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The Port Island Line (ポートアイランド線 Pōtoairando-sen) commonly known as Port Liner (ポートライナー Pōtorainā) is an urban automated guideway transit (AGT) system in Kobe Japan operated by Kobe New Transit. When opened in 1981 the Port Liner was the first urban transport AGT in the world-a title disputed also by Lille’s VAL which opened in 1983.The initial system linked Sannomiya Station Kobe’s main transit hub to the man-made Port Island covering a distance of 6.4 km with 9 stations.
