I rarely had to wait more than ten minutes for one of the APMs to pass overhead.įor the record, there is a night taxi in operation for a couple of hours after the Skyrail stops for the day. Skyrail opened in August 1998 at a cost of about ¥6.2 billion, and operates fairly regularly between 6:30 am and 10:00 pm. Midori-Nakamachi is the middle of the three stations and the place where one can see the most action in terms of the dangletrains heading in both directions. The walk going down from Midori-Chūō to Midoriguchi takes about 25 minutes and is a simple one that follows the tracks overhead. Less than a month after I heard about this line it was announced that it would be closing at the end of 2023 due to profitability concerns! I was therefore very lucky to have been visiting Hiroshima at the end of 2022 as it won’t be around the next time we are back in that city! It will be replaced by electric buses.
Midori-Chūō is the station at the top of the hill and it is fringed by some beautiful mountain ranges and views of the city. I decided to ride the whole length of the line which takes just five minutes, and then walk back down. It is a very small and short line with a length of just 1.3 kilometres (0.81 miles) running through just three stations. It reminded me more of the driverless gondola-sized car/APM that transports people up to Asukyama Park in Oji (Tokyo). In fact, I’m not even sure if it can even be considered a monorail for it is more of an automated people mover (APM) used in places like airports or theme parks.
#UPSIDE DOWN TRAIN RAILS FULL#
The Skyrail Midorizaka Line (to use its full title) is quite different from the Shonan and Chiba monorails. IC cards cannot be used on this line so I purchased a ticket (¥170) which is not inserted into the ticket gates but is instead scanned via a QR code. Midoriguchi is connected to Seno station and was my starting point. It is called Skyrail and every time I hear that I feel like singing it to the tune of the Adele song ‘ Skyfall‘ from the James Bond film of the same name!
Knowing that I’d probably be visiting Hiroshima at the end of the year it was music to my ears, and the first time I got some time to myself in late December I headed east on the San-yo Main Line to Seno which is about 20 mins away from Hiroshima station. "The next steps include just mapping the area, making sure that the individuals weren't intoxicated, if they were, take those appropriate steps," said Westbrook.There are actually three suspended railways in Japan that are currently operational, though even Japanese enthusiasts often forget about the one in Hiroshima. Rail service was stopped as investigators searched for answers, but by early Friday morning the scene was cleared and rail service was back up and running. "The vehicle had gone off the road and landed on the train tracks in that same area, about 14th and Metropolitan," said Officer Jonathan Westbrook with KCKPD. "The vehicle was struck by an oncoming train." 14th Street police said before it crossed Metropolitan Avenue and landed upside down on the train tracks north of the road. KCK police identified the victims as Steven Gelhart, 45, Joe Bosquez, 29, and Destiny Gregory, 31. The woman later died, and the man remained in the hospital as of Monday, Dec. Police responding to the scene found two men dead and had first responders take a man and a woman, both critically injured, to a nearby hospital. Three people died and one other person was critically injured after a van went straight through a T-stop in KCK, flipping directly into the path of an oncoming train.
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