- Osaka Monorail
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For the Japanese band, see Osaka Monaurail.
Osaka Monorail 
Info Locale Osaka Prefecture Transit type Monorail Number of lines 2 Number of stations 18 Daily ridership 100,602 daily boardings (2008) Operation Began operation 1990 Operator(s) Osaka Monorail Co., Ltd Technical System length 28.0 kilometers Osaka Monorail Co., Ltd.
大阪高速鉄道株式会社Type Private kabushiki gaisha Founded Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan (December 15, 1980) Headquarters 1-5, Sin-Senri-higashimachi Itchome, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan Area served northern Osaka Prefecture Website http://www.osaka-monorail.co.jp/eng/ The Osaka Monorail (大阪モノレール Ōsaka Monorēru) is a monorail in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Osaka Monorail Co., Ltd. (大阪高速鉄道株式会社 Ōsaka Kōsoku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha). It is noted in the Guinness Book of World Records as being the longest monorail in the world. It also links three campuses of Osaka University.
Osaka Monorail route map Legend
Osaka Airport Station 
Hanshin Expressway Line 11 (Ikeda) 
Hotarugaike Station Hankyu Takarazuka Line 
Shibahara Station Shoji Station 
Senri-chuo Station Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway 
Yamada Station Hankyu Senri Line Bampaku-kinen-kōen Station Expo Commemoration Park 
Saito Line 
Koen-higashiguchi Handai-byoin-mae Osaka University Hospital Toyokawa 
Saito-nishi 
Meishin Expressway Unobe Station Tokaido Main Line 
JR servicing line Minami-ibaraki Station Hankyu Kyoto Line Sawaragi Station Settsu Station Tokaido Shinkansen Minami-Settsu Station 
Yodo River Dainichi Station Osaka Subway Tanimachi Line Keihan Main Line Kadoma-shi Station Contents
Main Line
The Main Line runs on an elevated line between Osaka International Airport and Kadoma. It opened on June 1, 1990 between Senri-Chuo and Minami-ibaraki stations. On September 30, 1994 it reached Shibahara Station, on April 1, 1997 Osaka Airport, and on August 22, 1997 its current eastern terminal of Kadoma-shi Station. It is 21.2 km long. A trip over the entire Main Line takes about 36 minutes, and costs ¥540.
Station list
Station number Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location 11 Osaka Airport Station 大阪空港駅 0.0 Toyonaka Osaka Prefecture 12 Hotarugaike Station 蛍池駅 1.4 Hankyu Railway Takarazuka Line 13 Shibahara Station 柴原駅 3.1 14 Shōji Station 少路駅 4.8 15 Senri-Chūō Station 千里中央駅 6.6 Kita-Osaka Kyūkō Railway 16 Yamada Station 山田駅 8.5 Hankyu Railway Senri Line Suita 17 Banpaku-Kinen-Kōen Station 万博記念公園駅 9.9 Osaka Monorail Saito Line 18 Unobe Station 宇野辺駅 12.1 Ibaraki 19 Minami Ibaraki Station 南茨木駅 13.3 Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line 20 Sawaragi Station 沢良宜駅 14.5 21 Settsu Station 摂津駅 16.0 Settsu 22 Minami Settsu Station 南摂津駅 17.8 23 Dainichi Station 大日駅 19.9 Osaka Municipal Subway Tanimachi Line Moriguchi 24 Kadoma-shi Station 門真市駅 21.2 Keihan Electric Railway Keihan Main Line Kadoma Saito Line
The Saito Line branch opened in two stages: on October 1, 1998 from Bampaku-kinen-koen Station to Handai-byoin-mae Station and on March 19, 2007 to Saito-nishi Station, in the residential area of Saito, about a kilometer from the Minoo Campus of Osaka University (former Osaka University of Foreign Studies). The branch is 6.8 km long.
Station list
Station number Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location 17 Banpaku-Kinen-Kōen Station 万博記念公園駅 0.0 Osaka Monorail Main Line Suita Osaka
Prefecture51 Kōen-higashiguchi Station 公園東口駅 1.1 52 Handai-byōin-mae Station 阪大病院前駅 2.6 Ibaraki 53 Toyokawa Station 豊川駅 4.2 54 Saito-nishi Station 彩都西駅 6.8 Rolling stock
External links
- (English)Official website
See also
Categories:- Rail transport in Osaka Prefecture
- Companies based in Osaka Prefecture
- Monorails in Japan
- ALWEG people movers
- Osaka University transportation
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