All Honshu articles – Page 2
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Saitama New Shuttle
Opened 1983; rubber-tyred guided transit system; single route with 13 stations. Starting from a loop under Omiya station, the line runs north parallel to the Tohoku and then Joetsu shinkansen lines as far as Uchijuku, with a depot in the ‘V’at the junction of the two shinkansen routes at Marayuma. ...
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Tokyo Monorail
Single line opened 1964, serving 11 stops. See Tokyo network map. This straddle monorail on the Alweg system opened in southern Tokyo in 1964. It runs from Hamamatsuchō on the south side of central Tokyo to Haneda airport along the western waterfront of Tokyo Bay. The line was acquired by ...
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Sagami Railway (Sotetsu line)
Operates an intensive commuter service on its 24·6 km Yokohama − Yamato − Ebina Sotetsu main line, opened 1926-41, and on the 11·3 km Sotetsu Izumino branch opened 1976, extended to Izumo Chuo in 1990 and to Shonandai in 1999. It also owns the 2·2 km Atsugi freight line, which ...
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Toyama Light Rail Toyamakō Line
This company was formed to take over operation of the former JR West Toyamakō Line in 2006. The branch north to Iwasehama has been realigned in Toyama, with a street-running approach to the north side of the main station. A tunnel opened on March 21 2020 extends the line south ...