Linear Gale

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Linear Gale

Tokyo Dome City Location Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan Coordinates 35.703996°N 139.75471°E / 35.703996; 139.75471 Section Parachute Land Status Defunct Operated 1998 to 31 October 2010 Rider height 130 cm minimum Replaced Ultra Twister Replaced by Bloom Express
Statistics
Manufacturer	Intamin
Product	Impulse Coaster Spike & Spike
Type	Steel - Inverted - Launched - Shuttle
Track layout	U-Shuttle
Riders per train	24
Propulsion	LIM launch (multi-pass)
Inversions	0
Drop angle	90°
Duration	0:52

Linear Gale (Japanese: リニアゲイル) was an Intamin inverted Impulse Coaster Spike & Spike located at Tokyo Dome City in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. Opened in 1998, it was the first Impulse Coaster built by Intamin. This was also the only one to have straight spikes on both sides. It replaced the Ultra Twister.

Linear Gale closed on 31 October 2010.

Design

Elements
LIM launch (multi-pass) Vertical rollback Vertical spike

Colour scheme

Grey track and black supports.

Trains

Single train with 6 cars. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train.

Images

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  The entrance sign

External links

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  Linear Gale on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

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  Linear Gale on Coaster-Count.
• Linear Gale on the parks site (Japanese)