Ueno Zoo Monorail to close for dismantling.

[Doddy]

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Transportation that next month the Ueno Zoo Monorail will be officially and permanently closing, and subsequently dismantled.

 

https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan’s-oldest-monorail-is-permanently-closing-next-month?

[Claude_Dreyfus]

Inevitable announcement, given the fact it had been closed for a few years due to 'maintenance issues'. Still sad nonetheless.

 

I was fortunate enough to travel on it when I was last in Japan back in 2019. Here are a couple of photos...