Chiba Urban Monorail
History of Chiba Urban Monorail
The Chiba Urban Monorail was constructed as a response to the worsening traffic situation in Chiba City. The construction of the monorail started in 1987, but its operations began on March 1988. It currently holds the Guinness World Record of the longest suspended monorail train system at 15.2 km. The monorail has two routes available–one short and another longer. Route 1–the shorter route–runs 3.2 km, the whole ride takes approximately nine minutes in total. Route 2, on the other hand, runs 12 km, around 25 minutes ride time in total.
