Gondola · Otaru, Japan
ゲートウェイエクスプレス (Gateway Express)
ゲートウェイエクスプレス is a gondola near Otaru, Japan. It climbs 43 m over 895 m, from 528 m to 571 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 33 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
5/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, ゲートウェイエクスプレス is scarier than 5% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 146 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 33 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 688 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 202 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 6°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of ゲートウェイエクスプレス is near Otaru, Japan, at 528 m above sea level (43.07451° N, 140.98438° E). From there it runs 895 m up to the top station at 571 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- キロロゴンドラ (Kiroro Gondola) gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 611 m
- スカイキャビン8 (Sky Cabin 8) gondola · 6.8 km away · rises 467 m
- 観光ロープウェイ (Sightseeing Ropeway) cable car · 11.7 km away · rises 267 m
- エイトゴンドラ (Eight Gondola) gondola · 18.0 km away · rises 152 m
- もーりすカー (Morris Car) funicular · 27.9 km away · rises 59 m
- もいわ山ロープウェイ (Moiwayama Ropeway) cable car · 28.3 km away · rises 377 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.