Yutorito Line
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is a bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit is a term applied to a variety of public transportation systems using buses to provide faster, more efficient service than an ordinary bus line. Often this is achieved by making improvements to existing infrastructure, vehicles and scheduling...

 line in Nagoya
Nagoya, Aichi
is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan.Located on the Pacific coast in the Chūbu region on central Honshu, it is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba, and Moji...

, Aichi
Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...

, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. The line is officially called . Its official nickname, Yutorīto Line, is a portmanteau of yutori and . As such, the name is also unofficially spelt Yutreet Line. The line is owned by Nagoya Guideway Bus, whose name is also often used as the alternative name for the line. The whole line opened on March 23, 2001.

Overview

The line consists of the guided bus
Guided bus
Guided buses are buses steered for part or all of their route by external means, usually on a dedicated track. This track, which often parallels existing roads, excludes other traffic, permitting the maintenance of reliable schedules on heavily used corridors even during rush hours.Guidance systems...

 segment on a viaduct dedicated track
Bus lane
A bus lane or bus only lane is a lane restricted to buses, and generally used to speed up public transport that would be otherwise held up by traffic congestion...

 in central Nagoya and the ordinary bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...

 segment on public road. Vehicles go directly between the two segments. The guided bus segment runs between Ōzone
Ozone Station
is a train station in Kita-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan-Lines:*Nagoya Municipal Subway**Meijō Line *Central Japan Railway Company**Chūō Main Line*Nagoya Railroad**Meitetsu Seto Line*Nagoya Guideway Bus...

, Higashi Ward
Higashi-ku, Nagoya
, is one of the 16 wards of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.Higashi Ward has the headquarters of Tōkai Television Broadcasting as well as the NHK Nagoya Broadcasting Station....

 and Obata Ryokuchi, Moriyama Ward
Moriyama-ku, Nagoya
is one of the wards of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.Moriyama Ward has one university, Kinjo University, and a campus of Aichi Prefectural University....

. Nagoya Guideway Bus manages the guideway facilities and cars, while Nagoya Municipal Bus
Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
is a public organization of transportation in Nagoya, Japan. The organization operates subways and buses. It was founded in 1922, as an operator of Nagoya City Tram bought from Nagoya Electric Railroad, the current Nagoya Railroad...

 operates buses on the line. This is the only guided bus line in Japan. The line is legally considered as a sort of railway, like monorail
Monorail
A monorail is a rail-based transportation system based on a single rail, which acts as its sole support and its guideway. The term is also used variously to describe the beam of the system, or the vehicles traveling on such a beam or track...

s or automated guideway transit
Automated guideway transit
Automated guideway transit is a fully automated, driverless, grade-separated transit system in which vehicles are automatically guided along a "guideway". The vehicles are often rubber tired, but other systems including steel wheels, air cushion and maglev systems have also been used in experiments...

s in the country.

Originally Meitetsu Bus
Nagoya Railroad
, often abbreviated as , is a railroad company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan.Some of the more famous trains operated by Nagoya Railroad include the Panorama Car and the Panorama Car Super, both of which offer views through their wide front windows...

 and JR Central Bus also operated buses on the line. The two operators withdrew from the line on October 1, 2009.

Basic data

The data below is about the guided bus segment.
  • Distance: 6.5 km (4 mi)
  • Stations: 9
  • Double-track line: Whole line
  • Motive energy: Internal combustion engine
    Internal combustion engine
    The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high-temperature and high -pressure gases produced by combustion apply direct force to some component of the engine...


Routes

There are 4 routes operated, each on different normal bus segments.
  • Ōzone — Obata Ryokuchi
  • Ōzone — Obata Ryokuchi — Nakashidami
  • Ōzone — Obata Ryokuchi — Shidami Science Park — Nakashidami
  • Ōzone — Obata Ryokuchi — Kōzōji

Stations

The data below is about the guided bus segment.
No. | Station name | Japanese | Total distance | Transfers | Location
Y01 Ōzone
Ozone Station
is a train station in Kita-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan-Lines:*Nagoya Municipal Subway**Meijō Line *Central Japan Railway Company**Chūō Main Line*Nagoya Railroad**Meitetsu Seto Line*Nagoya Guideway Bus...

 
大曽根  0.0 km JR Central
Central Japan Railway Company
The is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as . Its headquarters are located in the JR Central Towers in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.The company's operational hub is Nagoya Station...

: Chūō Main Line
Chuo Main Line
The , commonly called the Chūō Line, is one of the major trunk railway lines in Japan. It runs between Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest direct railway connection between the two cities; the coastal Tōkaidō Main Line is slightly faster, while the Tōkaidō Shinkansen is the fastest rail...


Meitetsu
Nagoya Railroad
, often abbreviated as , is a railroad company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan.Some of the more famous trains operated by Nagoya Railroad include the Panorama Car and the Panorama Car Super, both of which offer views through their wide front windows...

: Seto Line
Meitetsu Seto Line
The is a Japanese railway line which connects Sakaemachi Station in Higashi-ku, Nagoya. Aichi Prefecture with Owari Seto Station in Seto, Aichi Prefecture. It is owned and run by Nagoya Railroad .-Stations:-Rolling stock:...


Nagoya City Subway: Meijō Line
Meijo Line
The is a subway line, part of the system in Nagoya, Japan. It is a loop line that runs from Kanayama, through Sakae, Ōzone, Nagoya Daigaku, and back to Kanayama, all within Nagoya. The Meijō Line's color on maps is wisteria purple. Its stations carry the letter M followed by a number. Officially,...

 (M12)
Higashi
Higashi-ku, Nagoya
, is one of the 16 wards of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.Higashi Ward has the headquarters of Tōkai Television Broadcasting as well as the NHK Nagoya Broadcasting Station....

, Nagoya
Nagoya, Aichi
is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan.Located on the Pacific coast in the Chūbu region on central Honshu, it is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba, and Moji...

Y02 Nagoya Dome-mae Yada
Nagoya Dome-mae Yada Station
is a train station in Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.It provides access to Nagoya Dome, where baseball games and various other large public events are held in Nagoya.-Lines:*Nagoya Municipal Subway**Meijō Line...

 
ナゴヤドーム前矢田  1.0 km Nagoya City Subway: Meijō Line (M13)
Y03 Sunada-bashi  砂田橋  1.6 km Nagoya City Subway: Meijō Line (M14)
Y04 Moriyama
Moriyama Station (Aichi)
is a guided bus station in Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan-Adjacent stations:...

 
守山  2.7 km Meitetsu: Seto Line (unofficial at Moriyama-jieitai-mae Station
Moriyama-Jieitai-Mae Station
is a train station in Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, JapanThis station provides access to Camp Moriyama, part of the Japan Ground Self Defence Force 10th Brigade, which is the division of the Japan Ground Self Defence Force responsible for Aichi and surrounding prefectures.Passengers may...

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Moriyama
Moriyama-ku, Nagoya
is one of the wards of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.Moriyama Ward has one university, Kinjo University, and a campus of Aichi Prefectural University....

, Nagoya
Y05 Moriyama Shiminbyōin  守山市民病院  3.3 km
Y06 Kawamiya  川宮  4.3 km
Y07 Kawamura  川村  5.1 km
Y08 Shirasawa Keikoku  白沢渓谷  6.0 km
Y09 Obata Ryokuchi  小幡緑地 6.5 km
Through services to/from ordinary bus sections.

External links

Nagoya Guideway Bus official website
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