Osaka Monorail Saito Line

Osaka Monorail Saito Line
Saito Line
Overview
Native name国際文化公園都市線（彩都線）
LocaleOsaka
Termini
Stations5
Service
TypeMonorail
Operator(s)Osaka Monorail
Technical
Line length6.8 km (4.2 mi)
Electrification1,500 V DC

Osaka Monorail Saito Line (大阪モノレール彩都線, Ōsaka Monorēru Saito sen) is the monorail route of the Osaka Monorail which runs from Banpaku-Kinen-Koen in Suita, Osaka Prefecture to Saito-nishi Station. The line opened in two stages – on 1 October 1998, from Bampaku-kinen-koen Station to Handai-byoin-mae Station, and on 19 March 2007, to Saito-nishi Station, in Ibaraki, about a kilometer from the Osaka University of Foreign Studies in Minoh. The branch is 6.8 km (4.2 mi) long.[1]

An extension was planned north of Saito-nishi Station, but plans were dropped on 27 January 2017 due to a lack of profitability as the zoning around the proposed extension was switched from residential to industrial.[2][3]

Stations

Station No. Station Japanese Distance Transfers Location
17 Banpaku-Kinen-Kōen 万博記念公園 0.0 km (0 mi) Osaka Monorail Main Line Suita Osaka
Prefecture
51 Kōen-higashiguchi 公園東口 1.1 km (0.68 mi)  
52 Handai-byōin-mae 阪大病院前 2.6 km (1.6 mi)   Ibaraki
53 Toyokawa 豊川 4.2 km (2.6 mi)  
54 Saito-nishi 彩都西 6.8 km (4.2 mi)  

References

  1. ^ "Osaka Monorail Fare/Distance Table". Osaka Monorail Co Ltd. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
  2. ^ "大阪モノレール「彩都線」延伸を断念 採算取れず 大阪府" 大阪モノレール「彩都線」延伸を断念 採算取れず 大阪府 [Osaka Monorail "Saito line" abandoned due to unprofitability]. Sankei Shinbun (in Japanese). 27 January 2017.
  3. ^ "彩都線の延伸断念「採算見通し立たず」" [Abandonment of extension of Saito Line: "No profitability prospect"]. www.sankei.com (in Japanese). 27 January 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2021.