Tokyo Monorail (東京モノレール Tōkyō Monorēru), officially the Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line (東京モノレール羽田空港線 Tōkyō Monorēru Haneda Kūkō sen), is a monorail system connecting Haneda Airport in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, to Hamamatsuchō Station in Minato, Tokyo.
The Tokyo Monorail serves eleven stations and operates from 5:30 AM to
midnight
Often cited as the busiest and most
profitable monorail line in the world, it carried its 1.5 billionth
passenger on January 24, 2007[3][4], it has recently become somewhat less popular through competition from the Keikyū Airport Line.
The trains operate along an elevated line that follows the coast of Tokyo Bay. The trip from the airport to Hamamatsuchō costs ¥470 each way.
The line opened in 1964 to coincide with the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Tokyo Monorail was originally one of the only "private" railways to use JR East's Suica fare card system. The Monorail is now fully integrated with both Suica and the new Pasmo fare card.
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