The is a Japanese
people mover
A people mover or automated people mover (APM) is a type of small scale automated guideway transit system. The term is generally used only to describe systems serving relatively small areas such as airports, downtown districts or theme parks. ...
of Yamaman Co., Ltd., the developer of
Yūkarigaoka
is a planned community development in the city of Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. While the name of the development translates as “eucalyptus hills”, Australian '' Eucalyptus'' trees do not occur in the area naturally.
Yūkarigaoka serve ...
town. The line, which opened in two stages between November 2, 1982, and September 22, 1983, runs from
Yūkarigaoka Station and the entire route is in
Sakura
A cherry blossom, also known as Japanese cherry or sakura, is a flower of many trees of genus ''Prunus'' or ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus''. They are common species in East Asia, including China, Korea and especially in Japan. They generally ...
,
Chiba. The line takes a rocket-shaped route as shown in the route diagram.
Stations list
All stations are located in
Sakura, Chiba
is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 173,740 in 78,483 households and a population density of 1700 people per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Sakura is located in northeastern C ...
. Trains run in the order listed.
Buses
Since November 2020, ''Yamaman'' has established a bus department because the Yamaman Yukarigaoka Line has been difficult to use for elderly people who live in Yūkari-ga-Oka when moving around the vicinity and going shopping and so on. At first, ''Yamaman'' operate
''ここらら号 - Kokoara Gō''as socialization experiment from 2013 to October 2020 for transportation poor people. So, no
Yamaman Yūkari-ga-Oka Community Bus ''こあら号 - Koara Gō''re
/ref> runs around Yamaman Yukarigaoka Line. And, the bus department of Yamaman has five routes, which you are able to ride on at flat rate of 200 yen (adult), 100 yen (child). The way of paying the fares is a face authentication. Vehicles are
Hino Rainbow and
Hino Poncho.
See also
*
List of rapid transit systems
These lists of rapid transit systems are sorted by the type of system:
* List of tram and light rail transit systems
* List of town tramway systems
* Medium-capacity rail transport system
* List of premetro systems
* List of metro systems
* List ...
References
External links
Official website
Railway lines in Chiba Prefecture
People mover systems in Japan
Railway lines opened in 1982
1982 establishments in Japan
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