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Naha monorail completes first full length test runDate Posted: 2002-11-30 A ceremony to ensure the safe operation of the train was held before the train started. At the ceremony, Okinawa Urban Monorail Co. President, Governor Keiichi Inamine sprinkled awamori on the rail and on strategic places inside the car, before taking a seat with over 100 invited guests for the first ride. The test drives will continue through February. City officials hailed the monorail as a cure for the city’s traffic congestion and estimated originally that as many as 35,000 people would use the monorail daily. Now even most optimistic admit that the figure is likely to be much less. The fares have been tentatively set to begin at ¥200 for the first distance and then ¥20 up for each station. |
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