Okinawa Urban Monorail

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Okinawa Urban Monorail
沖縄都市モノレール
Industry Rail transport
Founded 10 August 2003
Headquarters Naha
Area served
 Naha and Urasoe
Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Services Monorail
Owner Okinawa Urban Monorail, Inc.
Website www.yui-rail.co.jp
File:Okinawa Urban Monorail 2012 12 29.webm
Okinawa Urban Monorail train, 2012
Okinawa Urban Monorail
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1000 series train on the Okinawa Urban Monorail
Overview
Locale Naha and Urasoe
Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Transit type straddle-beam monorail
Number of lines 1
Number of stations 19
Daily ridership 49,716 per day (2017)
Operation
Began operation 10 August 2003
Operator(s) Okinawa Urban Monorail, Inc.
Technical
System length 17 km (11 mi)[1]
Electrification Template:1,500 V DC
System map

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Yui Rail - Stations
0 Naha Kūkō Station (Airport)
1.95 Akamine Station
2.71 Oroku Station
3.68 Ōnoyama-kōen Station
4.52 Tsubogawa Station
5.33 Asahibashi Station
5.91 Kenchō-mae Station
6.63 Miebashi Station
7.61 Makishi Station
8.20 Asato Station
8.95 Omoromachi Station
9.96 Furujima Station
10.88 Shiritsubyōin-mae Station
11.84 Gibo Station
12.84 Shuri Station

All stations are barrier-free. All stations are barrier-free. [2]

The Okinawa Urban Monorail (沖縄都市モノレール Okinawa Toshi Monorēru?), also known as Yui Rail (ゆいレール Yui Rēru?), is a monorail line serving the cities of Naha and Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan. Operated by Okinawa Urban Monorail, Inc. (沖縄都市モノレール株式会社 Okinawa Toshi Monorēru Kabushiki-gaisha?), it opened on 10 August 2003, and is the only public rail system in Okinawa Prefecture. Yui Rail is the first rail line on Okinawa since World War II. As Okinawa is the island of Japan lying farthest to the south and west that has an active rail line, Akamine Station and Naha Airport Station, the southernmost and westernmost rail stations in Japan respectively, lie on this line. It uses the OKICA as its contactless smart card, and integrates with Suica and other major Japanese IC cards (such as ICOCA or SUGOCA) from 10 March 2020.[3][4]

Yui Rail

The monorail's "Yui Rail" brand name and logo were selected in a public competition.[5] It consists of 19 stations, from Naha Airport in the west to Tedako-Uranishi in the east, running via Naha.[6] The average distance between stations is 0.93 kilometers (0.58 mi). It takes 37 minutes and costs ¥370[6] to traverse its 17 km (11 mi) length.[1]

Trains (made by Hitachi Rail and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company under the former's monorail lineup) are made up of two cars, with 65 seats and a total capacity of 165 people.[1] Trains run on an elevated track between 8 and 20 meters (26 and 66 ft) above the ground, with a top speed of 65 km/h (40 mph) and an actual average speed of 28 km/h (17 mph) counting stops.[1]

Urasoe Extension

After lengthy deliberation of possible route options, the monorail corporation applied for construction permission for a 4.1 kilometers (2.5 mi), 4-station extension from Shuri Station to Tedako-Uranishi Station (Urasoe City) in August 2011.[7] Permission was granted on 26 January 2012, with construction planned to start in March 2013. Revenue operation along the extension started on 1 October 2019, using a revised schedule with extended rush hour headways for opening day.[8][9][10]

Preliminary ridership data from the first week showed that year-on-year ridership was up after the extension opened on Oct. 1.[11]

Stations

Station
No.		 Station name Distance Total
distance		 Location
English Japanese
1 Naha Airport 那覇空港 - 0.00 km (0 mi) Naha
2 Akamine 赤嶺 1.95 km (1.21 mi) 1.95 km (1.21 mi)
3 Oroku 小禄 0.76 km (0.47 mi) 2.71 km (1.68 mi)
4 Onoyama Park 奥武山公園 0.97 km (0.60 mi) 3.68 km (2.29 mi)
5 Tsubogawa 壺川 0.84 km (0.52 mi) 4.52 km (2.81 mi)
6 Asahibashi 旭橋 0.81 km (0.50 mi) 5.33 km (3.31 mi)
7 Prefectural Office 県庁前 0.58 km (0.36 mi) 5.91 km (3.67 mi)
8 Miebashi 美栄橋 0.72 km (0.45 mi) 6.63 km (4.12 mi)
9 Makishi 牧志 0.98 km (0.61 mi) 7.61 km (4.73 mi)
10 Asato 安里 0.59 km (0.37 mi) 8.2 km (5.1 mi)
11 Omoromachi おもろまち 0.75 km (0.47 mi) 8.95 km (5.56 mi)
12 Furujima 古島 1.01 km (0.63 mi) 9.96 km (6.19 mi)
13 Naha City Hospital 市立病院前 0.92 km (0.57 mi) 10.88 km (6.76 mi)
14 Gibo 儀保 0.96 km (0.60 mi) 11.84 km (7.36 mi)
15 Shuri 首里 1.00 km (0.62 mi) 12.84 km (7.98 mi)
16 Ishimine 石嶺 1.06 km (0.66 mi) 13.90 km (8.64 mi)
17 Kyozuka 経塚 1.20 km (0.75 mi) 15.00 km (9.32 mi) Urasoe
18 Urasoe-Maeda 浦添前田 1.00 km (0.62 mi) 16.00 km (9.94 mi)
19 Tedako-Uranishi てだこ浦西 1.00 km (0.62 mi) 17.00 km (10.56 mi)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 モノレール計画概要 Archived 2015-04-09 at the Wayback Machine, yui-rail.co.jp (Japanese)
  2. ↑ "about Barrier-free", yui-rail.co.jp (Japanese)
  3. ↑ [1] okinawatimes. 24 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ "about Yui Rail" Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine, yui-rail.co.jp (Japanese)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 ご利用案內 Archived 2014-02-20 at the Wayback Machine, yui-rail.co.jp (Japanese)
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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