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Yurikamome
, formerly the , is an automated guideway transit service operated by ''Yurikamome, Inc.'' in Tokyo, Japan. It connects Shimbashi Station, Shimbashi to Toyosu Station, Toyosu, via the artificial island of Odaiba, a market in which it competes with the Rinkai Line. The line is named after the Black-headed Gull, black-headed gull (''yurikamome'' in Japanese), a common denizen of Tokyo Bay and the official metropolitan bird. History Before its 1995 opening, it was widely feared that the Yurikamome would end up as a multibillion-yen white elephant. The artificial island of Odaiba, which it serves, had been designed and constructed at prodigious expense before Japan's economic crash and, much like London's equally beleaguered Canary Wharf, there simply did not seem to be enough demand to support it. On 1 November 1995, the section between Shimbashi Station, Shimbashi and Ariake Station (Tokyo), Ariake opened, using a temporary Shimbashi station. In the first few months of operation, ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiodome Station
is a railway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It serves as an interchange for the Toei Ōedo Line (E-19) and Yurikamome (U-02). Line *Yurikamome *Toei Ōedo Line Station layout The two parts of the station are not directly linked to one another, and passengers must exit out to ground-level to transfer between them. Toei The Toei part of the station has an underground island platform with two tracks on either side. File:Shiodome-Sta-Toei-Gate.JPG, Toei ticket gates, 2016 File:Toei-subway-E19-Shiodome-station-platform-20191201-122050.jpg, Toei platforms, December 2019 Yurikamome The Yurikamome uses an elevated island platform with two tracks on either side. File:Shiodome-Sta-Yurikamome-Gate.JPG, Yurikamome ticket gates File:Shiodome-Sta-Yurikamome-Platform.JPG, Yurikamome platforms, 2016 History Although the structures of both the Yurikamome and Toei stations were completed on 1 November 1995 and 12 December 2000, they were not opened yet as the surrounding area was und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
