Schindler Traction Inclined Lift/Elevator 迅達機器帶動式斜道升降機

Location: Po Fook Hill Columbarium, 12 Pai Tau Street, Sha Tin, Hong Kong

Capacity: 10 Persons/750kg/1650lbs

Floors served: ↓(Cark Park), ↑(Main House)

Year of commission: 1990

This is possibly the only lift of its kind within the whole of the Great China Region. It is called an inclinator. Traditionally such elevators are only found in private individual houses with steep slopes connecting the main house and the main door, meaning that only those really wealthy have access to them. But nowadays this type of lift has been introduced worldwide in places open for public access, like this ancestor grave in Hong Kong.

Visitors to this ancestral yard have to go up the hill to reach the main area of the yard. Escalators are available but they only provide uphill service. Thus most visitors choose to take the inclinator. This makes the patronage rather high. During busy periods a wait for two to three turns is necessary before you can finally get into the car.

The lift is a Schindler with original propulsion equipment. The buttons are generic and used by most brands in Hong Kong. The car is on the contrary of a cable car design with seats, manufactured by a Swiss ropeway wagon builder GANGLOFF. On the left of the car door is the button console, with the 'UP' and 'DOWN' operation buttons, the door opening button and the alarm button. There is also a staff-operated key switch to turn the mains on and off. To close the landing door, press either floor button. Opposite the landing door is an emergency exit door. In case of lift breakdown passengers can evacuate via this door and then walk up or down an escape staircase to one of the two emergency exit doors on the hilltop and submontane boarding lobbies respectively. Another example of such an elevator car design in the world is the lift at the Gateway Arch touring tower in the national park in St. Louis City, state of Missouri, U.S.A.

When approaching and just after leaving half of the way, you can see the counterweight passing through the car. With the car at a higher point of height you can get a view of the main developed area of Sha Tin on both banks of the Shing Mun River, mainly with high-rise residential blocks. Listen carefully as the car stops at and starts up from the hilltop lobby. The sound of the propulsion motor is very clearly audible.

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位置：香港沙田排頭街12號寶福山紀念館

負載量：10人/750公斤/1650磅

途經樓層：↓（停車場）, ↑（主大樓）

投入服務年份：1990

這可能是整個大中華地區唯一的一部同類型升降機，稱為斜道升降機。傳統上這種電梯只會在有斜坡連接主屋舍及大門口的私人獨立屋找到，那就是說只有那些真正富裕的人才會接觸­得到。但今時今日這種升降機已經在世界上若干對外開放的地方引進，就如這個在香港的先人墓地。

前來這個先人墓園的訪客需要上山以前往墓地的主要區域，那裏有扶手電梯但就只提供上山服務，所以大部份訪客都選擇乘搭斜道升降機，因而令需求量頗大，於繁忙期間你需要等候­兩至三輪才終於能夠進入客廂。

本機是一部迅達，帶有原裝驅動設備；按鈕屬於通用並在香港大部份的牌子中都有使用。客廂則相反採用鋼索吊車的設計並設有座位，由一家瑞士索道車輛建造商GANGLOFF製­造。客廂門的左手邊就是按鈕板面，有「上」及「落」的操作按鈕、開門掣及警鐘按掣，亦有一個職員操作鑰匙開關掣用作開關電源。如要關上機門，就按下其中一個樓層按掣。機門­的對面有一道緊急出口門，當出現升降機故障時乘客可從本門疏散，然後沿一條逃生樓梯向上或向下步行至分別位於山頂及山下乘搭大堂的兩道緊急逃生門之一。世界上另一個類似的­電梯客廂設計，就是在美國密蘇里州聖路易市國家公園內，大拱門旅遊塔的升降機。

當接近及剛好離開半途時，你會見到負重物經過客廂。而客廂在較高的高度時你可以觀看到沙田城門河兩岸的主要已發展區，多數屬於高層住宅樓宇。在客廂停在山頂大堂及由該處起­動時小心聆聽：驅動機芯的聲音非常之清楚聽得到。

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[67895678ful]

其實它的原牌子是瑞士的Gangloff，只是由迅達代理

[bearchoirfan]

@67895678ful Gangloff 只係製造客廂（因為係吊車設計），其餘都係百份之百迅達 stuff。

[Quentinmovie]

like the chinglish sign "Elederly and Disables given priority"

[bearchoirfan]

It's probably a typing mistake. The keys for 'S' and 'D' are next to each other on a normal US-style international keyboard.

[dieselducy]

can anyone ride this elevator? also is there an operator in the elevator or does the user push the buttons..

[bearchoirfan]

It's just a normal elevator apart from the inclined shaft design. Passengers press buttons on a normal button console in the car, with no attendant.

[tongtong168]

我從來無諗過去寶福山因為我諗大家都知道去寶福山做咩但係經過你­樓主今次的"介紹"我一定會到寶福"參拜"... 當然參拜另一東西就係此電梯... 好得意從未見過亦唔會係邊到會見到. 係界乎電梯及山頂纜車嘰之間, 其實就係山頂纜車嘰微型板.

[Vincent561967]

日本有一部日立斜道升降機, see it: v=uIKZHoD0x-k

[Vincent561967]

@cbtf3student 你講嘅意大利Maspero係後加，唔係更換

[bloodysaw78]

 已經換咗做厘米代理o既意大利

[cbtf3student]

已經換咗做厘米代理o既意大利Maspero.

[BalloonJammer]

@dieselducy If you're on Harbor Drive, at the south/east end of the Sails Pavilion area (around Entrance 'D' or 'E', there is a track with what looks like an elevator with a decorative round 'cage' around it. You can ride that to a walkway across to the bay side, without going into the event areas of the Convention Center itself.

[dieselducy]

@BalloonJammer where??

[BalloonJammer]

There is a smaller incline at the San Diego Convention Center, providing (rather labyrinthine) access to the harborfront without having to go around the huge building.