Kitakyushu monorail
The Kitakyūshū monorail is part of the public transport system of the Japanese city of Kitakyūshū on the island of Kyūshū . It was put into operation on January 9, 1985 and consists only of the Kokura line ( Japanese 小 倉 線 , Kokura-sen , officially: 北九州 高速 鉄 道 小 倉 線 , Kitakyūshū kōsoku tetsudō Kokura-sen , dt. Kitakyūshū high-speed railway Kokura line ). This runs in a north-south direction.
In 1998 she was in the north to a stop expanding and directly into the reception building of the station of Kokura out (Central Station Kitakyushu) so that the total length of the network so that is 8.8 km with 13 stops. The monorail is operated by the Kitakyūshū Kōsoku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha ( 北九州 高速 鉄 道 株式会社 ). The journey between the two terminal stops Kokura and Kikugaoka takes 19 minutes.
The monorail is owned by the City of Kitakyushu. Until the expansion into Kokura station, the railway was in the red. This expansion originally met resistance from businessmen in the Uomachi shopping area, who feared for their sales. This fear turned out to be unfounded.
Once a year there is a beer and wine celebration, which is celebrated in the monorail. Another attraction is that Santa Claus will be on the trains on December 24th.
Further expansion
There are currently no plans to build another line or expand the existing one.
