Tama Toshi Monorail Line

Tama Toshi Monorail Line
Overview
Type straddle-beam Monorail
System Tama Toshi Monorail
Status Operating
Locale Western Tokyo, Japan
Termini Kamikitadai
Tama-Center
Stations 19
Services 1
Daily ridership 120,494
Website www.tama-monorail.co.jp
Operation
Opened 1998
Owner Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Co., Ltd.
Rolling stock Tama Toshi Monorail 1000 series
Technical
Line length 16.0 km (9.94 mi)
Electrification 1,500 V DC
Operating speed 65 km/h (40 mph)

The Tama Toshi Monorail Line (多摩都市モノレール線 Tamatoshi Monorēru-sen), also referred to as the Tama Monorail, is a monorail system in Western Tokyo.

Operated by Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Co., Ltd., the double tracked, 16.0 km monorail line carries passengers between the suburban cities of Higashiyamato and Tama via Tachikawa, Hino, and Hachiōji in 36 minutes. The first section, from Kamikitadai to Tachikawa-Kita, opened in 1998, with the second section to Tama-Center opened in 2000. Large deficits from construction have caused the corporation to become insolvent.[1]

Tachikawa-Kita, Tachikawa-Minami, and Tama-Center stations are the most important stations, enabling transfer at Tachikawa to JR East's Chūō Main Line and at Tama-Center to the Odakyu Tama Line and Keio Sagamihara Line.

Stations

All stations located in Tokyo. Most stations have an associated shape/image (as seen in the left-most column of the table below).

Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location
Between
stations		 Total Minutes
Kamikitadai 上北台 - 0.0 0   Higashiyamato
Sakura-Kaidō 桜街道 0.7 0.7 2  
Tamagawa-Jōsui 玉川上水 0.8 1.5 4 Seibu Haijima Line
Sunagawa-Nanaban 砂川七番 1.0 2.5 6   Tachikawa
Izumi-Taiikukan 泉体育館 0.5 3.0 7  
Tachihi 立飛 0.6 3.6 9  
Takamatsu 高松 0.7 4.2 10  
Tachikawa-Kita 立川北 1.2 5.4 13 Chūō Main Line, Ōme Line, Nambu Line (Tachikawa)
Tachikawa-Minami 立川南 0.4 5.8 14
Shibasaki-Taiikukan 柴崎体育館 0.7 6.5 16  
Kōshū-Kaidō 甲州街道 1.5 8.0 19   Hino
Manganji 万願寺 1.3 9.3 21  
Takahatafudō 高幡不動 1.2 10.5 24 Keio Line, Keio Dobutsuen Line
Hodokubo 程久保 0.8 11.3 26  
Tama-Dōbutsukōen 多摩動物公園 1.0 12.3 28 Keio Dobutsuen Line
Chūō-Daigaku-Meisei-Daigaku 中央大学・明星大学 1.1 13.4 30   Hachiōji
Ōtsuka Teikyo-Daigaku 大塚・帝京大学 0.9 14.3 32  
Matsugaya 松が谷 0.8 15.1 34  
Tama-Center 多摩センター 0.9 16.0 36 Keio Sagamihara Line (Keio-Tama-Center)
Odakyu Tama Line (Odakyu-Tama-Center)		 Tama
(video) A monorail train slides along the track, 2016

See also

References

  1. ↑ According to the official settlement report on March 31, 2006, its assets total ¥20.5 billion, while its accumulated income (or rather, liability) is -¥22.8 billion, meaning the latter exceeds the former by ¥2.2 billion. In other words, the company is in insolvency. This does not mean, however, the company is already bankrupt.

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