Kamakura Suspension Monorail Technical Information

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Construction

Guide beam is 1.54m wide and 1.4m tall, and can handle 2-way train traffic.

Columns ~ 1.6m wide and
max 36.3 meters between columns and 14m tall

Minimum curve radius = 50m

The Shonan monorail was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and the line opened March 7, 1970 between Ōfuna and Nishi-Kamakura. The rest of the line opened on July 1, 1971.

Cars

3 Car Trains

228 people seated in 3 car train or 496 standing

Each individual car L12,750mm × W2,650mm × H3,094mm (1 car)

Continual upgrades of trains. The 5000 series 3-car sets (since 2004). As of July 2016, the line is operated using a fleet of seven three-car aluminium-bodied 5000 series trainsets.