Port Liner
Sannomiya Station of Port Liner
Overview
OwnerKobe New Transit
LocaleKobe
Termini
Stations12
Service
TypeAutomated guideway transit
Rolling stock2000 series, 2020 series
History
OpenedFebruary 5, 1981
Technical
Line length10.8 km (6.71 mi)
Electrification600 V 60 Hz 3-phase AC Third rail
Route map
Port Island Line
 
West Japan Railway Company  
km
km
P01
 Sannomiya
0.0
 
P02
 Bōeki Center
0.8
 
P03
 Port Terminal
1.8
 
P04
 Naka Kōen
2.8
2.6
P05
 Minatojima
3.3
 
 
1.7
 Kita Futō
PL09
P06
 Shimin Hiroba
3.8
0.0
 
1.2
 Naka Futō
PL08
 
0.6
 Minami Kōen
PL07
P07
 Iryō Center
4.6
 
P08
Keisan
Kagaku Center
5.4
 
P09
 Kobe Airport Kobe Airport
8.2
 
km
km

The Port Island Line (ポートアイランド線, Pōtoairando-sen), commonly known as Port Liner (ポートライナー, Pōtorainā) is an urban automated guideway transit (AGT) system in Kobe, Japan, operated by Kobe New Transit. Opened in 1981, the Port Liner was the world's first driverless urban transit system,[1] more than two years ahead of the VAL system used on the Lille Metro, which opened in 1983.

The initial system linked Sannomiya Station, Kobe's main transit hub, to the man-made Port Island, covering a distance of 6.4 km (4.0 mi) with 9 stations. On February 2, 2006, the line was extended by 4.3 km (2.7 mi) to the new Kobe Airport, built on an artificial island near Port Island.

Route

As the map indicates, the present system consists of one straight line, originating at Sannomiya Station and terminating at Kobe Airport Station, and a loop attached to the middle of the straight line. The stations on the former are numbered with prefix "P" and on the latter (except those shared with the former) are with prefix "PL".

Originally, before the 2006 extension to the airport, the loop section was single track and operated only counter-clockwise trains. Presently the main section between Sannomiya and the airport is entirely double track, but the remaining of the loop has not been rebuilt so that the three stations with PL prefix still serve only one way.

Stations

All stations are located in Chūō-ku, Kobe.

Station km Transfers
Double track section
P01 Sannomiya 三宮 0.0 HK Hankyu Kōbe Main Line/Kobe Kosoku Line (Kobe-Sannomiya Station, HK16)
HS Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line (Kobe-Sannomiya, HS32)
Kobe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line (Sannomiya, S03)
Kobe Municipal Subway Kaigan Line (Sannomiya-Hanadokeimae Station, K01)
JR West JR Kobe Line (Sannomiya, JR-A61)
P02 Bōeki Center 貿易センター 0.8
P03 Port Terminal ポートターミナル 1.8
P04 Naka Kōen 中公園 2.8 for Naka-Futo
P05 Minatojima みなとじま 3.3
P06 Shimin Hiroba 市民広場 3.8 for Naka-Futo (through service to Sannomiya)
P07 Iryō Center 医療センター 4.6
P08 Keisan Kagaku Center 計算科学センター 5.4
P09 Kobe Airport 神戸空港 8.2
Single Track Section
P06 Shimin-Hiroba 市民広場 0.0 for Kobe Airport/Sannomiya
PL07 Minami Kōen 南公園 0.6
PL08 Naka Futō 中埠頭 1.2
PL09 Kita Futō 北埠頭 1.7
P04 Naka-Kōen 中公園 2.6 for Kobe Airport/Sannomiya (through service)

Minatojima Station, Iryō Center Station and K Computer Mae Stations were renamed on July 1, 2011, from Shimin Byōin Mae Station, Sentan Iryō Center Mae Station and Port Island Minami Station respectively.[2] Following the decommissioning of K computer, K Computer Mae station was again renamed as Keisan Kagaku Center station in June 2021.[3]

Rolling stock

See also

References

  1. ↑ 枝久保達也 (25 January 2021). "世界初の完全自動無人運転、「ポートライナー」が40年前に開業した理由". diamond.jp (in Japanese). Diamond. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "ポートライナー、３０年ぶり駅名変更". Asahi Shimbun. July 1, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-03. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
  3. ↑ https://en.wtmnews.net/20201117347
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