Kitakyushu Monorail
Overview
Locale	Kitakyushu, Japan
Stations	13
Service
Type	Straddle-beam monorail
Services	1
Operator(s)	Kitakyushu Urban Monorail Co. Ltd.
Daily ridership	31,700
History
Opened	9 January 1985
Technical
Line length	8.8 km (5.5 mi)
Route map

Kitakyushu Monorail
Legend
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TheKitakyushu Monorail (北九州モノレール,Kitakyūshū monorēru) is amonorail system in the city ofKitakyushu inFukuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Kitakyushu Urban Monorail Co. Ltd. (北九州高速鉄道株式会社,Kitakyūshū Kōsoku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha, literally "Kitakyūshū Rapid Railway Stock Company"), which is wholly owned by the Kitakyushu municipal government.

TheKokura Line (小倉線,Kokura-sen) is the only line. It runs the 8.8 km (5.5 mi) betweenKokura station andKikugaoka station inKokura Minami ward in about 18 minutes. It was opened on January 9, 1985, between the station now called Heiwadori and Kikugaoka, and at the time was the first monorail in the world with high level platforms and trains with floors entirely above the bogies.^[1][2] This increased available floor space and now all but one of Japan's survivingAlweg monorails have high level platforms and employ podium-free trains.^[3][4] This line was extended about 300 metres (1000 ft) to Kokura station from Heiwadori on April 1, 1998.

The monorail is owned by the city of Kitakyushu, and did not begin to make a profit until the extension to Kokura station was completed. This had been resisted by the businesses in Uomachi shopping district who feared they would lose customers, but that did not happen.

Once a year, there are beer and wine parties held on the monorail, with bookings made in advance.Santa Claus boards the train on December 24.^[5]

• Monorails in Japan
• Kitakyushu Airport
• List of rapid transit systems

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