed (km/h) Speed (mph) Maximum gradient Passenger capacity Opening year Location 168 stairs Monorail Accessibility 2.1 1.3 42° 8 2016 Choryang-dong, Dong District, Busan Changwon Country Club Golf course 1997 Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do Gohan-eup Monorail Accessibility 3.53 2.19 16° 12 2009 Jeongseon, Gangwon-do Haenam Ttangkkut Park 0.9 0.6 26°50′ 2005 Haenam, Jeollanam-do Haenam Ttangkkut Park 3.6 2.2 23°30′ 40 2005 Haenam, Jeollanam-do Hamyang Daebongsan monorail Park 2020 Hamyang County Hwaam Cave Park 6.6 4.1 20° 2003 Jeongseon, Gangwon-do Hwanseongul Cave Park 2006 Samcheok, Gangwon-do Kwangju Country Club Golf course 2002 Gokseong, Jeollanam-do Naengcheon Country Club Golf course 2003 Daegu Namgwangju Country Club Golf course 2001 Hwasun, Jeollanam-do Ulsan Country Club Golf course 4.8 3.0 12° 6 2005 Ulsan Ulsan Country Club Golf course 1993 Ulsan Yeongju-dong Oreumgil Monorail Accessibility 3.6 2.2 20° 8 2014 Yeongju-dong, Jung District, Busan Yong-in Country Club Golf course 2001 Yongin, Gyeonggi-do Yong-in Country Club Golf course 2001 Yongin, Gyeonggi-do

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