User's Guide

How to Take the Monorail

Have Your Ticket or IC Card Ready.

You can use either a ticket or your IC Card to ride the Osaka Monorail.
For ticket purchase, please see the purchase procedure on this page. For IC card charging, please see the procedure on the fare/tickets page below.

How to Buy a Ticket

  • 1

    Go to the ticket machines. Check fares in the fare table placed above.

  • 2

    Press the “English” button of a purple or red ticket machine.

  • 3

    Press either the “Regular (One-Way)” or “Round-Trip” button

  • 4

    Put in money and press a fare button for your destination. A ticket will be issued.

  • 5

    Head to the automatic ticket gate. Put your ticket in the ticket slot or tap the IC card mark with your IC card to enter the station.

How to Use the Automatic Ticket Machine

You can buy tickets at machines that are purple or red

You can only pay for tickets in cash (credit cards are not accepted).

  • Language Selection Button (Japanese/English)
  • Adult or Children's Ticket Selection Buttons
  • Coin Insertion Slot
  • Bill Insertion Slot
  • Ticket Slot
  • Change Tray
Warning!

Please note that tickets are only good for the day you buy them and that credit card are not accepted.

Train Manners

  • Avoid talking on the phone when riding the train
  • Do not rush to get on the train
  • Offer your seat to those who need it
  • Avoid having loud conversations