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Aichi Rapid Transit

Linimo
Linimo approaching Banpaku Kinen Koen, towards Fujigaoka Station.jpg
Linimo train approaching Banpaku Kinen Koen, in the direction of Fujigaoka Station
Overview
Other name(s) Aichi High-Speed Transit Tobu Kyuryo Line
Native name Rinimo (リニモ?), formally Aichi Kōsoku Kōtsū Tōbu Kyūryō-sen (愛知高速交通東部丘陵線?)
Type Rapid transit
Locale Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Termini Fujigaoka
Yakusa
Stations 9
Daily ridership 16500
Website www.linimo.jp/en/
Operation
Opened 6 March 2005 (2005-03-06)
Owner Aichi Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. (愛知高速交通株式会社 Aichi Kōsoku Kōtsū Kabushiki Gaisha?)
Technical
Line length 8.9 km (5.5 mi)
Number of tracks 2
Minimum radius 75 m (246 ft 1 in)
Electrification 1500 V DC Third rail
Operating speed 100 km/h (62 mph)

Linimo (リニモ Rinimo?), formally the Aichi High-Speed Transit Tobu Kyuryo Line (愛知高速交通東部丘陵線 Aichi Kōsoku Kōtsū Tōbu Kyūryō-sen?) is a magnetic levitation train line in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, near the city of Nagoya. While primarily built to serve the Expo 2005 fair site, the line now operates to serve the local community.

Linimo is owned and operated by Aichi Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. (愛知高速交通株式会社 Aichi Kōsoku Kōtsū Kabushiki Gaisha?) and is the first commercial maglev in Japan to use the High Speed Surface Transport (HSST) type technology. It is also the world's first unmanned commercial urban maglev. There are some sources that ambiguously describe "unmanned" as "automated" or ignore the condition while making such a claim but Linimo was actually the fourth commercial urban maglev operated in the world, predated by the Birmingham Maglev (1984-1995), the Berlin M-Bahn (1989-1991) and the Shanghai Maglev (opened in 2004).


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