Mount Kongo Ropeway

{{Short description|Aerial tramway in Osaka, Japan}}

{{Infobox aerial lift line

|name = Mount Kongo Ropeway

|image = Mt_Kongo_Ropeway.jpg

|image_width =

|caption =

|type =

|system =

|status = Closed

|location = Mount Kongō, Chihayaakasaka, Ōsaka, Japan

|start =Chihaya Station

|end =Kongosan Station

|no_stations = 2

|no_cables =

|routes =

|ridership =

|open = {{start date|1966|04|17}}

|reopen =

|close ={{end date|2022|09|16}}

|owner =Chihayaakasaka Village

|operator =

|character = Aerial tramway

|stock =

|line_length = {{Convert| 1,323|m|mi |1| lk=on }}

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|notes =

|speed = 5 m/s

|vertical = {{Convert| 267|m|ft | 0 | lk=on |abbr=on}}

|map =

|trip_duration= 6 min

|carrier_cap = 46 Passengers per cabin, 2 cabins

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Image:Mt_Kongo_Ropeway.jpg

The {{nihongo|Mt. Kongō Ropeway|金剛山ロープウェイ|Kongōsan Rōpuwei}} was a Japanese aerial lift line in Chihayaakasaka, Ōsaka. The line is unique as it is owned by the Chihayaakasaka Village government, and was the only village-run ropeway in Japan. The line was operated by the village itself until April 1, 2004, when operation was entrusted to {{nihongo|Gourmet Kineya|グルメ杵屋}}, a private company that mainly operates restaurants. Opened on April 17, 1966, the line climbs Mount Kongō, the highest point of Ōsaka.

Following the 2018 Osaka earthquake, an earthquake resistance inspection of ropeway facilities found that both stations had insufficient earthquake resistance. As a result, operation of the ropeway was suspended March 15, 2019.{{Cite web |title=2021021801.pdf |url=https://www.vill.chihayaakasaka.osaka.jp/material/files/group/1/2021021801.pdf |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Chihayaakasaka Village}}{{Cite web |date=2022-09-17 |title=運休中の金剛山ロープウェイを撤去工事へ 民間の譲渡先見つからず：朝日新聞 |url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASQ9J7RD6Q9JOXIE00Y.html |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=朝日新聞 |language=ja}}

In February 2021, due to the high cost of earthquake reinforcement works required as well as updating the electrical equipment (which had not been updated since the ropeway opened), Chihayaakasaka Village decided to cease operation of the Mount Kongo Ropeway and consider transferring it to a private operator if one could be found.

On September 16, 2022, Chihayaakasaka Village announced that no private purchaser had been found and that the ropeway will be discontinued and demolition will commence.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-17 |title=運休中の金剛山ロープウェイを撤去工事へ 民間の譲渡先見つからず：朝日新聞 |url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASQ9J7RD6Q9JOXIE00Y.html |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=朝日新聞 |language=ja}}

{{Asof|2024|October}}, demolition of the associated Konanso accommodation facility (also owned by Chihayaakasaka Village) had commenced, but demolition of the ropeway infrastructure had not yet commenced.{{Cite web |last=ひげっち |date=2024-06-08 |title=【現状】金剛山ロープウェイ 2024年8月から撤去開始！ 香南荘も？！ {{!}} 今ここ！プラネット |url=https://imakoko-planet.com/4306/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |language=ja}}