Yokohama Dreamland Monorail

Yokohama Dreamland Monorail
A section of track from the Dreamland Monorail in 2004
Overview
Other name(s)Dream Development Dreamland Line
Native nameドリームランドモノレール
Statusabandoned
LocaleKamakura, Kanagawa
Termini
Stations2
Service
Typemonorail
Operator(s)Dream Transport
History
OpenedMay 1966 (1966-05)
ClosedSeptember 1967 (1967-09)
Technical
Line length5.3 km (3.3 mi)[1]
Electrification1500 V

The Yokohama Dreamland Monorail (ドリームランドモノレール), formally the Dream Development Dreamland Line (ドリーム開発ドリームランド線, Dorĩmu Kaihatsu Dorĩmurando Sen) was a monorail connecting the Yokohama Dreamland amusement park to Ōfuna Station in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. Operational for barely over a year between May 1966 and September 1967,[2][3] various attempts to restart or rebuild the line continued for 35 years, until it was finally decommissioned in 2002.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b "ドリームランド モノレール線 ダイエー運行再開断念" [Dreamland Monorail Line Daiei Abandons Hope of Restarting Operations]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Tokyo. 22 August 2002.
  2. ^ Demery, Leroy W. Monorails in Japan, p.25. Carquinez Associates, 2005.
  3. ^ "モノレール大船・ドリームランド線」のモノレール事業中止に関するお知らせ" [Notice regarding the Cessation of Operations for the Monorail Ofuna-Dreamland Line]. Press release (in Japanese). Daiei. 2002-08-21. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  4. ^ "ドリーム交通モノレール線: 年表" [Dream Transit Monorail Line: History] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-06-01.