Editing SAFEGE (section)

====Mitsubishi Heavy Industries====
[[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]] of Japan has developed a working system of SAFEGE-type suspended railways, and have made three such installations, two of which remain in operation today.

*From early 1964 to December 1974, [[:ja:名古屋市交通局協力会東山公園モノレール|a {{convert|0.5|km|mi|adj=on}} single-line]] ran between [[Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens|Higashiyama Zoo and the nearby Botanical Gardens]] in [[Nagoya]], [[Japan]].<ref name="Voice">{{cite book|last1=Voice|first1=David|date=2010|publisher=Adam Gordon|isbn=978-1-874422-81-5|page=37|edition=1|title=Monorails of the World: A History of Passenger Monorails}}</ref> While initially popular, it also suffered from mechanical problems and after the first two years of operation, the novelty wore off and it began making a loss.<ref name="Demery">{{cite web|last1=Demery|first1=Leroy|title=Monorails in Japan: An Overview|url=http://www.publictransit.us/ptlibrary/specialreports/sr9.JapanMonorails.pdf|publisher=www.publictransit.us|access-date=3 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060621134953/http://www.publictransit.us/ptlibrary/specialreports/sr9.JapanMonorails.pdf|archive-date=21 June 2006}}</ref> Plans to expand the zoo and gardens hastened its demise, although the car and a section of track is preserved at one of the stations. While it was initially marketed as a ride, rather than a means of transport, a fare was charged, making it the first revenue-earning SAFEGE/Mitsubishi-type monorail.<ref name="Voice"/>
*In 1970<ref name="Demery"/> the [[Shonan Monorail]] opened. It runs from [[Ōfuna Station]] in [[Kamakura, Kanagawa|Kamakura]] to [[Shōnan-Enoshima Station]] in [[Fujisawa, Kanagawa|Fujisawa]]. 
*In 1988,<ref name="Demery"/> the first stage of the [[Chiba Urban Monorail]] system opened, in [[Chiba, Chiba|Chiba]]. With a {{convert|15.2|km|mi|adj=on}} route length,<ref name="Demery"/> it is the longest suspended monorail in the world.