The Yurikamome (black-headed seagull) is Tokyo's first fully automated transit system, controlled entirely by computers with no drivers on board, opened in 1995. The Yurikamome is sometimes mistakenly called a monorail, but the trains run with rubber-tired wheels on elevated concrete track guided by the side walls. Shortly after shiodome station trainset # 27 is running toward shimbashi end station. The line is 14,7 kilometer long and operated by Tokyo Waterfront New Transit Corporation. Electrification 600 V three-phase, max. speed 60 km per hour.
