Okinawa Monorail

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Okinawa City Monorail Line
Locale Naha, Okinawa
Transit type straddle-beam monorail
Began operation August 2003
System length 12.8 kilometres
No. of lines 1
No. of stations 15
Daily ridership 35,000
Operator(s) Okinawa City Monorail Corporation
Yui Rail - Stations
KBFa
0 Naha-kūkō Station (Airport)
BHF
1.95 Akamine Station
BHF
2.71 Oroku Station
BHF
3.68 Ōnoyama-kōen Station
BHF
4.52 Tsubogawa Station
BHF
5.33 Asahibashi Station
BHF
5.91 Kenchō-mae Station
BHF
6.63 Miebashi Station
BHF
7.61 Makishi Station
BHF
8.20 Asato Station
BHF
8.95 Omoromachi Station
BHF
9.96 Furujima Station
BHF
10.88 Shiritsu-byōin-mae Station
BHF
11.84 Gibo Station
KBFe
12.84 Shuri Station

All the stations are barrier-free. All the stations are barrier-free design. [1]
Okinawa Monorail at Akamine, the southern-most rail station in Japan
Okinawa Monorail at Akamine, the southern-most rail station in Japan

The Okinawa City Monorail Line (沖縄都市モノレール Okinawa Toshi Monorēru?), or Yui Rail (ゆいレール Yui Rēru?), is a monorail line in Naha, Okinawa, Japan. Operated by Okinawa City Monorail Corporation (沖縄都市モノレール株式会社 Okinawa Toshi Monorēru Kabushiki-gaisha?), it opened on August 10, 2003, and is currently the only functioning public rail system in Okinawa Prefecture (it was the first rail line on Okinawa since World War II.

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[edit] Yui Rail

This monorail line is called Yui Rail (ゆいレール Yui Rēru?). Both the nickname and its symbol mark were selected from public subscription.[2] Yui Rail comprises 15 stations, running from Naha Airport in the west to Shuri (near Shuri Castle) in the east, running through the heart of Naha.[3] The average distance between stations is 0.93 kilometers. It takes 27 minutes and costs ¥290 to traverse its entire length of 12.8 km.

Trains are made up of two cars, with 65 seats and a total capacity of 165 people[4]. It runs on an elevated track between 8 and 20 meters above the ground. Its top speed is 65 km/h (about 40 mph), but it averages 28 km/h (17 mph) counting stops.

It boasts including both the westernmost rail station in Japan (Naha Airport station) and the southernmost (Akamine station).

An extension of the monorail is currently in the planning process. There are three short routes being considered.

[edit] Stations

  • Naha-kūkō Station
  • Akamine Station
  • Oroku Station
  • Ōnoyama-kōen Station
  • Tsubogawa Station
  • Asahibashi Station
  • Kenchō-mae Station
  • Miebashi Station
  • Makishi Station
  • Asato Station
  • Omoromachi Station
  • Furujima Station
  • Shiritsu-byōin-mae Station
  • Gibo Station
  • Shuri Station

[edit] References

  1. ^ "about Barrier-free", yui-rail.co.jp (Japanese)
  2. ^ "about Yui Rail", yui-rail.co.jp (Japanese)
  3. ^ Naha (html). Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
  4. ^ Okinawa Monorail Photo Special Page 3 (html). Retrieved on 2007-02-15.

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