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In the News (Mon 7 Dec 09)

  
  YURIKAMOME
One-day Open Pass issued by the ticket vending machine is valid only for the day of purchase, whereas the pass sold at the station office is valid for one day of your choice within the period of validity indicated on the ticket.
However, trips on the WATER BUS is limited to the routes indicated on the pass.
Each ticket can be used from any station of the YURIKAMOME line, and valid for 3 months from the day of purchase.
www.yurikamome.co.jp /english/index.php   (1025 words)

  
  Yurikamome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yurikamome is often incorrectly called a monorail, due to the resemblance of the elevated concrete track, but the track is actually just a funnel and the trains are supported by two rows of rubber wheels.
An accident on the Yurikamome occurred on the afternoon of April 14, 2006.
According to a government commission, one of the axles on the six-car train was cracked due to metal fatigue, causing a rubber tire on the train to fall off.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yurikamome   (745 words)

  
 Yurikamome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
New Transit Yurikamome (新交通ゆりかもめ) is an automated guideway transit service operated by the Tokyo Waterfront New Transit Corporation, connecting Shinbashi to Ariake on the artificial island of Odaiba in Tokyo, Japan.
Yurikamome is often incorrectly called a monorail, and the elevated concrete track does resemble a monorail at first glance, but the track is actually just a funnel and the trains are supported by two rows of rubber wheels.
The Yurikamome's future looks bright: at over 100,000 passengers per day, the Yurikamome is making a net profit and will pay off its loans in full faster than the 20 years originally anticipated.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Yurikamome   (585 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Yurikamome
Yurikamome is often incorrectly called a monorail, and the nelevated concrete track does resemble a monorail at first glance, but the ntrack is actually just a funnel and the trains are supported by ntwo rows of rubber wheels.
Yurikamome is Tokyo's first fully automated transit system, ncontrolled entirely by computers with no drivers on board.
The Yurikamome's future looks bright: at over 100,000 npassengers per day, the Yurikamome is making a net profit nand will pay off its loans in full faster than the 20 years noriginally anticipated.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Yurikamome   (827 words)

  
 Tokyo's New Waterfront Transit System
Yurikamome was planned to serve as the major mode of access to the subcentre.
Yurikamome officially entered service on 1 November 1995 as a forerunner of the waterfront development project, despite anxiety over its future and criticism as ‘aerial transport through a wilderness’.
Yurikamome is highly evaluated as a transit system for the future and is now carrying far more passengers than predicted thanks to the delightful views that it provides of the waterfront area, as well as the pleasant and comfortable ride.
www.jrtr.net /jrtr16/f15_iwata.html   (2614 words)

  
 StarBulletin.com | News | /2005/10/05/
The last phase of the 10-year-old Yurikamome rail line is under construction on an artificial island in Tokyo Bay.
One of the reasons the mayor said he likes the Yurikamome line is that it runs along an exclusive elevated track, and not on the ground, avoiding traffic congestion.
Yurikamome's Tadatoshi Watanabe told the group that going above ground level is also safer, because it prevents accidents with vehicles.
www.starbulletin.com /2005/10/05/news/story01.html   (707 words)

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