New Shuttle

The New Shuttle (Japanese: ニューシャトル, Hepburn: Nyū Shatoru) is a manually operated, rubber-tyred people mover system in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. The system's only route is the 12.7-kilometre (7.9 mi) Ina Line (伊奈線, Ina-sen), which runs north from Ōmiya Station in Saitama to Uchijuku Station in Ina. The line was built as part of an agreement to address local opposition to the construction of elevated viaducts for the Shinkansen through the area. The New Shuttle runs alongside the Shinkansen for most of its route. Between Ōmiya and Maruyama, the line is double-tracked and runs alongside the viaduct shared by the Tōhoku Shinkansen and Jōetsu Shinkansen. Between Maruyama and Uchijuku, it continues alongside the Jōetsu Shinkansen on a single track. The New Shuttle's depot is located within the Y-shaped junction formed by the Tōhoku and Jōetsu Shinkansen lines at Maruyama. It is operated by the third-sector railway company Saitama New Urban Transit Co., Ltd. (埼玉新都市交通株式会社, Saitama Shin Toshi Kōtsū Kabushiki-gaisha), whose shareholders include East Japan Railway Company (40%), the Saitama prefectural government (35%), various banks (15% collectively), Tobu Railway (5%), and the municipalities served by the line (5% collectively).