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Guideway Bus Shidami Line
Overview
Operator	Nagoya GuideWay-Bus Co., Ltd.
Status	Operational
Began service	23 March 2001 (2001-03-23)
Former operator(s)	Meitetsu Bus JR Tokai Bus Company
Routes
Routes	4
Locale	Nagoya
Start	Ōzone
End	Obata Ryokuchi
Length	6.5 km (4.0 mi)
Stations	9

The Yutorito Line (ゆとりーとライン, Yutorīto Rain) is a bus rapid transit line in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. The line is officially called the Guideway Bus Shidami Line (ガイドウェイバス志段味線, Gaidowei Basu Shidami-sen). Its official nickname, Yutorito Line, is a portmanteau of yutori (ゆとり, "relaxed") and street (ストリート, sutorīto).

The line is owned by Nagoya Guideway Bus Company (名古屋ガイドウェイバス株式会社, Nagoya Gaiowei Basu kabushiki gaisha), itself owned by the City of Nagoya Municipal Government, Development Bank of Japan, Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad), JR Tokai Bus Company, and MUFG Bank. It opened on March 23, 2001.

Overview

The line consists of the guided bus segment on a viaduct dedicated track in central Nagoya and the ordinary bus segment on public roads. Vehicles go directly between the two segments. The guided bus segment runs between Ōzone in Higashi Ward and Obata Ryokuchi in Moriyama Ward. Nagoya Guideway Bus Co. manages the guideway facilities and cars, while Nagoya Municipal Bus operates buses on the line.

The Yutorito Line is the only guided bus line in Japan. The line is legally considered to be a type of railway, with the elevated section treated as a type of tram. The operation of the line thus adheres to the laws of the Railway Business Act, similar to monorails and automated guideway transit in the country.

Originally Meitetsu Bus 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 elevated guided bus segment.

• Distance: 6.5 km (4.0 mi)
• Stations: 9
• Double-track line: Whole line
• Motive energy: Internal combustion 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.

See also

• Guided bus
• Bus rapid transit
• List of railway lines in Japan

Notes

1. This website is geoblocked and may not be accessible from certain regions.

References

1. Takeshita, Hiroyuki; Kato, Hirokazu; Hayashi, Yoshitsugu; Shimizu, Kazuhiro (2008-11-15). "Evaluating Bus Rapid Transit System in Nagoya City" (PDF). 89th Transportation Reserch Board annual meeting: 12.

External links

• Nagoya Guideway Bus official website (in Japanese)
• Nagoya Guideway Bus official website (in Japanese)
• Driver's eye view of northbound direction. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
• Alternate view of northbound direction, English version. 14 June 2021.

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Shinkansen	Tokaido
JR Central	Tōkaidō Chūō Kansai Iida Taketoyo Takayama Taita Kisei Sangū Meishō
Nagoya Municipal Subway	Higashiyama Meijō Meikō Tsurumai Sakura-dōri Kamiiida
Meitetsu	Nagoya Toyokawa Mikawa Toyota Nishio/Gamagōri Tokoname/Airport Chikkō Kōwa Chita Tsushima Bisai Takehana/Hashima Inuyama Hiromi Kakamigahara Komaki Seto
Kintetsu	Nagoya Yunoyama Suzuka Yamada/Toba/Shima
Minor private railways	Toyotetsu Azumada Atsumi Sangi Sangi Hokusei Yōrō Jōhoku
Third-sector railways	Aikan (Aichi Loop) Akechi Nagaragawa Etumi-Nan Tarumi Ise Aonami Yokkaichi Asunarou Utsube Hachiōji Linimo Nagoya Guideway Bus Yutorito
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