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
TerminiKamikitadai
Tama-Center
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)

Operated by the Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Co., Ltd., the double tracked, 16.0 km monorail line carries passengers between the suburban cities of Higashiyamato and Tama via Tachikawa, Hino, and Hachiōji in 36 minutes. The first section, from Kamikitadai to Tachikawa-Kita, opened in 1998, with the second section to Tama-Center opened in 2000.

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.

Stations

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

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

See also

References
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