Osaka Monorail 1000 series

The Osaka Monorail 1000 series, is a type of monorail train that has operated on the Osaka Monorail since 1989. The trains were built by Hitachi, Ltd. and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, have aluminium bodies and run as four-car formations. The series was withdrawn from service because of damage sustained in the 2018 Osaka earthquake. The source article is short, so this entry records only what it states: the type of train, the year the trains began running on the line, the two builders, the aluminium bodies, the four-car formation and the reason for withdrawal.