Saitama New Urban Transit
| New Shuttle | |
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A New Shuttle train alongside the Tohoku Shinkansen in May 2009
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| Overview | |
| Type | Rubber-tyred people mover |
| Locale | Saitama Prefecture |
| Termini |
Ōmiya Uchijuku |
| Stations | 13 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 22 December 1983 |
| Operator(s) | Saitama New Urban Transit |
| Depot(s) | Maruyama |
| Rolling stock |
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| Technical | |
| Line length | 12.7 km (7.9 mi) |
| Electrification | 600 V three-phase AC side contact |
| Operating speed | 60 km/h (35 mph) |
The New Shuttle (ニューシャトル? Nyū Shatoru) is a manually driven rubber-tyred people mover system in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by Saitama New Urban Transit Co., Ltd. (埼玉新都市交通株式会社? Saitama Shin Toshi Kōtsū Kabushiki-gaisha).
The 12.7-kilometre Ina Line (伊奈線? Ina-sen) that runs north from Ōmiya Station in Saitama, Saitama, alongside the Tohoku Shinkansen and Joetsu Shinkansen elevated high-speed lines through Ageo to Uchijuku Station in Ina in Saitama Prefecture in the Greater Tokyo Area is the only route that is run on the system. The line is double tracked from Ōmiya Station to Maruyama Station and single tracked from Maruyama to Uchijuku Station.
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