Linimo

The linear motor magnetic-levitated train has a top speed of {{convert|100|km/h}}, floating {{convert|8|mm}} above the track when in motion, and is intended as an alternative to conventional metro systems, not high-speed operation. The line has nine stations and is {{convert|8.9|km}} long, with a minimum operating radius of {{convert|75|m}} and a maximum gradient of 6%. The line uses automatic train control (ATC) and automatic train operation (ATO). Construction of the track cost ¥60 billion (US$575 million) while the Linimo trains themselves, built by Nippon Sharyo, cost ¥40.5 billion (US$380 million).{{cite web|url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_5_44/ai_n6054072 |title=Nagoya builds Maglev Metro |publisher=International Railway Journal |date=May 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070129162842/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_5_44/ai_n6054072 |archive-date=2007-01-29 }} The construction cost came to roughly $65 million per km without rolling stock.

The trains for the line were designed by the Chubu HSST Development Corporation, which also operated a test track in Nagoya. They were built by Nippon Sharyo, cost ¥40.5 billion (US$380 million). The trains are fixed 3-car train sets (Mc1+M+Mc2). The end cars (Mc Car) are {{convert|14.0|m|ftin}} long and the middle car (M Car) {{convert|13.5|m|ftin}}, giving a total train set length of {{convert|43.3|m|ftin}}. The cars are {{convert|2.6|m|ftin}} wide. The Mc car has a capacity of 34 seated and 46 standing, and the M car 36 seated and 48 standing, for a total capacity per train set of 244. The cars have a semi-monocoque construction of welded aluminum, with two emergency doors at each car end and two {{convert|1200|mm|in|adj=on}} doors per side.

The line operates eight three-car sets which are formed as follows.{{Cite book |title=私鉄車両編成表2021 |date=16 July 2021 |publisher=Kotsu Shimbunsha |isbn=9784330032214 |location=Japan |pages=103 |language=ja |trans-title=Private Railway Vehicle Organization Table 2021}}

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Being the first commercial implementation of a new type of transport system, the line suffered a number of highly publicized technical breakdowns during the Expo, with far higher demand during peak hours than the line's carrying capacity of 4,000 passengers per direction per hour. On March 19, 2005, the train stopped departing when it detected an overload of passengers, but this was immediately corrected when a later inspection revealed that the weight-detecting sensors were oversensitive. The line also has to be shut down for safety reasons when wind speed exceeds {{Convert|25|m/s|mph|abbr=on}}, a relatively common occurrence in the area.

During the Expo, the line carried an average of 31,000 passengers per day, but ridership dropped to only 12,000 in the first six months after the Expo, and the line lost over ¥3 billion in 2006. While ridership gradually increased to 16,500 passengers per day in 2008,{{Cite web |url=http://www.linimo.jp/kaisya/riyousyasu/riyousyasu.pdf |title=Linimo(リニモ)愛知高速交通株式会社 |access-date=2011-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203015719/http://www.linimo.jp/kaisya/riyousyasu/riyousyasu.pdf |archive-date=2012-02-03 |url-status=dead }} the line still made a financial loss of ¥2.1 billion in fiscal year 2009.{{Cite web | url=http://www.linimo.jp/kaisya/kessann/21_kessann_koukoku.pdf |title = Linimo(リニモ)愛知高速交通株式会社}}

In 2016, the line started turning a profit, making a net profit of ¥83.4 million that year. {{Cite web |url=http://www.linimo.jp/profile/doc/2018020711555450_24.pdf |title=平成30年度決算公告 |access-date=2020-04-07}}

The {{ill|Aichi Rapid Transit Corporation|ja|愛知高速交通}} gained permission to build the line on October 3, 2001.国土交通省鉄道局監修『鉄道要覧』平成18年度版、電気車研究会・鉄道図書刊行会、p.245 The nickname of the line, "Linimo" was revealed on November 2002. The names of the stations were decided in December 2003, and the entire line opened to the public on March 6, 2005.{{Cite web |title=リニモとは |url=https://www.linimo.jp/linimo/2018021414360822.html |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=www.linimo.jp}} After the end of the 2005 expo, both Yakusa Station and Aichikyūhaku-kinen-kōen Station were renamed into their current name, from their name during the expo, Expo Station and Expo-Yakusa.

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In 2006, there was a plan to use the system for the Xinyi LRT, a proposed line in Xinyi, Taipei, Taiwan.[http://www.iot.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=148969&ctNode=1066 磁浮捷運 開進信義商圈?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003143700/http://www.iot.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=148969&ctNode=1066 |date=2011-10-03 }} (Will manglev metro expand the commercial zone of Xinyi?), a report on China Times, June 23, 2006. The news was cited on the Institute of Transportation official website, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the Republic of China, retrieved on November 12, 2008. {{in lang|zh}} The line was cancelled in 2007.[http://www.iot.gov.tw/english/ct.asp?xItem=180816&ctNode=1066 信義區輕軌捷運 市府否決] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003143748/http://www.iot.gov.tw/english/ct.asp?xItem=180816&ctNode=1066 |date=2011-10-03 }} (The city council rejects Xinyi LRT), a report on China Times, August 9, 2007. The news was cited on the Institute of Transportation official website, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the Republic of China, retrieved on November 12, 2008. {{in lang|zh}}

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• {{Official website|http://www.linimo.jp/en/}} (in Japanese)
• {{Official website|http://www.linimo.jp/language/en/index.php}} (in English)
• [https://www.maglevboard.net/en/visuals/photos/271-linimo-urban-maglev-cn The International Maglevboard]

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