Tama Toshi Monorail Line

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 an important part of the Western Tokyo public transport network.

Operated by Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Co., Ltd., the double tracked, 16 kilometer monorail line carries passengers between Higashi Yamato and Tama in 36 minutes. Opened in 1998 from Kamikitadai to Tachikawa-Kita, the line was extended in 2000 to Tama-Center. Large deficits have caused the corporation to become insolvent.

Tachikawa-Kita (=North) and Tachikawa-Minami (=South) are the most important stations, enabling transfer to the JR East Chūō Main Line and Tama-Center transfer to Odakyu or Keio Railways.

Stations

Station	in Japanese	km	Total km	Minutes	Connect Lines	City
Kamikitadai	上北台		0.0	0		Higashi-Yamato, Tokyo
Sakura-Kaidō	桜街道	0.7	0.7	2
Tamagawa-Jōsui	玉川上水	0.8	1.5	4	Seibu Railway: Seibu Haijima Line
Sunagawa-Nanaban	砂川七番	1.0	2.5	6		Tachikawa, Tokyo
Izumi-Taiikukan	泉体育館	0.5	3.0	7
Tachihi	立飛	0.6	3.6	9
Takamatsu Station|	高松	0.7	4.2	10
Tachikawa-Kita	立川北	1.2	5.4	13	JR East: Chūō Main Line, Ōme Line, and Nambu Line (as Tachikawa Station)
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, Tokyo
Manganji	万願寺	1.3	9.3	21
Takahata-Fudō	高幡不動	1.2	10.5	24	Keio Corporation: Keio Line and 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 Corporation: Keio Dobutsuen Line
Chūō-Daigaku-Meisei-Daigaku	中央大学・明星大学	1.1	13.4	30		Hachioji, Tokyo
Ōtsuka Teikyo-Daigaku Station	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 Corporation: Keio Sagamihara Line (as Keio-Tama-Center Station, 5 minutes on foot) Odakyu Electric Railway: Odakyu Tama Line (as Odakyu-Tama-Center Station, 5 minutes on foot)	Tama, Tokyo

Gallery

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  Tama Toshi Monorail train

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  Train on tracks above Tachikawa Station

See also

• Monorails in Japan
• List of rapid transit systems

External links

• (Japanese) Company website
• (English) Detailed station list