All Japan articles – Page 4
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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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Okinawa Toshi Monorail
Opened 2003; single straddle-beam monorail route, serving 19 stations. This is the only railway operation on Okinawa, and is known as Yui Rail. The first section to be completed runs east from the island’s main airport to Naha city centre and on to Shuri on the east side of the ...
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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. ...