Yutorito Line

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Yutorīto Line

Ōzone Station

Yutorīto Line (ゆとりーとライン, Yutorīto Rain^?) is a bus rapid transit line in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. The line is officially called Guideway Bus Shidami Line (ガイドウェイバス志段味線, Gaidowei Basu Shidami-sen^?). Its official nickname, Yutorīto Line, is a portmanteau of yutori (ゆとり, ^? "relaxed") and street (ストリート, sutorīto^?). As such, the name is also unofficially spelt Yutreet Line. The line is owned by Nagoya Guideway Bus, whose name is also often used as the alternative name for the line. The whole line opened in March 23, 2001.

1 Overview
2 Basic data
3 Routes
4 Stations
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Overview

The line is consisted of the guided bus segment on a viaduct dedicated track in central Nagoya and the ordinary bus segment on public road. Cars directly go through the two segments. The guided bus segment runs between Ōzone, Higashi Ward and Obata Ryokuchi, Moriyama Ward. Nagoya Guideway Bus manages the guideway facilities and cars, while three bus companies, namely Nagoya Municipal Bus, Meitetsu Bus, and JR Central Bus, operate buses on the line. This is the only guided bus line in Japan. The line is legally considered as a sort of railway, like monorails or automated guideway transits in the country.

[edit] Basic data

The data below is about the guided bus segment.

Distance: 6.5 km / 4.0 mi.
Stations: 9
Double-track line: Whole line
Motive energy: Internal combustion engine

[edit] Routes

The are 5 routes operated, each differing on normal bus segments.

Operated by Nagoya Municipal Bus, Meitetsu Bus, and JR Central Bus
- Ōzone — Obata Ryokuchi
- Ōzone — Obata Ryokuchi — Nakashidami
- Ōzone — Obata Ryokuchi — Shidami Science Park — Nakashidami
Operated by Meitetsu Bus
- Ōzone — Obata Ryokuchi — Kōzōji
Operated by JR Central Bus
- Ōzone — Obata Ryokuchi — Seto Mizunosaka

[edit] Stations

The data below is about the guided bus segment.

No.	Station name	Japanese	Total distance	Transfers	Location
Y01	Ōzone	大曽根	0.0 km	JR Central: Chūō Main Line Meitetsu: Seto Line Nagoya City Subway: ■ Meijō Line (M12)	Higashi, Nagoya
Y02	Nagoya Dome-mae Yada	ナゴヤドーム前矢田	1.0 km	Nagoya City Subway: ■ Meijō Line (M13)
Y03	Sunada-bashi	砂田橋	1.6 km	Nagoya City Subway: ■ Meijō Line (M14)
Y04	Moriyama	守山	2.7 km	Meitetsu: Seto Line (unofficial at Moriyama-jieitai-mae Station)	Moriyama, Nagoya
Y05	Moriyama Shiminbyōin	守山市民病院	3.3 km
Y06	Kawamiya	川宮	4.3 km
Y07	Kamamura	川村	5.1 km
Y08	Shirasawa Keikoku	白沢渓谷	6.0 km
Y09	Obata Ryokuchi	小幡緑地	6.5 km
Through services to/from ordinary bus sections.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

(Japanese) Nagoya Guideway Bus official website

v • d • e Mass transit in Nagoya (Chūkyō Metropolitan Area)

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