Osaka Monorail

Osaka Monorail
Osaka Monorail 1000 series train at Hotarugaike Station
Overview
Locale	Osaka Prefecture
Transit type	Straddle-beam Monorail
Number of lines	2
Number of stations	18
Daily ridership	121,441 (2022)[1]
Annual ridership	38,067,000 (2021)[2]
Website	www.osaka-monorail.co.jp
Operation
Began operation	January 6, 1990 (1990-01-06)
Operator(s)	Osaka Monorail Co., Ltd.
Technical
System length	28.0 km (17.4 mi)
Minimum radius of curvature	100 m (330 ft)
Electrification	1,500 V DC
Top speed	75 km/h (47 mph)

Osaka Monorail Co., Ltd.

Native name	大阪モノレール株式会社
Romanized name	Ōsaka Monorēru kabushiki gaisha
Company type	Private KK
Founded	Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan (December 15, 1980 (1980-12-15))
Headquarters	1-5, Shin-Senri-higashimachi Itchome, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
Area served	northern Osaka Prefecture
Owner	Osaka Prefectural Government (65.1%) Keihan Holdings Co. (2.7%) Hankyu Corporation (2.7%) Kintetsu Group Holdings Co. (2.7%) 7 municipalities and 17 companies, including Toyonaka municipal government (total 26.8%)
Website	www.osaka-monorail.co.jp/company/

The Osaka Monorail (大阪モノレール, Ōsaka Monorēru) is a monorail system in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Osaka Monorail Co., Ltd. (大阪モノレール株式会社, Ōsaka Monorēru kabushiki gaisha). At 28 kilometres (17 mi) long, it is the second longest monorail system in the world after the Chongqing Monorail and the longest monorail system in Japan. It links the three campuses of Osaka University.

IC cards can be used on the Osaka Monorail, including Suica, Pasmo, PiTaPa and ICOCA.

Osaka Monorail route map
Legend
11 Osaka Airport Hanshin Expressway Line 11 (Ikeda) 12 Hotarugaike Hankyu Takarazuka Line Chugoku Expressway 13 Shibahara Station Senri River 14 Shoji Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway 15 Senri-chuo Chugoku Expressway 16 Yamada Hankyu Senri Line Yamada River Depot 17 Bampaku-kinen-kōen Expo Commemoration Park Saito Line 51 Koen-higashiguchi 52 Handai-byoin-mae Osaka University Hospital 53 Toyokawa 54 Saito-nishi Depot Meishin Expressway 18 Unobe Taisho River Tokaido Main Line (JR Kyoto Line) Tokaido Main Line (Freight line) 19 Minami-Ibaraki Hankyu Kyoto Line Boryo River Kinki Expressway 20 Sawaragi Boryo River Boryo River 21 Settsu Taisho River Ai River Tokaido Shinkansen 22 Minami-Settsu Yodo River Osaka Subway Tanimachi Line 23 Dainichi Keihan Main Line 24 Kadoma-shi

Lines

Name	Termini		Opened	Completed	Length	Stations
Main Line	Osaka Airport	Kadoma-shi	1 June 1990	22 August 1997	21.2 km (13.2 mi)	14
Saito Line	Bampaku-kinen-kōen	Saito-nishi	1 October 1998	19 March 2007	6.8 km (4.2 mi)	5
Total					28.0	18

Rolling stock

Current

• 1000 series
• 2000 series
• 3000 series

• 
  1000 series
• 
  2000 series
• 
  3000 series

Extension

In 2015, Osaka Prefecture announced plans to extend the monorail to Uryudo in Higashiōsaka.^[3]

See also

• Monorails in Japan
• List of rapid transit systems

References

External links

Shinkansen lines JR West lines
("Urban network")Urban rail transit systems

Osaka Metro (list of stations)	Midōsuji Line Tanimachi Line Yotsubashi Line Chūō Line Sennichimae Line Sakaisuji Line Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line Imazatosuji Line Nankō Port Town Line
Kobe Municipal Subway	Seishin-Yamate Line Kaigan Line Hokushin Line
Kyoto Municipal Subway	Karasuma Line Tōzai Line
Osaka Monorail	Main Saito
Hankai Tramway	Hankai Uemachi
Kobe New Transit	Port Island Line Rokkō Island Line
Keifuku Electric Railroad (Randen)	Arashiyama Line Kitano Line
Eizan Electric Railway (Eiden)	Eizan Main Line Kurama Line

Five major
private rail operators

Hankyu	Hankyu Kobe Main Itami Imazu Koyo Hankyu Takarazuka Main Minoo Hankyu Kyoto Main Senri Arashiyama
Hanshin	Hanshin Main Namba Mukogawa
Keihan	Keihan Main Oto Nakanoshima Katano Uji Otsu Lines ■ Keishin ■ Ishiyama Sakamoto
Nankai	Nankai Main Takashinohama Airport Tanagawa Kada Wakayamako Koya Shiomibashi Naniwasuji (under construction)
Kintetsu Railway	A Namba/Nara G Ikoma B Kyoto/Kashihara H Tenri I Tawaramoto C Keihanna D Osaka J Shigi F Minami Osaka/Yoshino N Domyoji O Nagano P Gose

Four semi-major
private rail operators

Semboku Rapid	Semboku Rapid Railway
Kitakyu	Namboku Line
Kōbe Rapid	Tōzai Line Namboku Line
Sanyo	Sanyo Main Line Aboshi Line

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