Yutorito Line

Yutorīto 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 Guideway Bus Shidami Line (ガイドウェイバス志段味線, Gaidowei Basu Shidami-sen). Its official nickname, Yutorīto Line, is a portmanteau of yutori (ゆとり, "relaxed") and street (ストリート, sutorīto). 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.

Yutorīto Line
Ōzone Station

Overview

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

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
Y01Ōzone大曽根0.0 kmJR Central: Chūō Main Line
Meitetsu: Seto Line
Nagoya City Subway: ■ Meijō Line (M12)		Higashi, Nagoya
Y02Nagoya Dome-mae Yadaナゴヤドーム前矢田1.0 kmNagoya City Subway: ■ Meijō Line (M13)
Y03Sunada-bashi砂田橋1.6 kmNagoya City Subway: ■ Meijō Line (M14)
Y04Moriyama守山2.7 kmMeitetsu: Seto Line (unofficial at Moriyama-jieitai-mae Station)Moriyama, Nagoya
Y05Kanaya金屋3.3 kmStation was originally called Moriyama Shiminbyōin after a publicly owned hospital, but was renamed when the hospital was privatised
Y06Kawamiya川宮4.3 km
Y07Kawamura川村5.1 km
Y08Shirasawa Keikoku白沢渓谷6.0 km
Y09Obata Ryokuchi小幡緑地6.5 km
Through services to/from ordinary bus sections.
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See also
  • (in Japanese) Nagoya Guideway Bus official website
  • Driver's eye view of northbound direction. 5 July 2012.
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