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Tama Toshi Monorail Line

The Tama Toshi Monorail Line (多摩都市モノレール線, Tamatoshi Monorēru-sen), also referred to as the Tama Monorail, is a monorail system in Western Tokyo.


Tama Toshi Monorail Line
Overview
StatusOperating
Ownerthe Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Co., Ltd, owned mostly by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (79.9%)
LocaleWestern Tokyo, Japan
Termini
Stations19
Websitewww.tama-monorail.co.jp
Service
TypeStraddle-beam monorail
SystemTama Toshi Monorail
Services1
Rolling stockTama Toshi Monorail 1000 series
Daily ridership120,494
History
Opened1998
Technical
Line length16.0 km (9.94 mi)
Electrification1,500 V DC
Operating speed65 km/h (40 mph)
Route diagram

Legend
 Kamikitadai
Sakurakaidō
to Higashi-Yamatoshi
Tamagawa-Jōsui
to Musashi-Sunagawa
Sunagawa-Nanaban
Izumi-Taiikukan
Tachihi
Takamatsu
Tachikawa-Kita
to Nishi-Tachikawa
to Hino
to Kunitachi
to Nishi-Kunitachi
Tachikawa-Minami
Shibasaki-Taiikukan
Tama River
Kōshū-Kaidō
Manganji
Line End
to Mogusaen
Takahatafudō
to Minamidaira
Hodokubo
Tama-dōbutsukōen
Line End
Chūō-Daigaku-Meisei-Daigaku
Ōtsuka-Teikyō-Daigaku
Matsugaya
to Nagayama
Tama-Center
to Keiō-Horinouchi
to Karakida
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Operated by the Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Co., Ltd., the double tracked, 16.0 km (9.9 mi) monorail line carries passengers between the suburban cities of Higashiyamato and Tama via Tachikawa, Hino, and Hachiōji in 36 minutes.

Tachikawa-Kita, Tachikawa-Minami, and Tama-Center stations are the most important stations, enabling transfer at Tachikawa to JR East's Chūō Main Line and at Tama-Center to the Odakyu Tama Line and Keio Sagamihara Line.

Tourist venues along the line include Tama Zoo and Keio Rail-Land (a railway museum), both adjacent to Tama-Dōbutsukōen Station.

Stations

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All stations are located in Tokyo. Most stations have an associated shape/image (as seen in the left-most column of the table below).

Station Japanese Distance Transfers Location
Total Minutes
  TT-19 Kamikitadai 上北台 0.0 km (0 mi) 0   Higashiyamato
  TT-18 Sakura-Kaidō 桜街道 0.7 km (0.43 mi) 2  
  TT-17 Tamagawa-Jōsui 玉川上水 1.5 km (0.93 mi) 4   Seibu Haijima Line
  TT-16 Sunagawa-Nanaban 砂川七番 2.5 km (1.6 mi) 6   Tachikawa
  TT-15 Izumi-Taiikukan 泉体育館 3.0 km (1.9 mi) 7  
  TT-14 Tachihi 立飛 3.6 km (2.2 mi) 9  
  TT-13 Takamatsu 高松 4.2 km (2.6 mi) 10  
  TT-12 Tachikawa-Kita 立川北 5.4 km (3.4 mi) 13 (in Tachikawa)
JC Chūō Main Line
JC Ōme Line
JN Nambu Line
  TT-11 Tachikawa-Minami 立川南 5.8 km (3.6 mi) 14
  TT-10 Shibasaki-Taiikukan 柴崎体育館 6.5 km (4.0 mi) 16  
  TT-09 Kōshū-Kaidō 甲州街道 8.0 km (5.0 mi) 19   Hino
  TT-08 Manganji 万願寺 9.3 km (5.8 mi) 21  
  TT-07 Takahatafudō 高幡不動 10.5 km (6.5 mi) 24 KO Keiō Line
KO Keiō Dōbutsuen Line
  TT-06 Hodokubo 程久保 11.3 km (7.0 mi) 26  
  TT-05 Tama-Dōbutsukōen 多摩動物公園 12.3 km (7.6 mi) 28 KO Keiō Dōbutsuen Line
  TT-04 Chūō-Daigaku-Meisei-Daigaku 中央大学・明星大学 13.4 km (8.3 mi) 30   Hachiōji
  TT-03 Ōtsuka Teikyo-Daigaku 大塚・帝京大学 14.3 km (8.9 mi) 32  
  TT-02 Matsugaya 松が谷 15.1 km (9.4 mi) 34  
  TT-01 Tama-Center 多摩センター 16.0 km (9.9 mi) 36 KO Keiō Sagamihara Line (Keiō-Tama-Center)
OT Odakyu Tama Line (Odakyu-Tama-Center) 		Tama

History

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The line opened in two phases. The section from Kamikitadai to Tachikawa-Kita opened in November 1998 while the section south to Tama-Center opened in January 2000.[1]

Station numbering was introduced to all stations in February 2018.[2]

Future plans

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As of October 2022, there are plans to extend the route. One route is an extension north from the current terminus at Kamikitadai to Hakonegasaki Station on the Hachiko Line. The other two are southbound extensions from Tama-Center to Hachioji and Machida respectively.

Kamikitadai to Hakonegasaki

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In 2016, a proposal was made to extend the line from the current northern terminus at Kamikitadai Station to Hakonegasaki Station on the Hachikō Line.[3] The planned extension to Hakonegasaki had been considered since planning for the entire route began in 1981.[4] The seven-station extension will be 7 km (4.3 mi) long and is projected to cost ¥80 billion (2021) (US$728.93 million).

Tama-Center to Hachioji

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A southward expansion of the monorail line to Hachiōji Station was also considered since the planning phase of the line in the 1980s. The expansion had also been considered to be run as a separate light rail transit line, but was ultimately abandoned in December 2016 citing topographical and technological constraints.[5] As of 2016 the projected cost is ¥190 billion (2016) (equivalent to ¥193.87 billion or US$1.78 billion in 2019)[6].[7]

Tama-Center to Machida

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An extension from Tama-Center to Machida Station has also been considered since the planning phase of the line in the 1980s. As of January 2022, the exact route remains undecided.[8] The most recent estimate determined that the construction would cost ¥170 billion (2016) (equivalent to ¥173.47 billion or US$1.59 billion in 2019)[6].[7]

(video) A monorail train slides along the track, 2016

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "おかげさまで開業２０周年。多摩モノレールは地域に愛されるブランドづくりを進めます。" [Tama Toshi Monorail Celebrates 20 Years of Operation] (PDF). tama-monorail.co.jp (in Japanese). 10 September 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  2. ^ "多摩モノレール全駅に「駅ナンバリング」を導入します！！" ["Station numbering" will be introduced at all stations on the Tama Monorail!!] (PDF). tama-monorail.co.jp (in Japanese). 30 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. ^ "多摩モノレール「箱根ケ崎延伸」ルート・駅位置が判明 東京都が都市計画手続きに着手" [Tama Monorail "Hakonegasaki Extension" Route and Station Locations Revealed, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Begins Planning Procedures]. news.railway-pressnet.com (in Japanese). 3 October 2022. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  4. ^ "多摩都市モノレール延伸検討" [Consideration for extension of the Tama urban monorail]. toshiseibi.metro.tokyo.lg.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  5. ^ "八王子市長、LRT導入を当面見送り 技術上の問題を理由に" [Hachioji mayor postpones introduction of LRT for the time being due to technical problems]. 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 16 December 2016. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b 1868 to 1938: Williamson J., Nominal Wage, Cost of Living, Real Wage and Land Rent Data for Japan 1831-1938, 1939 to 1945: Bank of Japan Historical Statistics Afterwards, Japanese Historical Consumer Price Index numbers based on data available from the Japanese Statistics Bureau. Japan Historical Consumer Price Index (CPI) – 1970 to 2014 Retrieved 30 July 2014. For between 1946 and 1970, from "昭和戦後史". Retrieved 2015-01-24.
  7. ^ a b "行政・団体". Daily Engineering and Construction News. 21 October 2016. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  8. ^ "検討ルート案" [Route plan] (PDF). toshiseibi.metro.tokyo.lg.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
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