Editing Monorails in Japan

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Here is a list of '''[[monorail]]s 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.
*[[Disney Resort Line]]: [[Urayasu]], [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]], 2001.
*[[Chiba Urban Monorail]] (Townliner): [[Chiba (city)|Chiba]], Chiba, 1988. (suspended monorail)
*[[Osaka Monorail]]: [[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]], 1990. Second longest monorail line in the world.
*[[Shonan Monorail|Shōnan Monorail]]: [[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]], 1970. (suspended monorail)
*[[Kitakyushu Monorail|Kitakyūshū Monorail]]: [[Kitakyushu|Kitakyūshū]], [[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka]], 1985.
*[[Okinawa Urban Monorail]] (Yui Rail): [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]], 2003.

==Discontinued==
*''[[Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya|Nagoya Municipal]]'' {{Interlanguage link|Nagoya City Higashiyama Park Monorail Line|ja|名古屋市交通局協力会東山公園モノレール}} Monorail, [[Nagoya]], [[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]], 1964 &mdash; 1974.
*{{Interlanguage link|Himeji City Monorail Line|lt=Himeji City Monorail Line|ja|姫路市交通局モノレール線}}, [[Himeji]], [[Hyōgo Prefecture|Hyōgo]], 1965 &mdash; 1974.
*''[[Nagoya Railroad|Meitetsu]]'' [[Monkey Park Monorail Line]]: [[Inuyama, Aichi|Inuyama]], Aichi, 1962–2008. It linked the Monkey Park to the nearest railway station.
*[[Nara Dreamland Monorail]], [[Nara Dreamland]], 1961 &mdash; 2006
*[[Odakyu Electric Railway|Odakyū]] [[Mukōgaoka-Yūen Monorail]] Line, [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]], Kanagawa, 1965 &mdash; 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 [[World War II|pre-war]] period.
*''[[Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation|Toei]]'' [[Ueno Zoo Monorail]]: Tokyo, 1958-2023. It linked the two sectors of [[Ueno Zoo|the zoo]] in [[Ueno Park]]. Service was suspended on 31 October 2019 and permanently closed in December 2023.
*[[Yokohama Dreamland Monorail]], Kanagawa, 1966 &mdash; 1967.
*[[Yomiuriland]] Monorail, Kanagawa and Tokyo, 1964 &mdash; 1978.
*[[Skyrail Midorizaka Line]]: [[Aki-ku, Hiroshima|Aki-ku]], [[Hiroshima]], [[Hiroshima Prefecture|Hiroshima]], 1998 — 2024. (suspended monorail) A commuter line in a residential development suburb of the city. It was also considered as an automated guideway transit.

==Other monorails==
*[[Slope car]]s 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 [[orchard]]s, especially of ''[[mikan]]'' citrus. [http://www.ttn.ne.jp/~marujin/items.htm] The first of its kind was invented in 1966.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070704123720/http://www.senyo.co.jp/english/produ/vista.htm Vista liner] 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 park]]s, such as [[Expo Land]].

==Automated guideway transits==
Strictly speaking, these lines are not monorails, though they resemble one at first glance. The rail in the center of the track serve only to guide the train, not support it, so they don't qualify as monorails.
* [[Astram Line]] (''[[Hiroshima Rapid Transit]]'' Hiroshima New Transit Line 1): Hiroshima, Hiroshima
* [[Linimo]] (''Aichi Rapid Transit'' Tōbu Kyūryō Line): Aichi.
* [[Nagoya Guideway Bus]] [[Yutorito Line|Shidami Line]] (Yutorīto Line): Nagoya, Aichi.
* [[New Shuttle]] (''Saitama New Urban Transit'' Ina Line): [[Saitama (city)|Saitama]], [[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]].
* [[Nankō Port Town Line|New Tram]] (''[[Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau|Osaka Municipal]]'' Nankō Port Town Line): [[Osaka]], Osaka.
* [[Peach Liner]] (''Tōkadai New Transit'' Tōkadai Line): [[Komaki]], Aichi. Already discontinued.
* [[Port Island Line|Port Liner]] (''[[Kobe New Transit]]'' Port Island Line): [[Kobe]], [[Hyōgo Prefecture|Hyōgo]].
* [[Rokkō Liner]] (''[[Kobe New Transit]]'' Rokkō Island Line): Kobe, Hyōgo.
* [[Kanazawa Seaside Line|Seaside Line]] (''Yokohama New Transit'' Kanazawa Seaside Line): [[Yokohama]], Kanagawa.
* ''[[Seibu Railway|Seibu]]'' [[Seibu Yamaguchi Line|Yamaguchi Line]] (Leo Liner): [[Tokorozawa, Saitama|Tokorozawa]], Saitama. A people mover Between [[Seibuen Park]] and [[Invoice Seibu Dome]].
* ''[[Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation|Toei]]'' [[Nippori-Toneri Liner]]: [[Tokyo]].
* ''Yamaman'' [[Yamaman Yūkarigaoka Line|Yūkarigaoka Line]]: [[Sakura, Chiba|Sakura]], Chiba.
* [[Yurikamome]] (Tokyo Waterfront New Transit Waterfront Line): [[Tokyo]].

== Photo gallery ==
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File:Okinawa Monorail 1000 series at Kencho-mae Station 20040719.jpg|Okinawa Urban Monorail at [[Prefectural Office Station]]
File:Mono-shibaura.jpg|Tokyo Monorail across [[Shibaura]]
File:KitakyushuUrbanMonorail.jpg|[[Kitakyushu Monorail]]
File:UenoZooMonorail1280.jpg|Toei [[Ueno Zoo]] Monorail in Tokyo
File:TamaToshiMonorail6061.jpg|Tama Toshi Monorail
File:Chiba monorail 1000.jpg|Chiba Urban Monorail
File:Shonan monorail type 500.JPG|Shōnan Monorail near [[Ōfuna Station]]
File:Skyrail-car.jpg|Skyrail Midorizaka Line
File:Odakyu-500.jpg|Odakyū Mukōgaoka-Yūen Monorail, now closed. The photograph taken in 1990.
File:Himeji monorail Daishogun stn.jpg|Ruins of Daishōgun Station, Himeji Municipal Monorail.
File:Slope car Muya.jpg|Slope car at {{Interlanguage link|Muya Bus Stop|ja|撫養バスストップ}}, [[Tokushima Prefecture|Tokushima]].
File:VistaLiner.jpg|Vista Liner at Expo Land, [[Suita]], [[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]].
</gallery>

== See also ==
*[[Monorail]]
*[[List of railway companies in Japan]]
*[[List of railway lines in Japan]]
*[[Slope car]]

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