Osaka Monorail
Osaka-Monorail (大阪モノレール Ōsaka Monorēru?) is a monorail line in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, noted in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest monorail in the world. It is operated by Osaka Monorail Co., Ltd. (大阪高速鉄道株式会社 Ōsaka Kōsoku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha?) and opened in 1990.
It runs on an elevated line between Osaka International Airport and Kadoma City through the suburbs of Toyonaka, Suita, Ibaraki and Kadoma. Its current total length is 23.8 kilometers, with the main line spanning 21.2 km, and a line between the Expo Park and the Osaka University Hospital spanning 2.6 km. An extension to this line is currently under construction extending 4.2km to Saito-Nishi Station, to be completed by spring 2007. This new terminal is located in a residential area named Saito, about a kilometer from the Osaka University of Foreign Studies.
A trip over the entire main line takes about 36 minutes, and costs ¥540.
Stations
Main Line
- Osaka Airport Station
- Hotarugaike Station (Transfer to Hankyu Takarazuka Line)
- Shibahara Station
- Shoji Station
- Senri-Chuo Station (Transfer to Kita-Osaka Kyuko Osaka Subway extension)
- Yamada Station (Transfer to Hankyu Senri Line Osaka Subway extension)
- Banpaku-Kinen-Koen Station (Osaka Expo Park and Expoland) (Transfer to one-station Handai Byoin Mae Station (Handai Hospital) monorail spur)
- Unobe Station
- Minami Ibaraki Station (Transfer to Hankyu Kyoto Line)
- Sawaragi Station
- Minami Settsu Station
- Dainichi Station (Transfer to Osaka Subway Tanimachi Line)
- Kadoma-shi Station (Transfer to Keihan Main Line)
Saito Line
- Banpaku-Kinen-Koen Station (Osaka Expo Park and Expoland)
- Koen-higashiguchi Station
- Handai-Byoin-mae Station (Handai Hospital)
- Opening on March 19, 2007
- Toyokawa Station
- Saito-nishi Station
Rolling stock
External links
- Official homepage (Japanese)
- Route diagram (Japanese)
See also
Mass transit in Osaka | |
|---|---|
| Municipal lines | Subway: Midōsuji • Tanimachi • Yotsubashi • Chūō • Sennichimae • Sakaisuji • Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi • Imazatosuji People mover: New Tram |
| JR lines (urban network) | Osaka Loop • Gakkentoshi • Hanwa • Kobe • Kosei • Kyoto • Nara • Osaka Outer Loop • Takarazuka • Tōzai • Yamatoji • Biwako |
| Other networks | Hankyū • Hanshin • Keihan • Kintetsu • Kitakyū • Nankai • Osaka Monorail • Semboku Rapid |
| Around Osaka | Hankai • Kobe New Transit • Kobe Rapid • Kobe Subway • Kyoto Subway • Noseden • Randen • Sanyō • Shintetsu |
| Terminals | Osaka • Umeda • Tennōji • Namba • Kyōbashi |
| Miscellaneous | ICOCA • PiTaPa |
