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MONORAIL FACTS AND FIGURES - 6

From the Cabalmaster:

This is the 6th of our series of lists comparing U.S. and Japanese fixed-guideway urban transit systems. This shows systems ranked by annual veh-mi per staff member, together with "service density" -- annual veh-mi per mile of route. This is a measure of relative intensity of guideway use.


Tokyo "Yurikamome" (ICTS): 42,412 ann veh-mi / staff member --- 1,009,000 ann veh-mi / rt-mi

Osaka-OTS Line (ICTS): 37,776 --- 656,154

Hiroshima "Astram Line" (ICTS): 34,891 --- 587,228

Yokohama "Kanazawa Seaside Line" (ICTS): 29,769 --- 602,453

Tokyo Monorail: 26,716 --- 1,065,799

Osaka "New Tram" (ICTS): 22,673 --- 642,727

Sapporo (HRT): 21,218 --- 740,771

Kobe "Portliner" and Rokkoliner" (ICTS): 20,915 --- 570,625

Kitakyushu-Chikuho El Ry (LRT): 20,864 --- 231,623

Osaka Monorail: 19,957 --- 243,445

Tokyo-Seibu Ry Yamaguchi Line (ICTS): 19,220 --- 143,929

Tokyo-Saitama "New Shuttle" (ICTS): 18,143 --- 403,228

San Francisco-BART (HRT): 17,324 --- 603,975

San Diego (LRT): 16,842 --- 170,463

Komaki "Peachliner" (ICTS): 16,210 --- 169,595

Tokyo-Eidan (HRT): 15,886 --- 1,359,362

St. Louis (LRT): 15,608 --- 148,734

Tokyo-Tama Monorail: 15,214 --- 338,938

Salt Lake City (LRT): 14,621 --- 100,394

Chicago (HRT): 14,042 --- 540,147

Tokyo-Toei (HRT): 13,472 --- 813,761

Sendai (HRT): 13,172 --- 467,973

Seattle Monorail: 12,941 ---- 230,062

Yokohama (HRT): 12,931 --- 644,777

Kobe (HRT): 12,685 --- 722,863

Philadelphia-PATCO (HRT): 12,675 --- 256,111

Takaoka (streetcar): 12,289 --- 43,359

Sacramento (LRT): 12,142 --- 107,866

Miami (HRT): 12,064 --- 285,048

Atlanta (HRT): 11,951 --- 468,728

Boston (HRT): 11,817 --- 543,774

Denver (LRT): 11,397 --- 102,730

New York-PATH (HRT): 11,371 --- 919,849

Shonan Monorail: 11,214 --- 285,000

Kyoto (HRT): 10,738 --- 438,902

Kitakyushu Monorail: 10,666 --- 299,091

Nagoya (HRT): 10,595 --- 684,399

Los Angeles (HRT): 10,574 --- 222,985

Washington --- DC (HRT): 10,469 --- 497,356

Osaka (HRT): 10,438 --- 926,652

New York-NYCT (HRT): 10,242 --- 1,311,062

Philadelphia-SEPTA (HRT): 10,049 --- 427,347

Los Angeles (LRT): 9,785 --- 113,622

Hakodate (streetcar): 9,745 --- 102,385

Portland (LRT): 9,686 --- 157,880

Baltimore (HRT): 9,316 --- 272,452

Chiba Monorail: 9,272 --- 175,132

Enoshima El Ry (LRT): 8,591 --- 213,400

Kumamoto (streetcar): 8,135 --- 151,818

Osaka-Sakai (streetcar): 7,931 --- 111,497

Nagasaki (streetcar): 7,917 --- 226,522

Fukuoka (HRT): 7,733 --- 437,247

Yukarigaoka (ICTS): 7,660 --- 93,415

Baltimore (LRT): 7,549 --- 91,212

Inuyama "Meitetsu Monkeyu Park Monorail": 7,351 --- 69,167

Kagoshima (streetcar): 7,351 --- 126,718

Okayama (streetcar): 7,321 --- 118,085

Boston (LRT): 7,187 --- 248,033

Cleveland (HRT): 7,175 --- 108,680

Memphis (streetcar): 7,035 --- 69,570

New Orleans (streetcar): 6,983 --- 7,820

Kochi (streetcar): 6,943 --- 88,972

New York-Staten Island (HRT): 6,880 --- 139,976

Miami-Metromover (ICTS): 6,666 --- 219,224

Cleveland (LRT): 6,477 --- 77,560

Buffalo (LRT): 6,275 --- 149,135

Hiroshima-Miyajima Line (LRT --- 1999): 6,201 --- 348,509

San Jose: 5,672 --- 79,405

Newark-Jersey City (NJT LRT): 5,470 --- 60,025

San Francisco-Muni: 5,469 --- 123,264

Jacksonville monorail: 5,464 --- 101,622

Philadelphia-SEPTA (LRT): 5,141 --- 55,675

Pittsburgh (LRT): 4,920 --- 99,711

Detroit (ICTS): 4,884 --- 253,960

Dallas (LRT): 4,282 --- 118,014

Hiroshima-Skyrail System (ICTS): 3,195 --- 51,538

Seattle Waterfront Streetcar: 2,103 --- 21,136

Nagoya-Guideway Bus: 266 --- 2,769

Again, these comparisons have not been adjusted for differences in vehicle size. Leading Japanese monorails and gadgetbahnen would decline in "rank" if this adjustment were carried out.



posted by The Cabalmaster, Master of All Transit-dom 8/10/2002 01:58:00 PM