Nemesis Inferno
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One of Nemesis Inferno's trains navigating the vertical loop.
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| Thorpe Park | |
| Park section | The Jungle |
| Coordinates | 51°24′13″N 0°30′59″W / 51.403476°N 0.516408°WCoordinates: 51°24′13″N 0°30′59″W / 51.403476°N 0.516408°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | 5 April 2003 |
| Cost | £8 million |
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| Type | Steel – Inverted |
| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard |
| Designer | John Wardley & Werner Stengel & Jordan Forster |
| Model | Inverted Coaster – Custom |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Drop | 28.6512 m (94.000 ft) |
| Length | 750 m (2,460 ft) |
| Speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) |
| Inversions | 4 |
| Duration | 1:43 |
| Capacity | 1,150 riders per hour |
| G-force | 4.3 |
| Height restriction | 140 cm (4 ft 7 in) |
| Trains | 2 trains with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 28 riders per train. |
 Fastrack available |
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Nemesis Inferno at RCDB Pictures of Nemesis Inferno at RCDB |
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Nemesis Inferno is a steel inverted roller coaster at the Thorpe Park theme park in Surrey, England, UK. Its layout was conceived and designed by John Wardley and then built by Bolliger & Mabillard with Werner Stengel providing the layout calculations, the same Swiss firm that built the related Nemesis inverted roller coaster at Alton Towers. As a result, Nemesis and Nemesis Inferno are often compared.
The 750-metre-long (2,460 ft) Nemesis Inferno is themed around an erupting tropical volcano. The ride stands 29 metres (95 ft) tall, features a top speed of 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph), and four inversions.
In 2002, after the opening of Colossus, Thorpe Park officially announced the addition of Nemesis Inferno in 2003. Construction took place throughout 2002 with the first test run being completed in December 2002.Nemesis Inferno officially opened to the public on 5 April 2003. According to Nikki Nolan of The Tussauds Group who operated the park at the time, the ride was installed just one year after Colossus to "help transform Thorpe Park into a real thrill park".
In 2004, Thorpe Park approached Guinness World Records to set the record for the "Most Naked People on a Rollercoaster". In May 2004, 81 students took part in the record, which was set at 28 – the number of seats on a single Nemesis Inferno train. In August 2004, Nemesis at Alton Towers broke the record with 32 riders.
The roller coaster was used on an episode of The Inbetweeners.
The 750-metre-long (2,460 ft) Nemesis Inferno stands 29 metres (95 ft) tall. With a top speed of 80.4672 kilometres per hour (50.0000 mph), the ride features four inversions including a vertical loop, a zero-g roll, and a set of interlocking corkscrews. Riders of Nemesis Inferno experience up to 4.5 times the force of gravity on the near-two-minute ride. The ride is reported to have cost £8 million.
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