Osaka Monorail

Osaka Monorail
Osaka Monorail
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Info
Locale Osaka Prefecture
Transit type Monorail
Number of lines 2
Number of stations 18
Daily ridership 100,602 daily boardings (2008)
Operation
Began operation 1990
Operator(s) Osaka Monorail Co., Ltd
Technical
System length 28.0 kilometers
Osaka Monorail Co., Ltd.
大阪高速鉄道株式会社
Type Private kabushiki gaisha
Founded Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan (December 15, 1980 (1980-12-15))
Headquarters 1-5, Sin-Senri-higashimachi Itchome, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
Area served northern Osaka Prefecture
Website http://www.osaka-monorail.co.jp/eng/

The Osaka Monorail (大阪モノレール Ōsaka Monorēru?) is a monorail in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Osaka Monorail Co., Ltd. (大阪高速鉄道株式会社 Ōsaka Kōsoku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha?). It is noted in the Guinness Book of World Records as being the longest monorail in the world. It also links three campuses of Osaka University.

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Main Line

The Main Line runs on an elevated line between Osaka International Airport and Kadoma. It opened on June 1, 1990 between Senri-Chuo and Minami-ibaraki stations. On September 30, 1994 it reached Shibahara Station, on April 1, 1997 Osaka Airport, and on August 22, 1997 its current eastern terminal of Kadoma-shi Station. It is 21.2 km long. A trip over the entire Main Line takes about 36 minutes, and costs ¥540.

Station list

Station number Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location
11 Osaka Airport Station 大阪空港駅 0.0   Toyonaka Osaka Prefecture
12 Hotarugaike Station 蛍池駅 1.4 Hankyu Railway Takarazuka Line
13 Shibahara Station 柴原駅 3.1  
14 Shōji Station 少路駅 4.8  
15 Senri-Chūō Station 千里中央駅 6.6 Kita-Osaka Kyūkō Railway
16 Yamada Station 山田駅 8.5 Hankyu Railway Senri Line Suita
17 Banpaku-Kinen-Kōen Station 万博記念公園駅 9.9 Osaka Monorail Saito Line
18 Unobe Station 宇野辺駅 12.1   Ibaraki
19 Minami Ibaraki Station 南茨木駅 13.3 Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line
20 Sawaragi Station 沢良宜駅 14.5  
21 Settsu Station 摂津駅 16.0   Settsu
22 Minami Settsu Station 南摂津駅 17.8  
23 Dainichi Station 大日駅 19.9 Osaka Municipal Subway Tanimachi Line Moriguchi
24 Kadoma-shi Station 門真市駅 21.2 Keihan Electric Railway Keihan Main Line Kadoma

Saito Line

The Saito Line branch opened in two stages: on October 1, 1998 from Bampaku-kinen-koen Station to Handai-byoin-mae Station and on March 19, 2007 to Saito-nishi Station, in the residential area of Saito, about a kilometer from the Minoo Campus of Osaka University (former Osaka University of Foreign Studies). The branch is 6.8 km long.

Station list

Station number Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location
17 Banpaku-Kinen-Kōen Station 万博記念公園駅 0.0 Osaka Monorail Main Line Suita Osaka
Prefecture
51 Kōen-higashiguchi Station 公園東口駅 1.1  
52 Handai-byōin-mae Station 阪大病院前駅 2.6   Ibaraki
53 Toyokawa Station 豊川駅 4.2  
54 Saito-nishi Station 彩都西駅 6.8  

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