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  Tama
Tama Nui-Te-Ra, the solar deity in Polynesian mythology
Tama, Musashi (), an old district in Musashi Province
Tama (Shinto) (), part of the soul in Japanese faith
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  Tama Toshi Monorail Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
), also referred to as the Tama Monorail, is part of the public transport network of the western part of Tokyo.
Operated by Tama Toshi Monorail, the double tracked, 16 kilometer monorail line carries passengers between Higashi Yamato and Tama in 36 minutes.
Tachikawa-Kita (=North) and Tachikawa-Minami (=South) are the most important stations, enabling transfer to the JR Chuo Main Line and Tama Center (or Tama Plaza) transfer to Odakyu Railways.
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 Monorail - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A monorail is a metro or railroad with a track consisting of a single rail (actually a beam), as opposed to the traditional track with two parallel rails.
Modern monorails are powered by electric motors and generally have tires, instead of metal wheels which are found on subway, streetcar (tram), and light rail trains.
If the monorail vehicle is on fire and rapidly filling with smoke, the passengers may face an unpleasant choice between jumping to the ground (and breaking bones in the process) or staying in the vehicle and risking suffocation.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Monorail   (1279 words)

  
 Monorail - tScholars.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A monorail is a transit system, resembling a metro or railroad with a track consisting of a single rail (guideway), as opposed to the traditional track with two parallel rails.
Monorails today are powered by electric motors fed by dual third rails, contact wires or electrified channels attached to or enclosed in their guidance beams.
The term 'monorail' is often applied by members of the public to any modern elevated railway, particularly automated ones such as the Docklands Light Railway, Vancouver SkyTrain and the JFK AirTrain, but this usage is erroneous; these systems use the same twin rails and electric third rail as most underground metros and some main-line railways.
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 monorail - Types and technical aspects, Advantages and disadvantages, Partial list of monorail systems
Monorail vehicles are wider than the beam, and monorail systems are commonly elevated, requiring only a minimal footprint for support pillars.
Unlike conventional rail systems, straddle monorails wrap around their track and are thus not physically capable of derailing, unless the track itself suffers a catastrophic failure, which is why monorails have an excellent safety record.
Monorail systems have been built in many countries around the world, many of them on elevated tracks through crowded areas that would otherwise require the construction of expensive underground lines or have the disadvantages of surface lines.
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 Tama - Wikitravel
Tama (多摩) is a western suburban city of Tokyo.
The main attraction in Tama is Sanrio Puroland ([2]), a theme park dedicated to Hello Kitty and her cute clones.
Tama Chuo Koen is a park with a lot of nature and a pretty big pond.
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 TRANSPORTOBELLO.COM: Rail Transport - Monorail
Monorail vehicles are wider than the beam, and monorail systems are commonly elevated, requiring only a minimal footprint for support pillars.
Unlike conventional rail systems, straddle monorails wrap around their track and are thus not physically capable of derailing, unless the track itself suffers a catastrophic failure, which is why Monorails have an excellent safety record.
Shonan Monorail in Kanagawa, in the southern outskirts of Tokyo
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 Tachikawa, Tokyo - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The Tama Toshi Monorail Line carries traffic north and south from Tachikawa.
Several stations are in the city, and Tachikawa Minami and Tachikawa Kita stations flank JR Tachikawa Station.
The Tama River flows between Tachikawa and Hino.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Tachikawa,_Tokyo   (522 words)

  
 Monorel - Wikipedia Indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas berbahasa Indonesia
Monorails bisa ditemukan di tempat berikut di Amerika Utara:
Sydney, Australia sebenarnya merancang monorail ini sebagai transportasi massal,tetapi kemudian menjadi salah satu fasilitas yang disenangi dalam pariwisata.
Austin Monorail Project - sebuah advokasi sistem monorel nirlaba sebagai transit untuk Austin, TX 2045 Seattle - a pergerakan tingkat bawah yang mendukung the pembangunan transit monorel cepat di Seattle, WA sunting]
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 Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A monorail is a metro or railroad with a track consisting of a single rail, as opposed to the traditional track with two parallel
Modern monorails are powered by electric motors and generally have tires, instead of metal wheels which are found on
If the monorail vehicle is on fire and rapidly filling with smoke, the passengers may face an unpleasant choice between jumping to the ground or staying in the vehicle and risking suffocation.
www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Monorail.html   (974 words)

  
 Tama - Wikivisual
Tama Hills A USAF Installation in Tama, Tokyo
Tama (spider), a genus of Tree trunk spiders
TAMA, Towey's Academy of Martial Arts, a martial arts school in Fallbrook CA
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 Monorail - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A monorail is a transit system, resembling a metro or railroad with a track nominally consisting of a single rail (actually a beam), as opposed to the traditional track with two parallel rails.
Modern monorails actually depend on a large solid beam as the vehicles' running surface and there are a number of competing designs divided into two broad classes, straddle-beam and suspended monorails.
The 1-mile monorail built in Seattle for the Century 21 Exposition in 1962 was going to be replaced by the Green Line, at most a 14-mile monorail line that would serve as public transit – the project was scrapped in a public vote in November 2005.
www.voyager.in /Monorail   (1845 words)

  
 Articles - Monorail   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A monorail is a transit system, resembling a metro or railroad with a track consisting of a beam (guideway), not a "single rail" as is commoly thought, as opposed to the traditional track with two parallel rails.
When The Walt Disney Company placed a monorail in their Disneyland theme park in 1959, it exposed large numbers of visitors to the transportation form in a credible though miniature transit setting.
Almost all modern monorails are powered by electric motors fed by dual third rails, contact wires or electrified channels attached to or enclosed in their guidance beams.
www.masterize.com /articles/Monorail   (2125 words)

  
 Tama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tama Hills A USAF Installation in Tama, Tokyo
Tama (spider), a genus of Tree trunk spiders
TAMA, Towey's Academy of Martial Arts, a martial arts school in Fallbrook CA edit]
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 [ information-center.be | Monorail Resources ]   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The most common type of monorail in use today is the straddle-beam monorail, in which the train straddles a reinforced concrete beam in the range of two to three feet (~0.6-0.9 m) wide.
As monorail stations are usually elevated, special arrangements (such as lifts and elevators) must be made to permit access by disabled passengers.
Monorail vehicles are generally smaller than those on heavy-rail metros, leading to a higher cost per passenger per mile.
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 Science Fair Projects - Tama Toshi Monorail Line
The Tama Toshi Monorail Line (多摩都市モノレール線) is a monorail line in the western part of Tokyo, Japan.
Operated by Tama Toshi Monorail, the 16 km, multiple-track line carries passengers between Higashi Yamato and Tama in a 36 minute trip.
Tama Sentaa Station in Tama (adjacent to Odakyu Electric Railway, Keio Electric Railway)
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Tama_Toshi_Monorail_Line   (250 words)

  
 tama - Information at Halfvalue.com
Tama Hills, an expanse of hills stretching along the southwestern flank of Tokyo
Tama, Tokyo (多摩市), a municipality classified as a city, in western Tokyo
TAMA, Towey's Academy of Martial Arts, a martial arts school in Fallbrook CA A type of talking drum in Senegal
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 Tama   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Tama Nui-Te-Ra, the solar deity in Polynesian mythology
Tama (玉), the Japanese word for jewel, and the jewel, strictly speaking the Yasakani no magatama, is one of the Imperial Regalia of Japan
Tama Toshi Monorail Line (多摩都市モノレール線), a monorail in the western part of Tokyo, Japan.
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 Bureau of City Planning<Planning of Tokyo><Urban Development>
It is intended not only to enhance the allure of Tama by accumulating diverse functions, but also to show clearly our goal for forming a core city-linking axis that stretches in the direction of the ring like a belt, related to the past five-sided "Sub-centers of Tama".
In the Tama area, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government established the Tachikawa city planning area in July 1989 and laid down the original policy for the redevelopment of city planning areas in Musashino, Mitaka, Ome and Machida in February 1994.
Accordingly, Tama New Town aims to form a new town of complex functions by introducing business and research facilities as well as educational and cultural ones in addition to the development of favorable housing lots.
www.toshiseibi.metro.tokyo.jp /plan/pe-011.htm   (5075 words)

  
 Monorail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
They are quieter, as modern monorails use rubber wheels on a concrete track (though some non-monorail subway systems, like the Paris metro, use the same technique and are equally quiet)
The 1-mile monorail built in Seattle for the Century 21 Exposition in 1962 is speculated to be replaced by the Green Line, at most a 14-mile monorail line that would serve as public transit – the project is currently being reduced in size and may be scrapped altogether.
A 10-30km monorail through the tourist district of Niagara Falls, Ontario is planned to replace the existing bus-based Niagara Parks Commission peoplemover system.
www.lookitup.co.za /m/o/n/Monorail.html   (1387 words)

  
 Hawaii Monorail
Councilwoman Ann Kobayashi questioned, “Why does it have to be so ugly?” when shown renderings of a possible idea for the look of the monorail.
The criticism seemed to be the fact that concrete structure supporting the rail is an eyesore.
I came away with ideas on how to encourage and entice public-private partnerships to finance Honolulu’s mass transit system.” It is encouraging that the mayor is looking towards innovate ways to get the funding needed.
hawaiimonorail.com   (1292 words)

  
 Tama Travel Guide - travel news, destination guides, weather and essential vacation tools
The Tama Toshi Monorail is less useful, but connects to the JR Chuo Line at Tachikawa.
Directly across the street from the entrance to the Tama Zoo is a small train museum, including a very large model train set.
Tama has plenty of fastfood and chain restaurants: two Wendy's, three of chain restaurant called "Saizeria", two of the same coffee shops, and two of the same kind of soba restaurants.
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 Tama hotele apartament, pensjonat, hotel, pokój w Tama. Hotele w Tama, Apartamenty hotelowe w Tama, Noclegi w ...
Tama (Cascade), a Japanese musician, formerly of the band Cascade
Tama (Porno Graffitti), a Japanese musician, formerly of the band Porno Graffitti
Tama (cat), a cat who is a stationmaster of a Japanese railway station.
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 Monorail Did You Mean monorail   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The 1-mile monorail built in Seattle for the Century 21 Exposition in 1962 is speculated to be replaced by the Green Line, at most a 14-mile monorail line that would serve as public transit ?
New Delhi, London MonoMetro Limited is planning a system in New Delhi, India for the 2010 Commonwealth Games and have proposed to the British government a 270 km (about 168 miles) network in London part of which to be completed for the 2012 summer Olympic Games.
Austin Monorail Project - a non-profit advocating monorail transit for Austin, TX 2045 Seattle - a grassroots movement that supports the construction of rapid transit monorail in Seattle, WA What does monorail mean ?
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 Oriental Planet - tama ryokan
Tama Ryokan (Tokyo) A small family inn with quiet rooms and reasonable rates.
Tama Ryokan www.tamaryokan.com Finding inexpensive, and convenient, accommodations in Tokyo can be quite a hassle.
Prices from JPY 8500.00 With the opening of the Tama Monorail in the year 2000, access to the...
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 Monorails and Maglev Transportation Systems - RailServe.com
SAFEGE Monorail and Bertin Aerotrain - History and photos of the abandoned SAFEGE Monorail and Bertin Aerotrain in Saran, France
Shonan Monorail - 6.6km suspended SAFEGE monorail with eight stations in Kanagawa, Japan
Tama Toshi Monorail - 16-km monorail with 19 stations in Western Tokyo, Japan
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 ..:: kaz's blog ::..: 4月 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: )
the next 2, was for burr and i, then the final 2 were for ryoko and toshi.
toshi came by a bit later all decked out in a suit cuz he came from work.
time was comin' to a close, and ryoko, toshi, naoko, chie and i had to get back.
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 Tokyo Other Transit
The 6 monorails in the Tokyo region serving different suburban cities.
They are: Tokyo, Chiba City, Shonan, Tama City, Tokyo Disneyland Resort, and the Ueno Zoo.
The most crowded would be the Tokyo Monorail which connects Haneda Airport with Tokyo.
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 List of rapid transit systems - tScholars.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Rapid transit (heavy rail) is generally defined by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) as "high-speed, passenger rail cars operating singly or in trains of two or more cars on fixed rails in separate right-of-way from which all other vehicular and foot traffic are excluded.
This generally does not include "other" rail modes such as aerial tramways, automated guideway transit, cable cars, inclined planes tramway, or monorails.
Most light rail systems and commuter rail sytems, are not included here but are in list of light-rail transit systems.
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 Tama Toshi Monorail - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Tama Toshi Monorail   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Tama Toshi Monorail - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Tama Toshi Monorail.
The list of the Tama Toshi Monorail Authors is
The orginal Tama Toshi Monorail article can be editet
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 Tama Did You Mean tama   (Site not responding. Last check: )
"Tama" is one of the names used by pro wrestler Sam Fatu
Tama Chan, turtle mascot from Ken Akamatsu's anime and manga 'Love Hina'.
Tama (?) is also the Japanese word for jewel, and the jewel, strictly speaking the Yasakani no magatama, is one of the Imperial Regalia of Japan
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