Monorails in Japan

Currently operational

• Tokyo Monorail: Tokyo, 1964. One of the world's most commercially successful monorail lines, carrying around 100 million passengers yearly.
• Tama Toshi Monorail Line: Tokyo, 1998.
• Toei Ueno Zoo Monorail: Tokyo, 1958. It links the two sectors of the zoo in Ueno Park.
• Disney Resort Line: Urayasu, Chiba, 2001.
• Chiba Urban Monorail : Chiba, Chiba, 1988.
• Osaka Monorail: Osaka, 1990. Second longest monorail line in the world.
• Shōnan Monorail: Kanagawa, 1970.
• Skyrail Midorizaka Line: Aki-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 1998. A commuter line in a residential development suburb of the city. It is also considered as an automated guideway transit.
• Kitakyūshū Monorail: Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, 1985.
• Okinawa Urban Monorail : Okinawa, 2003.

  Discontinued

• Nagoya Municipal Higashiyama Park Monorail, Nagoya, Aichi, 1964 — 1974.
• Himeji Municipal Monorail, Himeji, Hyōgo, 1965 — 1974.
• Meitetsu Monkey Park Monorail Line: Inuyama, Aichi, 1962–2008. It linked the Monkey Park to the nearest railway station.
• Odakyū Mukōgaoka-Yūen Monorail Line, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 1965 — 2001.
• "Suspended Train" at the Exhibition of Transportation and Electricity in Osaka, 1928. Operated only for a week, from November 28 until December 3. It was the first monorail in the nation, as well as the only one in the pre-war period.
• Yokohama Dreamland Monorail, Kanagawa, 1966 — 1967.
• Yomiuriland Monorail, Kanagawa and Tokyo, 1964 — 1978.

  Other monorails

• Slope cars are small automated monorails found in the various parts of Japan. Unlike the monorails above, slope cars are not legally considered as railways. Similar concepts include Raxcars and Monoriders.
• There are also small industrial monorails used in various places, most notably in steep orchards, especially of mikan citrus. The first of its kind was invented in 1966.
• is another type of monorail which is not legally a railway. The system is smaller than ordinary monorails, but larger than slope cars. Vista liners can be typically seen in amusement parks, such as Expo Land.

  Automated guideway transits

• Astram Line : Hiroshima, Hiroshima
• Linimo : Aichi.
• Nagoya Guideway Bus Shidami Line : Nagoya, Aichi.
• New Shuttle : Saitama, Saitama.
• New Tram : Osaka, Osaka.
• Peach Liner : Komaki, Aichi. Already discontinued.
• Port Liner : Kobe, Hyōgo.
• Rokkō Liner : Kobe, Hyōgo.
• Seaside Line : Yokohama, Kanagawa.
• Seibu Yamaguchi Line : Tokorozawa, Saitama. A people mover Between Seibuen Park and Invoice Seibu Dome.
• Toei Nippori-Toneri Liner: Tokyo.
• Yamaman Yūkarigaoka Line: Sakura, Chiba.
• Yurikamome : Tokyo.

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