Linimo train approaching Banpaku Kinen Koen, towards Fujigaoka Station

Linimo (リニモ Rinimo?), formally the Aichi High-Speed Transit Tobu Kyuryo Line (愛知高速交通東部丘陵線 Aichi Kōsoku Kōtsū Tōbu Kyūryō-sen?) is a magnetic levitation train line in Aichi, Japan, near the city of Nagoya. While primarily built to serve the Expo 2005 fair site, the line is still operating to serve the local community.

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Specifications

Linimo is owned and operated by Aichi Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. (愛知高速交通株式会社 Aichi Kōsoku Kōtsū Kabushiki Gaisha?). Linimo claims to be the world's first commercial automated "Urban Maglev". The linear motor magnetic-levitated train has a top speed of 100 km/h, floating eight millimeters above the track when in motion, and is intended as an alternative to conventional metro systems, not high-speed operation. The line has nine stations and is 8.9 km long, with a minimum operating radius of 75 m and a maximum gradient of 6%. The trains were designed by the Chubu HSST Development Corporation, which also operates a test track in Nagoya. Construction of the track cost ¥60 billion (US$575 million) while the Linimo trains themselves, built by Nippon Sharyo, cost ¥40.5 billion (US$380 million). [1] The overall construction cost thus came to roughly $100 million per km.

Technical difficulties

Being the first commercial implementation of a new type of transport system, the line suffered a number of highly publicized technical breakdowns during the Expo, with far higher demand during peak hours than the line's carrying capacity of 4000 passengers/(direction·hour). On March 19, 2005 and again on March 24, the number of people inside the trains exceeded the design capacity of 244 passengers/train and the train was unable to levitate. The line also has to be shut down for safety reasons when wind speed exceeds 25 m/s, a relatively common occurrence in the area.

Construction History

Stations

Number Name Distance (km) Connections Location
L01 Fujigaoka
藤が丘		 0.0 Nagoya Municipal Subway, Higashiyama Line (H22) Aichi Meito-ku, Nagoya
L02 Hanamizuki-dōri
はなみずき通		 1.4   Nagakute, Aichi District
L03 Irigaike-kōen
杁ヶ池公園		 2.3  
L04 Nagakute Kosenjō
長久手古戦場		 3.4  
L05 Geidai-dōri
芸大通		 4.5  
L06 Kōen-nishi
公園西		 6.0  
L07 Aichikyuhaku-kinen-kōen
愛・地球博記念公園
("Expo Memorial Park")
formerly Banpaku-kaijo Station ("Expo Site")
 7.0  
L08 Toji-shiryokan-minami
陶磁資料館南		 8.0   Toyota
L09 Yakusa
八草
formerly Banpaku-Yakusa Station		 8.9 Aichi Loop Line（18）

Cancelled plan in Taiwan

In 2006, there was a plan to use the system for Xinyi LRT (信義輕軌), a proposed line in Xinyi, Taipei, Taiwan. [2] The line was later cancelled in 2007. [3]

References

  1. ^ Nagoya builds Maglev Metro - International Railway Journal, May, 2004
  2. ^ (Chinese) 磁浮捷運 開進信義商圈? (Will manglev metro expand the commercial zone of Xinyi?), a report on China Times, June 23 2006. The news was cited on the Institute of Transportation official website, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the Republic of China, retrieved on Novemver 12 2008.
  3. ^ (Chinese) 信義區輕軌捷運 市府否決 (The city council rejects Xinyi LRT), a report on China Times, August 9 2007. The news was cited on the Institute of Transportation official website, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the Republic of China, retrieved on Novemver 12 2008.

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See also

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Mass transit in Nagoya (Chūkyō Metropolitan Area)
Subway lines
■Higashiyama (H) • ■Kamiiida (K) • ■Meijō (M) • 〓Meikō (E) • ■Sakura-dōri (S) • ■Tsurumai (T)
Meitetsu lines
■Airport • ■Hiromi • ■Inuyama • ■Kakamigahara • ■Komaki • ■Kōwa • ■Monorail • ■Nagoya • ■Seto • ■Tokoname • ■Toyota ■Bisai
Kintetsu lines (Chūkyō)
Hachiōji • Nagoya • Shima • Suzuka • Toba • Yamada • Yunoyama • Utsube
JR lines
Other lines
Aikan • Aonami • Linimo • TKJ • Toyotetsu • Yutorīto
Miscellaneous
Terminals: Kanayama • Kintetsu Nagoya • Meitetsu-Nagoya • Nagoya • Ōzone • Sakae • Cards: TOICA • Tranpass
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