Tokyo Monorail

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The Tokyo Monorail, officially the Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line, is a straddle-beam Alweg-type monorail line in Tokyo, Japan. It provides a connection between Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) and the city's Ōta, Shinagawa, and Minato wards. The 17.8-kilometre (11.1 mi) line runs predominantly elevated along the western shore of Tokyo Bay and serves 11 stations between Hamamatsuchō and Terminal 2. The line is operated by Tokyo Monorail Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of JR East, and carried an average of 107,871 passengers per day in Japanese fiscal year 2023. Plans for Japan's first airport rail link emerged as Tokyo prepared to host the 1964 Summer Olympics. A company was created in 1959 to build the line; construction began in 1963, and service opened on 17 September 1964, 23 days ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony. The original line ran nonstop between Hamamatsuchō and Haneda Airport and was later expanded with infill stations and extensions. The Tokyo Monorail is one...

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