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Posted on 07 April 2015. Tags: above, High, Monorail, scene, Tachikawa, Tama, Tokyo

SCENE IN TOKYO: Tama Monorail High Above Tachikawa Opening partially in 1998 and fully in 2000, the now financially struggling Tama Monorail is actually quite new in comparison to the very successful, 51-year-old Tokyo Monorail. While the latter has a great advantage in that it serves Tokyo’s Haneda … Full News here – Read more […]

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Posted on 21 August 2014. Tags: Extend, Haneda, Monorail, station, Tokyo

Haneda monorail to extend to Tokyo Station No new station will be built on the 3-kilometer extension between Hamamatsucho and Tokyo stations. The section will be built on an elevated line beside the JR Keihintohoku Line. At Tokyo Station, monorail platforms will be established above the … Full News here – Read more on The […]

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Posted on 09 May 2014. Tags: Exploring, Monorail, Subways, Tokyo, trains, Transit

Trains, Subways, and a Monorail – A Day Exploring Tokyo by Transit It had been a whirlwind trip. Sunday and Monday had been taken up on the inaugural All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight from Vancouver (YVR) to Tokyo-Haneda (HND). I spent Tuesday at ANA’s New Employee Ceremony, and then explored HND’s observation … Full News here […]

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