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.
Operated by the Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Co., Ltd., the double tracked, 16.0 km (9.9 mi) monorail line carries passengers between the suburban cities of Higashiyamato and Tama via Tachikawa, Hino, and Hachiōji in 36 minutes.
The line opened in two phases. The section from Kamikitadai to Tachikawa-Kita opened in November 1998 while the section south to Tama-Center opened in January 2000.[1]
Station numbering was introduced to all stations in February 2018.[2]
Future plans
As of October 2022, there are plans to extend the route. One route is an extension north from the current terminus at Kamikitadai to Hakonegasaki Station on the Hachiko Line. The other two are southbound extensions from Tama-Center to Hachioji and Machida respectively.
Kamikitadai to Hakonegasaki
In 2016, a proposal was made to extend the line from the current northern terminus at Kamikitadai Station to Hakonegasaki Station on the Hachikō Line.[3] The planned extension to Hakonegasaki had been considered since planning for the entire route began in 1981.[4] The seven-station extension will be 7 km (4.3 mi) long and is projected to cost ¥80 billion (2021) (US$728.93 million).
Tama-Center to Hachioji
A southward expansion of the monorail line to Hachiōji Station was also considered since the planning phase of the line in the 1980s. The expansion had also been considered to be run as a separate light rail transit line, but was ultimately abandoned in December 2016 citing topographical and technological constraints.[5] As of 2016 the projected cost is ¥190 billion (2016) (equivalent to ¥193.87 billion or US$1.78 billion in 2019)[6].[7]
Tama-Center to Machida
An extension from Tama-Center to Machida Station has also been considered since the planning phase of the line in the 1980s. As of January 2022, the exact route remains undecided.[8] The most recent estimate determined that the construction would cost ¥170 billion (2016) (equivalent to ¥173.47 billion or US$1.59 billion in 2019)[6].[7]
(video) A monorail train slides along the track, 2016
^"おかげさまで開業２０周年。多摩モノレールは地域に愛されるブランドづくりを進めます。" [Tama Toshi Monorail Celebrates 20 Years of Operation] (PDF). tama-monorail.co.jp (in Japanese). 10 September 2018. Archived from the original(PDF) on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
^"多摩モノレール全駅に「駅ナンバリング」を導入します！！" ["Station numbering" will be introduced at all stations on the Tama Monorail!!] (PDF). tama-monorail.co.jp (in Japanese). 30 June 2017. Archived from the original(PDF) on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
^"多摩モノレール「箱根ケ崎延伸」ルート・駅位置が判明 東京都が都市計画手続きに着手" [Tama Monorail "Hakonegasaki Extension" Route and Station Locations Revealed, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Begins Planning Procedures]. news.railway-pressnet.com (in Japanese). 3 October 2022. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
^"多摩都市モノレール延伸検討" [Consideration for extension of the Tama urban monorail]. toshiseibi.metro.tokyo.lg.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
^"八王子市長、LRT導入を当面見送り 技術上の問題を理由に" [Hachioji mayor postpones introduction of LRT for the time being due to technical problems]. 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 16 December 2016. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
^ ab"行政・団体". Daily Engineering and Construction News. 21 October 2016. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
^"検討ルート案" [Route plan] (PDF). toshiseibi.metro.tokyo.lg.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original(PDF) on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
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