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Tama Toshi Monorail Line

Tama Toshi Monorail Line
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Overview
Type straddle-beam Monorail
System Tama Toshi Monorail
Status Operating
Locale Western Tokyo, Japan
Termini Kamikitadai
Tama-Center
Stations 19
Services 1
Daily ridership 120,494
Website www.tama-monorail.co.jp
Operation
Opened 1998
Owner Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Co., Ltd.
Rolling stock Tama Toshi Monorail 1000 series
Technical
Line length 16.0 km (9.94 mi)
Electrification 1,500 V DC
Operating speed 65 km/h (40 mph)

The Tama Toshi Monorail Line (多摩都市モノレール線 Tamatoshi Monorēru-sen?), also referred to as the Tama Monorail, is a monorail system in Western Tokyo.

Operated by Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Co., Ltd., the double tracked, 16.0 km monorail line carries passengers between the suburban cities of Higashiyamato and Tama via Tachikawa, Hino, and Hachiōji in 36 minutes. The first section, from Kamikitadai to Tachikawa-Kita, opened in 1998, with the second section to Tama-Center opened in 2000.

Tachikawa-Kita, Tachikawa-Minami, and Tama-Center stations are the most important stations, enabling transfer at Tachikawa to JR East's Chūō Main Line and at Tama-Center to the Odakyu Tama Line and Keio Sagamihara Line.

All stations located in Tokyo. Most stations have an associated shape/image (as seen in the left-most column of the table below).


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