History

KOBELCO in urban traffic systems

1972
Under business partnership contract, KOBELCO and the Boeing Company, cooperated for development of PRT system.
1975
KRT system in Okinawa International Ocean Exposition operated 6 months.
1981
Kobe New Transit Co., Ltd./Port Liner starts operation.
1989
Yokohama Seaside Line starts operation.
1990
Kobe New Transit Co., Ltd./Rokko Liner starts operation.
1994
Hiroshima Rapid Transit Co., Ltd./Astram Line starts operation.
1995
Yurikamome starts operation.
1998
SKYRAIL starts operation.
2001
Yurikamome Shimbashi station opened.
Guideway Bus Shidami Line starts operation.
2002
Yurikamome Shiodome station opened.
2003
Taiwan Taoyuan Airport SKYTRAIN starts operation.
2006
Kobe New Transit Co., Ltd./Port Liner finishes extension to Kobe airport.
Yurikamome finishes extension to Toyosu station.
2008
Nippori Toneri Liner starts operation.
2011
Korea Busan Metro Line 4 starts operation.
2015
Hiroshima Rapid Transit Co., Ltd./Astram Line Shin-Hakushima station opened.
2019
Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit North-South Line starts operation.
PRT:Personal Rapid Transit
KRT:KOBELCO Rapid Transit

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