World's amazing monorail systems
 |
Monorail is an advanced transportation system based on a single rail, which acts as its support and guide way.
Monorail systems have been built in many countries around the world, many of them on elevated tracks through crowded areas, easing traffic woes.
Here's a list of some of the impressive monorail systems across the globe....
Chongqing Rail Transit system
The Chongqing Rail Transit (CRT) also known as Chongqing Metro is one of only three urban-rail metro systems in west China, the others being Chengdu Metro, and Xi'an Metro which opened in 2010 and 2011, respectively.
As of January 2013, CRT consists of four operating lines, with a total track length of 130.2 km in operation.
Click NEXT to read more...
Image: A station on the Chongqing Rail Transit Line.
Photographs: Courtesy, Chongqing Rail Transit system.
World's amazing monorail systems
|
|
Osaka Monorail (Japan)
The Osaka Monorail in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Osaka Monorail Co had a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as longest monorail (28 km) in the world.
Click NEXT to read more...
Image: Osaka Monorail.
Photographs: Hyougushi/Wikimedia Commons.
World's amazing monorail systems
|
|
KL Monorail
The KL Monorail is an urban monorail system in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Monorails have become a popular choice of transit system.
It opened on 31 August 2003, and serves 11 stations running 8.6 km with two parallel elevated tracks.
Click NEXT to read more...
Photographs: Lemon Cat/Wikimedia Commons.
World's amazing monorail systems
|
|
AirTrain Newark
AirTrain Newark is a 4.8 km monorail system connecting Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to the Newark Liberty International Airport train station on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) rail line of New Jersey Transit and Amtrak.
Click NEXT to read more...
Photographs: JosephBarillari/Wikimedia Commons.
World's amazing monorail systems
|
|
Las Vegas Monorail
Nextel Communications tied up with Las Vegas Monorail Company to expand the Las Vegas Convention Center Station into a themed station with the latest digital wireless communications solutions.
Click NEXT to read more...
Photographs: Rmisiak/Wikimedia Commons.
World's amazing monorail systems
|
|
Sentosa Monorail
The Sentosa Monorail is main transport link in the island Sentosa in Singapore. Inaugurated in 1982, the Monorail uses 14 cars.
Click NEXT to read more...
Image: Sentosa Monorail.
Photographs: Superciliousness/Wikimedia Commons.
World's amazing monorail systems
|
|
Wuppertal Schwebebahn
The Wuppertal Schwebebahn in Germany is the world's first electric powered suspended monorail.
Click NEXT to read more...
Photographs: Oktaeder/Wikimedia Commons.
World's amazing monorail systems
|
|
Tokyo Monorail
Tokyo Monorail connects Haneda Airport in Ota to Hamamatsucho Station in Minato, Tokyo.
The trains operate along an elevated line that follows the coast of Tokyo Bay.
Click NEXT to read more...
Photographs: Stephane Gottraux/Wikimedia Commons.
World's amazing monorail systems
|
|
Chiba Urban Monorail
The Chiba Urban Monorail is a two-line suspended monorail system located in Chiba, Japan.
It is owned and operated by Chiba Urban Monorail Co.
Click NEXT to read more...
Image: Chiba Urban Monorail.
Photographs: CLP/Wikimedia Commons.
World's amazing monorail systems
|
|
Jurong Bird Park Panorail
It is a monorail system within the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore. The monorail system uses four cars.
Click NEXT to read more...
Image: Jurong Bird Park Panorail.
World's amazing monorail systems
|
|
Okinawa monorail Yui Rail
Opened on August 10, 2003, it is currently the only functioning public rail system in Okinawa Prefecture. It was also the first rail line on Okinawa since World War II.
Click NEXT to read more...
Image: Okinawa monorail Yui Rail.
Photographs: Hugovoyages/Wikimedia Commons.
World's amazing monorail systems
|
|
Moscow Monorail
The Moscow Monorail is a 4.7 kilometre long system located in the North-Eastern administrative region of Moscow.
It runs from the Timiryazevskaya metro station to Sergeya Eisensteina street and has 6 stations.
Click NEXT to read more...
Photographs: Lutex/Wikimedia Commons.
World's amazing monorail systems
|
|
Palm Jumeirah Monorail
The Palm Jumeirah Monorail is a monorail line on the Palm Jumeirah island in Dubai.
The monorail connects the Palm Jumeirah to the mainland, with a planned further extension to the Red Line of the Dubai Metro.
Opened on April 30, 2009, it is the first monorail in the Middle East region.
Click NEXT to read more...
Image: Palm Jumeirah Monorail.
Photographs: Bjoertvedt/ Wikimedia Commons.
World's amazing monorail systems
|
|
Disneyland Monorail System
The Disneyland Monorail System (originally named the Disneyland ALWEG Monorail System) is an attraction and transportation system at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. It was the first daily operating monorail in the United States.
Click NEXT to read more...
Image: Disneyland Monorail System.
Photographs: Hawaiian717/ Wikimedia Commons.
World's amazing monorail systems
|
|
Shonan Monorail
The monorail located in the cities of Kamakura and Fujisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, is operated by the Shonan Monorail Co Ltd.
The line opened March 7, 1970, and was the first monorail of its kind in Japan.
Click NEXT to read more...
Image: Shonan Monorail.
Photographs: Wikimedia Commons.
World's amazing monorail systems
|
|
Plaza Imperial Monorail
The Plaza Imperial Monorail in Zaragoza, Spain is a short shuttle line that connects parking and shopping areas.
Click NEXT to read more...
Image: Plaza Imperial Monorail.
World's amazing monorail systems
|
More |
Sea World Monorail System
The Sea World Monorail System opened on 15 August 1986 as Australia's first monorail system.
It is a 2-kilometre monorail circuit around the Sea World theme park on the Gold Coast, Australia.
Photographs: Kim Navarre/Wikimedia Commons.
article