Osaka Monorail
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Osaka-Monorail (大阪モノレール Ōsaka Monorēru?) is a monorail system in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, noted in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest monorail in the world. It is operated by Osaka Monorail Co., Ltd. (大阪高速鉄道株式会社 Ōsaka Kōsoku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha?) and opened in 1990.
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[edit] Lines
Osaka Monorail runs on an elevated line between Osaka International Airport and Kadoma, Osaka through the suburbs of Toyonaka, Suita, Ibaraki and Kadoma. Its current total length is 28.0 kilometers, with the Main Line spanning 21.2 km, and the Saito Line branch between Bampaku-kinen-koen Station on the Main Line and Saito-nishi Station spanning 6.8 km.
The latest 4.2 km extension of the Saito Line between Handai-byoin-mae Station and Saito-nishi Station was completed on March 19, 2007. The new Saito-nishi terminal is located in a residential area named Saito, about a kilometer from the Osaka University of Foreign Studies.
A trip over the entire Main Line takes about 36 minutes, and costs ¥540.
[edit] Stations
[edit] Main Line
- Osaka Airport Station
- Hotarugaike Station (Transfer to Hankyu Takarazuka Line)
- Shibahara Station
- Shoji Station
- Senri-chuo Station (Transfer to Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway)
- Yamada Station (Transfer to Hankyu Senri Line)
- Bampaku-kinen-koen Station (Osaka Expo Park and Expoland) (Transfer to Saito Line)
- Unobe Station
- Minami-ibaraki Station (Transfer to Hankyu Kyoto Line)
- Sawaragi Station
- Minami-settsu Station
- Dainichi Station (Transfer to Osaka Subway Tanimachi Line)
- Kadoma-shi Station (Transfer to Keihan Main Line)
[edit] Saito Line
- Banpaku-kinen-koen Station (Osaka Expo Park and Expoland) (Transfer to Main Line)
- Koen-higashiguchi Station
- Handai-byoin-mae Station (Osaka University Hospital)
- Toyokawa Station
- Saito-nishi Station
