Okinawa Urban Monorail

Okinawa Urban Monorail
1000 series train on the Okinawa Urban Monorail
Overview
LocaleNaha and Urasoe
Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Transit typeStraddle-beam monorail
Number of lines1
Number of stations19
Daily ridership60,898 per day (2024)
Operation
Began operation10 August 2003
Operator(s)Okinawa Urban Monorail, Inc.
Technical
System length17 km (11 mi)
Electrification1,500 V DC

The Okinawa Urban Monorail (沖縄都市モノレール, Okinawa Toshi Monorēru), also known as Yui Rail (ゆいレール, Yui Rēru), is a monorail line serving the cities of Naha and Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan. Operated by Okinawa Urban Monorail, Inc. (沖縄都市モノレール株式会社, Okinawa Toshi Monorēru Kabushiki-gaisha), it opened on 10 August 2003, and is the only public rail system in Okinawa Prefecture. Yui Rail is the first rail line on Okinawa since World War II. As Okinawa is the island of Japan lying farthest to the south and west that has an active rail line, Akamine Station and Naha Airport Station, the southernmost and westernmost rail stations in Japan respectively, lie on this line.