Directory: Science: Technology: Transportation: Monorails (29)
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- Science: Physics: Electromagnetism: Magnetic Levitation: Transportation
- Science: Technology: Transportation: Tube-Based
Monorail Society - All-volunteer organization founded to foster more awareness and promote this uniquely safe method of transit: not just for theme parks and zoos. Descriptions, diagrams, technical papers, news, videos, history, comparisons, costs, links.STC: Sky Train Corp. - Proposed large, collective, suspended monorail from Florida. Descriptions, diagrams, book, news, consulting, TRDA grant.
Futrex, Inc. - Charleston, SC. System 21 "monobeam".
Owen Transit Group, Inc. - Engineering firm offering the HighRoad Monorail System: 1 beam, 2-way traffic.
Walt's Toy Trains - Some pictures of Disneyland monorails.
SwedeTrack System AB - Makes FlyWay automated beamcarried traffic, of Sweden. Medium and large, collective, suspended vehicles, lower to the ground to avoid any need to build stations. Many descriptions, images, links. English, Svenska.
Kuala Lumpur Monorail - Operating since 2003, 8.6km, 11 stations.
Historic Seattle Monorail - Seattle's original monorail, built in 1962 for the World's Fair, still operating daily on its one-mile track.
Aerobus International, Inc. - Makes large, collective, suspended, monorail train system, tracks supported by widely spaced cable suspension. Descriptions, photos, diagrams, video, history, installations, news, contacts, contacts.
The Whoosh: Innovative Public Transport - Proposed large, collective, suspended, air pressure driven monorail, from England. Descriptions, static and animated diagrams, precedents, social aspects/impact.
Moscow Monorail - Opening in 2003 with 5km and 5 stations.
Las Vegas Monorail - Originally opened in 1995, this system will be expanded to 6km in 2004.
Tama Monorail - Operating just outside Tokyo since 1997, 16km, 19 stations.
Chiba Monorail - World's longest suspended monorail, built in 1988, 15.5km, 18 stations.
The ALWEG Archives - History of the ALWEG monorail system.
Osaka Monorail - Osaka's monorail operating since 1990, 23.8km, 16 stations.
Shonan Monorail - Japan's first suspended monorail, built in 1970, 6.6km, 8 stations.
Sydney Metro Monorail - Operating as a tourist loop near the harbor since 1988, 3.6km, 7 stations.
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