Runaway Mine Train (Alton Towers)

Runaway Mine Train
Alton Towers
Location	Alton Towers
Park section	Katanga Canyon
Coordinates	52.989668°N 1.885612°W / 52.989668; -1.885612
Status	Operating
Opening date	21 March 1992 (1992-03-21)
Cost	£1,000,000
General statistics
Type	Steel – Powered – Mine Train
Manufacturer	Mack Rides
Model	Powered Coaster
Track layout	Steel
Lift/launch system	Onboard motors
Height	36 ft (11 m)
Drop	36 ft (11 m)
Length	1,000 ft (300 m)
Speed	22.4 mph (36.0 km/h)
Inversions	0
Duration	1:50 (2 laps)
Max vertical angle	29°
Capacity	1062 riders per hour
G-force	2.4
Height restriction	110 cm (3 ft 7 in)
Trains	Single train with 12 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 48 riders per train.
Fastrack available
Runaway Mine Train at RCDB

The Runaway Mine Train is a powered steel roller coaster made by MACK Rides of Germany. The ride is located in the Katanga Canyon area of Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England.

The train normally makes two circuits for each ride, although on quiet days it has been known to run for three or more circuits.

The ride runs alongside the Congo River Rapids, with which it shares a tunnel section. Passengers on the two rides occasionally wave to each other if they pass in the shared tunnel. Passengers must be at least 0.9 m tall to ride with an adult, and over 1.1 m tall to ride separately. In 2024 this was changed to 1.1m and 1.3m

As of 2013, it is officially the park's oldest roller coaster, after The Beastie was removed prior to the 2013 season. The runaway mine train gets more intense in the cave area

Incident

On 20 July 2006, the failure of a coupling on the train caused it to split into two sections, which then collided in the tunnel. 20 people were injured, six of whom were hospitalised.

External links

• Runaway Mine Train (Alton Towers) at the Roller Coaster DataBase