Osaka Monorail Saito Line

Osaka Monorail Saito Line (大阪モノレール彩都線, Ōsaka Monorēru Saito sen) is the monorail route of the Osaka Monorail which runs from Banpaku-Kinen-Koen in Suita, Osaka Prefecture to Saito-nishi Station. The line opened in two stages - on October 1, 1998, from Bampaku-kinen-koen Station to Handai-byoin-mae Station, and on March 19, 2007, to Saito-nishi Station, in Ibaraki, about a kilometer from the Osaka University of Foreign Studies in Minoh. The branch is 6.8 km (4.2 mi) long.[1]

Osaka Monorail Saito Line
Saito Line
Overview
Native name国際文化公園都市線（彩都線）
LocaleOsaka
TerminiBampaku-kinen-kōen Station
Saito-nishi Station
Stations5
Service
TypeMonorail
Operator(s)Osaka Monorail
Technical
Line length6.8 km (4.2 mi)

An extension was planned north of Saito-nishi Station, but plans were dropped on January 27, 2017 due to a lack of profitability as the zoning around the proposed extension was switched from residential to industrial.[2][3]

Stations
Station
number		 Station name Japanese Distance (km) Connecting line Location
Between
stations		 Total
17 Bampaku-kinen-kōen 万博記念公園 - 0.0 Osaka Monorail Main Line Suita Osaka
Prefecture
51 Koen-higashiguchi Station 公園東口 1.1 1.1  
52 Handai-byoin-mae Station 阪大病院前 1.5 2.6   Ibaraki
53 Toyokawa Station 豊川 1.8 4.2  
54 Saito-nishi Station 彩都西 2.4 6.8  

References
  1. "Osaka Monorail Fare/Distance Table". Osaka Monorail Co Ltd. Retrieved September 11, 2007.
  2. "大阪モノレール「彩都線」延伸を断念　採算取れず　大阪府" 大阪モノレール「彩都線」延伸を断念　採算取れず　大阪府 [Osaka Monorail "Saito line" abandoned due to unprofitability]. Sankei Shinbun (in Japanese). January 27, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "彩都線の延伸断念「採算見通し立たず」" [Abandonment of extension of Saito Line: "No profitability prospect"]. www.sankei.com (in Japanese). January 27, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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