Saw – The Ride at Thorpe Park

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A steel roller coaster at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England. en.wikipedia.org

Built by Gerstlauer as a custom Euro-Fighter. en.wikipedia.org

Opened to visitors in 2009 and remains in operation. en.wikipedia.org

The structure rises thirty and a half metres. en.wikipedia.org

Its trains reach 88.5 kilometres per hour. en.wikipedia.org

The course contains three inversions, including dive loops and heartline rolls. thorpepark.com

With eight-seat cars sent about every forty seconds, it carries an estimated 720 riders an hour. en.wikipedia.org

The story of Saw – The Ride

Thorpe Park selected Gerstlauer’s Euro-Fighter design for a new steel coaster, creating a custom course for the lakeside Surrey park. The vertical lift and beyond-vertical descent became its defining engineering features. parkworld-online.com· gerstlauer-rides.de

Construction proceeded through the winter before the 2009 season. The track was completed, the station enclosed, and the surrounding paths and structures prepared while Gerstlauer returned to inspect the brakes and other systems. themeparkguide.co.uk· attractionsource.com

When the ride opened in 2009, Thorpe Park presented it as a record-setting beyond-vertical coaster. Contemporary trade coverage also noted the considerable investment in the steelwork and the finished ride’s carefully assembled surroundings. thorpepark.com· parkworld-online.com

Today, the compact Gerstlauer layout remains one of Thorpe Park’s principal steel coasters, combining a tall lift, a sharp descent, and three inversions within a tightly arranged site. thorpepark.com· en.wikipedia.org

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