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KITAKYUSHU
 Japan

Kitakyushu Monorail and Tram Map

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 MONORAIL

Kitakyushu (1 million inh.), on the Japanese island of Kyushu near Fukuoka.

- 8.8 km monorail
- 13 stations
- operated by Kitakyushu Rapid Railway
- opened:
09 Apr 1985 - Heiwa-dori - Kikugaoka, 8.4 km
01 Apr 1998 - Kokura - Heiwa-dori, 0.4 km

Station list:

Kokura - Heiwadori - Tanga - Kawaraguchi/Mihagino - Katano - Jono - Kitagata - Keibajou - Moritsune - Tokurikikoudan-mae - Tokurikiarashiyama-mae - Shii - Kikugaoka
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 TRAM

"Chikuho- Electric Railroad Line"

- operated by Chikutetsu
- opened 1914
- 16 km
- 21 stops
- track gauge: 1435 mm

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 Links

Kitakyushu Urban Monorail (Official Site)

Chikutetsu (Official Site)

Monorail Society

BLOG: Read your webmaster's impressions of Kitakyushu's Monorail system (April 2016)

 
 Book

Metros & Trams in JapanAndrew Phipps & Robert Schwandl:

METROS & TRAMS in JAPAN - Vol. 3: West & South

Osaka - Kyoto - Kobe - Okayama - Hiroshima - Kitakyushu - Fukuoka - Nagasaki - Kumamoto - Kagoshima

The third volume of our trilogy about urban rail systems in Japan covers all the systems in West and South Japan, from the metros in Osaka, Kyoto and Fukuoka to the different special transit systems like monorails and people movers, and to the numerous tramways, including Japan's largest network in Hiroshima. As usual, the book is illustrated with a large number of recent colour photos and detailed network maps.

Text: German & English; 160 pages, ca. 300 photos; Detailed network maps
Oct 2018 - ISBN 978-3-936573-54-1
 

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