Kitakyushu Monorail

Monorail service in Kitakyushu, Japan

Kitakyushu Monorail

Overview
Locale| Kitakyushu, Japan
Stations| 13
Service
Type| Straddle-beam monorail
Services| 1
Operator(s)| Kitakyushu Urban Monorail Co. Ltd.
Daily ridership| 31,700
History
Opened| 9 January 1985
Technical
Line length| 8.8 km (5.5 mi)

Route map

Kitakyushu Monorail

Legend

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| Sanyo Shinkansen

to Hakata│to Shin-Shimonoseki

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| Kagoshima

Main Line
• to Moji

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to  | Nishi-

Kokura
•  Kagoshima & Nippō Main

Lines & Hitahikosan Line

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|  | Kokura
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|  | Heiwadōri
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|  | Tanga
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Kantake River

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|  | Kawaraguchi Mihagino
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|  | Katano
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Hitahikosan Line

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|  | Jōno
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|  | Kitagata
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|  | Keibajōmae
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|  | Moritsune
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Shii River

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|  | Tokuriki Kōdanmae
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|  | Tokuriki Arashiyamaguchi
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|  | Shii
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Shii River

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|  | Kikugaoka
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|  | Shii-Kōen

| Hitahikosan Line

to Yoake│to Kokura

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The Kitakyushu Monorail (北九州モノレール, Kitakyūshū monorēru) is a monorail system in the city of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Kitakyushu Urban Monorail Co. Ltd. (北九州高速鉄道株式会社, Kitakyūshū Kōsoku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha; literally "Kitakyūshū Rapid Railway Stock Company"), which is wholly owned by the Kitakyushu municipal government.

The Kokura Line (小倉線, Kokura-sen) is the only line. It runs the 8.8 km (5.5 mi) between Kokura station and Kikugaoka station in Kokura Minami ward in about 18 minutes. It was opened on January 9, 1985, between the station now called Heiwadori and Kikugaoka, and at the time was the first monorail in the world with high level platforms and trains with floors entirely above the bogies.[1][2] This increased available floor space and now all but one of Japan's surviving Alweg monorails have high level platforms and employ podium-free trains.[3][4] This line was extended about 300 metres (1000 ft) to Kokura station from Heiwadori on April 1, 1998.

The monorail is owned by the city of Kitakyushu, and did not begin to make a profit until the extension to Kokura station was completed. This had been resisted by the businesses in Uomachi shopping district who feared they would lose customers, but that did not happen.

Once a year, there are beer and wine parties held on the monorail, with bookings made in advance. Santa Claus boards the train on December 24.[5]

## Stations

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No.  | Station Name  | Japanese  | Distance (km)  | Transfers  | Location

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Between
Station  | Total
Distance
01  | Kokura | 小倉  | \-  | 0.0  |

* San'yō Shinkansen
* JA Kagoshima Main Line
* JF Nippō Main Line
* JI Hitahikosan Line

| Kokurakita-ku
Kitakyūshū | Fukuoka Prefecture
02  | Heiwadōri | 平和通  | 0.4  | 0.4  |
03  | Tanga | 旦過  | 0.3  | 0.7
04  | Kawaraguchi Mihagino | 香春口三萩野  | 0.9  | 1.6
05  | Katano | 片野  | 0.8  | 2.4
06  | Jōno | 城野  | 0.8  | 3.2  | Kokuraminami-ku
Kitakyūshū
07  | Kitagata | 北方  | 1.0  | 4.2
08  | Keibajōmae

(University of Kitakyushu)
(Kokura Racecourse)

| 競馬場前

(北九州市立大学前)
(小倉競馬場)

| 0.7  | 4.9
09  | Moritsune | 守恒  | 0.8  | 5.7
10  | Tokuriki Kōdanmae | 徳力公団前  | 0.9  | 6.6
11  | Tokuriki Arashiyamaguchi | 徳力嵐山口  | 0.7  | 7.3
12  | Shii | 志井  | 0.9  | 8.2
13  | Kikugaoka | 企救丘  | 0.6  | 8.8  | JI Hitahikosan Line (Shiikōen)

## See also

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* Monorails in Japan
* Kitakyushu Airport
* List of rapid transit systems

## References

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1. ^ Pedersen, Kim. "Kitakyushu Monorail - a Photo Essay". The Monorail society.
2. ^ "Metro of Kitakyushu". Mapa-Metro.
3. ^ Pedersen, Kim. "Monorails of Japan". The Monorail Society.
4. ^ Karisher, Richard. "Hitachi-Alweg history". The Alweg Archives. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
5. ^ "サンタ列車に笑顔 北九州モノレール 子どもたちにプレゼント". Nishinippon Shimbun. December 25, 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2024.

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