| Okinawa City Monorail Line | |
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| Locale | Naha, Okinawa |
| Transit type | straddle-beam monorail |
| Number of lines | 1 |
| Number of stations | 15 |
| Daily ridership | 35,000 |
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| Began operation | August 2003 |
| Operator(s) | Okinawa Urban Monorail Incorporated |
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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 Urban Monorail Incorporated (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 also the first rail line on Okinawa since World War II.
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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. It boasts including both the westernmost rail station in Japan (Naha Airport station) and the southernmost (Akamine station).
Trains are made up of two cars, with 65 seats and a total capacity of 165 people; however, there is ample standing room on the trains as well and they are routinely filled to more than double the capacity of their seating.[4]. Trains runs on an elevated track between 8 and 20 meters above the ground, with a top speed of 65 km/h (about 40 mph) and an actual average speed of 28 km/h (17 mph) counting stops.
After lengthy deliberation of possible route options, the monorail corporation applied for construction permission for a 4.1-kilometer, 4-station extension from Shuri Station to Uranishi (浦西) in August 2011. Assuming permission is granted within nine months, the extension is scheduled to open in March 2019.[5]
| Station name | Japanese | Total distance | Location |
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| Naha-kūkō | 那覇空港 | 0 km | Naha, Okinawa |
| Akamine | 赤嶺 | 1.95 km | |
| Oroku | 小禄 | 2.71 km | |
| Ōnoyama-kōen | 奥武山公園 | 3.68 km | |
| Tsubogawa | 壺川 | 4.52 km | |
| Asahibashi | 旭橋 | 5.33 km | |
| Kenchō-mae | 県庁前 | 5.91 km | |
| Miebashi | 美栄橋 | 6.63 km | |
| Makishi | 牧志 | 7.61 km | |
| Asato | 安里 | 8.2 km | |
| Omoromachi | おもろまち | 8.95 km | |
| Furujima | 古島 | 9.96 km | |
| Shiritsu-byōin-mae | 市立病院前 | 10.88 km | |
| Gibo | 儀保 | 11.84 km | |
| Shuri | 首里 | 12.84 km |