Disney Resort Line

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This article is about Disney Resort Line, a monorail line of Tokyo Disney Resort. For the lines of other Disneyland Resorts, see Disneyland Monorail System (Disneyland Resort), Walt Disney World Monorail System (Walt Disney World), or Disneyland Resort Line (MTR) (Hong Kong Disneyland Resort).

Disney Resort Line

Location	Urayasu, Chiba
Type	straddle-beam
Builder	Hitachi, Ltd.
Length	5.0 km
Inauguration	2001
Lines	1
Stations	4
Operator	Maihama Resort Line Co., Ltd.
Operational mode	Automated

The Disney Resort Line (ディズニーリゾートライン, Dizunī Rizōto Rain^?), officially called (ディズニーリゾートライン線, -sen^?, "Disney Resort Line Line"), is an automated monorail that links Maihama Station and Tokyo Disney Resort. The system is operated by Maihama Resort Line (舞浜リゾートライン, Maihama Rizōto Rain^?) Co., Ltd., the subsidiary of Oriental Land Co., Ltd. that operates the resort.

Legally speaking, the line is built as a "railway (鉄道)", just like ordinary rapid transits or commuter rail lines. As such, a commutation pass is available. Passnet card can also be used, as well as PASMO in future.

In reality, however, the line mostly functions as the gateway attraction of the Disney Resort. All the stations are inside the private property of Oriental Land, preventing unrelated advertisements that can distract the resort's view.

1 Service categories
2 Stations
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Service categories

Whole trains stop at all stations.

[edit] Stations

The loop line always goes through this direction, never the opposite.

Station Name	Japanese ¹	Transfers	Nearest facilities	Location
Resort Gateway Station	リゾートゲートウェイ・ステーション	JR Keiyō Line (Maihama Station)	Disney Ambassador Hotel, Hotel Dream Gate Maihama ², Ikspiari, Tokyo Disney Resort Welcome Center, Urayasu City Maihama Station Administrative Service Center ²	Urayasu, Chiba
Tokyo Disneyland Station	東京ディズニーランド・ステーション		Bon Voyage!, Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland Hotel (shceduled to open in 2008), Tokyo Disneyland Parking
Bayside Station	ベイサイド・ステーション		Tokyo Disneyland Official Hotels (Hilton Tokyo Bay, Hotel Okura Tokyo Bay, Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel, Sunroute Plaza Tokyo, Tokyo Bay Hotel Tokyu, Tokyo Bay Maihama Hotel (scheduled to open on March 2007) )
Tokyo DisneySea Station	東京ディズニーシー・ステーション		Tokyo DisneySea, Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta, Resort Parking, Urayasu City Clean Center ², Urayasu Civil Sports Park ², Urayasu Funeral Hall ², Urayasu Heliport ²
Resort Gateway Station	リゾートゲートウェイ・ステーション

¹: Japanese station names are just the transliterations of English. Official station names, however, end with (駅 -eki^?, "station"), such as Resort Gateway Station-eki (リゾートゲートウェイ・ステーション駅 Rizōto Gētowei Sutēshon-eki^?), literally meaning "Resort Gateway Station Station".

²: Not the part of Tokyo Disney Resort. Officially, the line announces it is not possible to go outside the resort from the stations, except of Resort Gateway Station.