Hitachi Monorail

Tama Toshi Monorail, a "Large" Hitachi monorail system

The Hitachi Monorail System refers to the family of monorails offered by Hitachi Rail.

List of notable Hitachi monorails

Hitachi's designs are ALWEG-based, and are available in three configurations:[1]

Type	Capacity	Axle load	Track beam	Maximum grade	Turning radius
Large	415	11 t (11 long tons; 12 short tons)	0.85 m × 1.5 m (2 ft 9.46 in × 4 ft 11.06 in)	6%	70 m (229.66 ft)
Standard	348	10 t (9.8 long tons; 11 short tons)	0.8 m × 1.4 m (2 ft 7.50 in × 4 ft 7.12 in)	6%	70 m (229.66 ft)
Small	194	8 t (7.9 long tons; 8.8 short tons)	0.7 m × 1.3 m (2 ft 3.56 in × 4 ft 3.18 in)	6%	40 m (131.23 ft)
All specifications as per Hitachi.[2] "Capacity" represents regular load (three passengers per square metre) for a four-car trainset.

All Hitachi trains except those on Japan's oldest operational monorail have floors entirely above all the wheels.

Large

• Kitakyushu Monorail, opened 1984
• Osaka Monorail, opened 1990
• Tama Toshi Monorail Line, opened 1998
• Chongqing Rail Transit (Line 2 & Line 3), opened 2005 & 2011 (CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles also took part in the project)
• Panama Metro (Line 3), opening 2025

Standard

• Tokyo Monorail, opened 1964
• Okinawa Urban Monorail, opened 2003
• Palm Jumeirah Monorail, (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) opened April 2009
• Daegu Metro Line 3, (Daegu, South Korea) opened April 2015 (prototype set only, remaining 27 built by Woojin Industrial Systems)

Small

• Sentosa Express (Sentosa, Singapore), opened 2007

Picture gallery

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  Tokyo Monorail
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  Kitakyushu Monorail
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  Osaka Monorail
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  Tama Toshi Monorail Line
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  Okinawa Urban Monorail
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  Sentosa Express
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  Palm Jumeirah Monorail
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  Daegu Metro Line 3

References

1. Monorail Delivery Records : HITACHI Archived July 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
2. System Capacity : HITACHI Archived July 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine