Yurikamome

New Transit Yurikamome (新交通ゆりかもめ, Shinkōtsū Yurikamome), formerly the Tokyo Waterfront New Transit Waterfront Line (東京臨海新交通臨海線, Tōkyō Rinkai Shinkōtsū Rinkai-sen), is an automated guideway transit service operated by Yurikamome, Inc., connecting Shimbashi to Toyosu, via the artificial island of Odaiba in Tokyo, Japan, a market in which it competes with the Rinkai Line.

Yurikamome
A Yurikamome train near Shiodome in June 2007
Overview
Other name(s)U
Native name新交通ゆりかもめ
OwnerYurikamome, Inc. (direct)
Tokyo Rinkai Holdings Company, Ltd. (TRHC; indirect)
Tokyo Metropolitan Government (ultimate; largest shareholder in the TRHC)
LocaleTokyo, Japan
Termini
Stations16
Websiteyurikamome.co.jp
Service
TypeAutomated guideway transit
Operator(s)Yurikamome, Inc.
Depot(s)Ariake
Rolling stock7300 series, 7500 series
(6-carriage train)
Daily ridership133,000/day (FY 2018)
History
OpenedNovember 1, 1995
Technical
Line length14.7 km (9.1 mi)
Number of tracksDouble-track
Electrification600 V 50 Hz 3-phase AC Third rail
Operating speed60 km/h (37 mph)
Route map

km
km
Kachidoki E
 
proposed
JKJOJTJY AG
extension
 
Shimbashi
0.0
14.7
Toyosu Y
E Shiodome
0.4
14.0
Shin-toyosu
Takeshiba
1.6
13.5
Shijō-mae
Hinode
2.2
Ariake North Bridge
Shibaura-futō
3.1
12.7
Ariake-Tennis-no-mori
12.0
Ariake R
Odaiba-kaihinkōen
7.0
depot
Daiba
7.8
11.3
Tokyo Big Sight
Tokyo International
Cruise Terminal
8.4
Akemi Bridge
Telecom Center
9.2
10.2
Aomi
km
km

The line is named after the black-headed gull (yurikamome in Japanese), a common denizen of Tokyo Bay and the official metropolitan bird.

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