Tama Toshi Monorail Line

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Tama Toshi Monorail Line
Locale Tokyo
Transit type straddle-beam
Began operation 1998
System length 16 km
No. of lines 1
No. of stations 19
Operator(s) Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Co., Ltd.

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 an important part of the Western Tokyo public transport network.

Operated by Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Co., Ltd., the double tracked, 16 kilometer monorail line carries passengers between Higashi Yamato and Tama in 36 minutes. Opened in 1998 from Kamikitadai to Tachikawa-Kita, the line was extended in 2000 to Tama-Center. Large deficits have caused the corporation to become insolvent. [1]

Tachikawa-Kita (=North) and Tachikawa-Minami (=South) are the most important stations, enabling transfer to the JR East Chūō Main Line and Tama-Center transfer to Odakyu or Keio Railways.

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Color Station in Japanese km Total km Minutes Connect Lines City
Kamikitadai 上北台   0.0 0   Higashi-Yamato, Tokyo
Sakura-Kaidō 桜街道 0.7 0.7 2  
Tamagawa-Jōsui 玉川上水 0.8 1.5 4 Seibu Railway: Seibu Haijima Line
Sunagawa-Nanaban 砂川七番 1.0 2.5 6   Tachikawa, Tokyo
Izumi-Taiikukan 泉体育館 0.5 3.0 7  
Tachihi 立飛 0.6 3.6 9  
Takamatsu 高松 0.7 4.2 10  
Tachikawa-Kita 立川北 1.2 5.4 13 JR East: Chūō Main Line, Ōme Line, and Nambu Line (as Tachikawa Station)
Tachikawa-Minami 立川南 0.4 5.8 14
Shibasaki-​Taiikukan 柴崎体育館 0.7 6.5 16  
Kōshū-Kaidō 甲州街道 1.5 8.0 19   Hino, Tokyo
Manganji 万願寺 1.3 9.3 21  
Takahata-Fudō 高幡不動 1.2 10.5 24 Keio Corporation: Keiō Line and Keio Dobutsuen Line
Hodokubo 程久保 0.8 11.3 26  
Tama-​Dōbutsukōen 多摩動物公園 1.0 12.3 28 Keio Corporation: Keio Dobutsuen Line
Chūō-Daigaku-​Meisei-Daigaku 中央大学・明星大学 1.1 13.4 30   Hachiōji, Tokyo
Ōtsuka Teikyo-Daigaku 大塚・帝京大学 0.9 14.3 32  
Matsugaya 松が谷 0.8 15.1 34  
Tama-Center 多摩センター 0.9 16.0 36 Keio Corporation: Keio Sagamihara Line (as Keio-​Tama-​Center Station, 5 minutes on foot)
Odakyu Electric Railway: Odakyu Tama Line (as Odakyu-​Tama-​Center Station, 5 minutes on foot)		 Tama, Tokyo

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Tama Toshi Monorail train

Train on tracks above Tachikawa Station

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  1. ^ According to the official settlement report on March 31, 2006, its asset is 20.5 billion yen, while its accumulated income (or rather, liability) is -22.8 billion yen, meaning the latter exceeds the former by 2.2 billion yen. In other words, the company is now in insolvency. This does not mean, however, the company is already bankrupt.

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