← Lightwater Valley
Roller coaster · Family Entertainment
The Ultimate (1991 - 2023)
Steel coaster / Stahlachterbahn · opened 17.07.1991 no longer in operation
- Height
- 32.6 m
- Length
- 2,268.3 m
- Speed
- 80.5 km/h
- Count (number of trips)
- 3
Description
The 2nd longest roller coaster worldwide with more than 2268m and No. 1 in Europe, way ahead of 2nd place (with "only" approx. 1675m).
A must for every roller coaster fan.
Hints:
Height restriction: from 1.30m
Age restriction: -no restriction-
Photo: Ahoiseemann
History:
- The railway runs largely outside the park area
- Big Country Motioneering built the railroad but did not complete it as the owner of Lightwater Valley handed over construction to British Rail engineers. Some parts of the second half of the route were redesigned, especially the incline. The rails themselves were made by Tubular Engineering.
- Closed during the 2020 and probably 2021 season
- Permanently closed from season 2021 to 2022.
- At the end of 2022 it was announced that the track will be demolished.
Technical Specifications
- Type
- Steel coaster / Stahlachterbahn
- Designer
- Big Country Motioneering & Robert Staveley
- Opening (DD/MM/YYYY)
- 17.07.1991
- Building Cost
- 5.2 Mill. £
- Propulsion Method
- Chain Lift Hill
- Length
- 2,268.3 m
- Height
- 32.6 m
- Number of drops
- 2
- max. Speed
- 80.5 km/h
- Elements
- 2x Tunnel
- Trains
- 2
- Cars per train
- 10
- Rows per car
- 2 (front-car 1)
- Seats per car
- 2
- Seats per train
- 38
- Indoor/Outdoor
- Outdoor
Pictures