List of monorails
The list of monorails provides an overview of some existing and former monorails .
Existing systems
Europe
city | place | Type | SPU ren |
length | holding place |
drive | Eröff- voltage |
Manufacturer | operator | items | comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Germany | |||||||||||
Dortmund | Technology Center Dortmund - North Campus - Eichlinghofen | Hanging ( Siemens SIPEM ) | 3.6 km | 5 | 400 V / 50 Hz three- phase current |
May 2, 1984 | Siemens | H-Bahn | |||
Dresden | Loschwitz and Oberloschwitz | Hanging ( Langen type ) | 0.3 km | 600 V direct current |
May 6, 1901 | Dresden suspension railway | |||||
Dusseldorf | Airport long-distance train station - Terminal C | Hanging ( Siemens SIPEM ) | 2.5 km | 4th | 400 V / 50 Hz three- phase current |
July 1, 2002 | Siemens | Siemens | SkyTrain at the airport | ||
Heroldsbach | Thurn Castle Adventure Park | ||||||||||
Rust | Europe Park | 2.5 km | 1995 | From roll | Europa-Park Express | ||||||
Rust | Europe Park | 1990 | Mack Rides | Europa-Park Monorail | |||||||
Rust | Europe Park | Suspended ( suspension type 1 ) | 0.3 km | 2011 | ETF Ride Systems | Volo da Vinci | |||||
Salzhemmendorf | Rasti country | 1978 | Mack Rides | Rasti-Land panorama train | |||||||
Soltau | Heidepark | 1.5 km | 1986 | Mack Rides | Heide-Park Monorail | ||||||
Soltau | Heidepark | 0.6 km | 1978 | Mack Rides | Heide-Park Panoramabahn | ||||||
Wuppertal | Vohwinkel suspension railway - Oberbarmen train station | Hanging ( Langen type ) | 2 | 13.3 km | 20th | 600 V direct current |
March 1, 1901 | WSW Wuppertaler Stadtwerke | Wuppertal suspension railway | ||
Emsland | 0.6 km | 1984 | Magnetic levitation train | Transrapid | |||||||
Austria | |||||||||||
Strasswalchen | Strasswalchen adventure park | saddle | |||||||||
Belgium | |||||||||||
Lichtaart | Bobbejaanland | 1.9 km | 3 | 1976 | Schwarzkopf GmbH | ||||||
Denmark | |||||||||||
Billund | Legoland Billund | saddle | 1 | ||||||||
Holme-Olstrup | BonBon land | Mågeklatterne | |||||||||
Finland | |||||||||||
Helsinki | Linnanmäki | 0.5 km | 1 | 1979 | The IHLE Bruchsal brothers | (Maisemajuna) | |||||
France | |||||||||||
Rang-du-Fliers | Parc Bagatelle (amusement park) | saddle | 1983 | Soquet | |||||||
Kintzheim | Cigoland (amusement park) | Survol du parc en Monorail | |||||||||
Dennebrœucq | Dennlys Parc (amusement park) | 1995 | Metal construction Emmeln | Mono Denno | |||||||
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre | Le PAL (amusement park) | Soquet | Voyage au-dessus du monde | ||||||||
Dolancourt | Nigloland (amusement park) | 1996 | Severn Lamb | The dragons volants | |||||||
Hagondange | Walygator Parc (amusement park) | saddle | 1989 | Mack Rides | |||||||
Great Britain | |||||||||||
Alton (Staffordshire) | Alton Towers | saddle | 2014 | Premier Rides | |||||||
Chester | Upton by Chester Chester Zoo | 1.5 km | 2 | 1991 | |||||||
North Yorkshire | Kirby Misperton Flamingo Land | 1984 | |||||||||
Beaulieu (Hampshire) | National Motor Museum | 1972 | |||||||||
Great Yarmouth | Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach | 1987 | |||||||||
Ireland | |||||||||||
Listowel | saddle | 0.3 km | 1 | diesel | 2003 | Lartigue monorail | Park with a museum | ||||
Italy | |||||||||||
Bologna | Bologna Airport - Bologna Central Station | 5.5 km | 3 | 2017 under construction | Marconi Express | ||||||
Castelnuovo del Garda | Gardaland (amusement park) | 1989 | Mack Rides | Monorotaia | |||||||
Lazise (Lake Garda) | Movieland Studios | 2003 | Back to the backstage | ||||||||
Ravenna | Mirabilandia | 1.5 km | 1999 | Severn Lamb | Mirabilandia Express | ||||||
Ravenna | Mirabilandia | 1.5 km | 2004 | Preston & Barbieri | Monosaurus | ||||||
Rimini - Viserba | Italia in Miniatura Monorotaia | 0.7 km | |||||||||
Netherlands | |||||||||||
The hague | Drievliet family park | 1968 | |||||||||
Hardenberg (Overijssel) | Attractiepark Slagharen | 1976 | Schwarzkopf GmbH | ||||||||
Hellendoorn | Avonturenpark Hellendoorn | 1977 | Mack Rides | ||||||||
Kaatsheuvel | Efteling | saddle | 0.45 km | 1990 | Mack Rides | Volk van Laaf | |||||
Rhenes | Ouwehands Dierenpark | ||||||||||
Russia | |||||||||||
Moscow | All-Russian Exhibition Center for the Timiryazevskaya Metro and Regional Railway Station . | Saddle ( intamin ) | 4.7 km | 6th | 20-11-2004 | Moskovsky Metropolitan | Moscow monorail | ||||
Spain | |||||||||||
Madrid | Parque de Atracciones de Madrid | Zeppelin | |||||||||
Salou | PortAventura World | 2011 | SBF Visa | CocoPiloto | |||||||
Zaragoza | Plaza Imperial | saddle | 0.6 km | 2 | 2008 |
Africa
city | place | Type | SPU ren |
length | holding place |
drive | Eröff- voltage |
Manufacturer | operator | items | comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nigeria | |||||||||||
Port Harcourt | Saddle ( intamin ) | under construction | Rivers State Monorail | ||||||||
Enugu | under construction | ||||||||||
Onitsha | under construction | ||||||||||
South Africa | |||||||||||
Johannesburg | Nasrec , Expo Center | ||||||||||
Sun City (South Africa) | Casino Resort, main complex to the parking lot |
America
city | place | Type | SPU ren |
length | holding place |
drive | Eröff- voltage |
Manufacturer | operator | items | comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brazil | |||||||||||
Gramado | Aldeia do Papai Noel (theme park) | 2009 | |||||||||
Poços de Caldas | 1990 | ||||||||||
Rio de Janeiro - Barra da Tijuca | June 1996 | deactivated 2000 | |||||||||
São Paulo | from Vila Prudente Station to Oratorio Station | saddle | 2.9 km | 2 | August 30, 2014 | Metro São Paulo | Line 15 (Metrô São Paulo) | ||||
São Paulo | São Paulo-Morumbi São Judas and Jabaquara | saddle | 14th | under construction | Metro São Paulo | Line 17 (Metrô São Paulo) | |||||
São Paulo | Tamanduateí ↔ Estrada dos Alvarengas | in planning | Metro São Paulo | Line 18 (Metrô São Paulo) | |||||||
Canada | |||||||||||
Granby (Quebec) | GranbyZoo | saddle | 1 | ||||||||
Montreal |
La Ronde : Saint Helen's Island Theme Park Expo 67 |
La Ronde : 2.1 km |
1967? | Mojan Ltée | Minirail | ||||||
United States | |||||||||||
Anaheim | Disneyland Resort , Tomorrowland | saddle | 1 | 3.7 km | 3 | 14-06-1959 | Bombardier | Disneyland Inc | |||
ʻAiea (Hawaii) | Uptown to Downtown Pearlridge Center | saddle | 1 | 5, _ km | 07-11-1977 | Rohr, Inc. | |||||
Bay Lake (Florida) | Walt Disney World | saddle | 1 | 23.7 km | 6th | 01-10-1971 | Bombardier | Walt Disney World Resort | |||
Dallas | Dallas Zoo | saddle | 1 | 1990 03-25-2016 |
renovated August 2014 to March 2016 | ||||||
Fairfield (Ohio) | Jungle Jim's International Market , Parking Lot - Oscar Events Center; | 1994? | |||||||||
Gilroy | Gilroy Gardens | 2001 | Sky Trail Monorail | ||||||||
Hershey, Pennsylvania | Hersheypark | saddle | 1969 | Capital BlueCross Monorail | |||||||
Jacksonville | Rosa Parks - Convention Center - Kings Avenue | saddle | 2 | 4.0 km | 8th | 1989 | Matra | JTA | Jacksonville Skyway | ||
Lancaster, Pennsylvania | Dutch Wonderland | saddle | Capital BlueCross Monorail | ||||||||
Las Vegas | MGM Grand (on the south end of the strip ) to the Sahara Las Vegas | saddle | 2 | 6.3 km | 7th | 750 V direct current |
15-07-2004 | Bombardier | Las Vegas Monorail Company | Las Vegas monorail | 2004 expanded |
los Angeles | Sepulveda Boulevard - Getty Center | saddle | 1.2 km | 2 | 1997 | ||||||
Memphis | Downtown - Mud Island | Hanging | 0.5 km | 2 | 1982 | ||||||
Miami | Miami Zoo | 3.2 km | 1984 | ||||||||
Newark | AirTrain Newark | saddle | 4.8 km | 8th | 31-05-1996 | From roll | Bombardier Transportation | AirTrain Newark | |||
New Jersey | Morey's Piers | Sky Ships | |||||||||
New York - Bronx | Bronx Zoo | Wild Asian Monorail | |||||||||
Ocean City, New Jersey | Gillian's Wonderland Pier | 1965 | |||||||||
Orlando | Airport | ? | ? | ||||||||
Orlando | Walt Disney World Resort | saddle | 1 | 23.6 km | 6th | 01-Oct-1971 | Bombardier | Walt Disney World Resort | |||
Sacramento | California exposure | 1.6 km | ? | drives during the California State Fair | |||||||
Santa Clarita - Valencia | Six Flags Magic Mountain | 1.0 km | 3 | 1971 | Bombardier | ||||||
Seattle | Westlake Center - Experience Music Project - Seattle Center | Saddle ( Alweg ) | 2 | 1.5 km | 2 | 700 V DC | 24-03-1962 | Axel Wenner-Gren | Seattle Monorail Services | Seattle monorail | |
Tampa | Airport | 1.0 km | 1991 | Bombardier |
Asia
city | place | Type | SPU ren |
length | holding place |
drive | Eröff- voltage |
Manufacturer | operator | items | comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
China | |||||||||||
Chongqing |
Line 2 : Jiàochǎngkǒu station (较 场 口) - Zoo - Yúdòng terminus (渝 渝) Line 3 : Chongqing-Jiangbei Airport - Yuānyāng station (鴛鴦) - North Railway Station - Liǎnglùkǒu station (两 路口) - Yúdòng (鱼洞) |
saddle |
Line 2 : 25.7 km, Line 3 : 55.5 km |
Line 2 : 25 Line 3 : 39 |
Line 2 : January 2005 Line 3 : September 27, 2011 |
Hitachi | Chongqing Rail Transit | Chongqing Elevated Railway | |||
Beijing | Beijing Airport , connecting the two halves of the terminal | 2008 | |||||||||
Shanghai | Lóngyáng Street Station (龙阳路) on the outskirts of Shanghai Pudong Airport | Maglev | 30.5 km | 31-12-2002 | ThyssenKrupp Transrapid GmbH | Shanghai Maglev Transportation Co., Ltd | Transrapid Shanghai | ||||
Shenzhen | City center | Saddle ( intamin ) | 4.4 km | 7th | 1998 | ||||||
Shenzhen | Window of the World | Saddle ( intamin ) | 1.7 km | 3 | 1993 | ||||||
Weihai | Hanging ( Aerobus ) | 4.2 km | 2006 | ||||||||
Xi'an | Nanhu Park (南湖) | Saddle ( intamin ) | 9.6 km | 11 | 2015 | Xi'an monorail | |||||
Dongguan | Castfast Hotel, Fenggang | ||||||||||
Guangzhou Bureau of Human Resources | |||||||||||
India | |||||||||||
Mumbai | Chembur - Jacob Circle | saddle | 8.8 km | 17th | 750 V direct current |
02-02-2014 | Larsen & Toubro , Scomi | Mumbai monorail | |||
Margao | 1.6 km | Skybus Metro | Test track | ||||||||
Indonesia | |||||||||||
Jakarta | saddle | 27.0 km | ??? | Hitachi | Jakarta Monorail | ||||||
Iran | |||||||||||
Qom | 13.5 km | 2009 start of construction | Qom monorail | ||||||||
Kermanshah | km | 2016? | |||||||||
Japan | |||||||||||
Chiba |
Line 1 : Chiba Station - Kenchō-mae 県 庁 前 駅 Line 2 : Chiba-Minato 千葉 み な と 駅 - Chiba Station - Chishirodai 千 城 台 駅 |
Hanging (internal rollers) |
2 |
Line 1 : 3.2 km, Line 2 : 12.0 km |
Line 1 : 6 Line 2 : 15 |
1500 V direct current |
Line 1 : 1999 Line 2 : March 1988 |
Mitsubishi | Chiba Urban Monorail | Chiba monorail | |
Hiroshima | Midoriguchi station ( み ど り 口 ) (next to Seno station ) to Midori-chūō (み ど り 中央) | Hanging ( cabins with inlet point up hanging ) |
1.3 km | 3 | 440 V direct current |
28-08-1998 | Kobe Steel | Sky Rail Service (ス カ イ レ ー ル サ ー ビ ス 株式会社) | Hiroshima monorail | Height difference of 160 meters, incline up to 253 ‰ | |
Inuyama | Saddle ( Alweg ) | 1.1 km | 1962 | Inuyama monorail | |||||||
Kamakura | Ōfuna Station (大船 駅) - Shōnan-Enoshima (湘南 江 の 島 駅) | Hanging (inside rollers) |
1 | 6.6 km | 8th | 1500 V direct current |
March 7, 1970 | Mitsubishi | Shonan monorail | Shonan monorail | Maximum gradient: 74 ‰, 4 dodges, has 2 tunnels of 451 and 205 meters in length |
Kitakyushu | Kokura Railway Station - Kikugaoka | saddle | 8.8 km | 13 | January 9, 1985 | Hitachi | Kitakyushu monorail | ||||
Naha | Naha Airport - city center | saddle | 2 | 12.8 km | 15th | August 10, 2003 | Hitachi | Naha monorail | |||
Osaka | Osaka-Itami Airport to Kadoma-shi Station | saddle | 23.8 km | 18th | 1500 V direct current |
1990 | Hitachi | Osaka monorail | Osaka monorail | ||
Tama | Final stop Kamikitadai in Higashiyamato - Tachikawa -Kita ( T. North ) - Tachikawa-Minami ( T. South ) to the Tama Center in Tama | saddle | 2 | 16.0 km | 19th | 1500 V direct current |
1997 | Hitachi | Tama toshi monorēru kabushiki gaisha ( 多 摩 都市 モ ノ レ ー ル 株式会社 ) | Tama monorail | |
Tokyo Minato District | Hamamatsuchō Station to Haneda Airport | Saddle ( Alweg ) | 17.8 km | 11 | 17-09-1964 | Tōkyō Monorēru 東京 モ ノ レ ー ル 株式会社 | Tokyo monorail | ||||
Tokyo , Taitō district | Ueno Zoo | Hanging ( Langen type ) | 0.3 km | 2 | 600 V direct current |
17-12-1957 | Tokyo Prefecture Transportation Office | Ueno Zoo monorail | |||
Urayasu | Disney Resort Line | 4.8 km | 4th | 1500 V direct current |
27-07-2001 | Hitachi | Maihama Resort Line | ||||
Malaysia | |||||||||||
Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur Central Station Sentral to the Titiwangsa terminus | Saddle (Monorail Malaysia) | 2 | 8.6 km | 11 | 31-08-2003 | KL Infra | Kuala Lumpur monorail | |||
Putrajaya | Saddle (Monorail Malaysia) | 18.0 km | ? | Start of construction 2004 - construction stop 200? | |||||||
Singapore | |||||||||||
Sentosa Island | Sentosa Monorail Station to the port / beach | saddle | 2 | 2.1 km | 4th | 15-01-2007 | Hitachi Small | Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) | Sentosa Express | Successor to the Sentosa Monorail from 1982 to 2005 | |
Singapore | Singapore airport | ||||||||||
South Korea | |||||||||||
Daegu | KNU Medical Center - Yongji | Saddle ( Alweg ) | 2 | 23.9 km | 30th | 23-04-2015 | Hitachi | Daegu Transit Corporation | Line 3 of the Daegu Metro | ||
Taiwan | |||||||||||
Kaohsiung | E-DA world | 2010? | |||||||||
Thailand | |||||||||||
North Bangkok | Dream World Theme Park | ? | |||||||||
Chon Buri (Province) | Pattaya Park Resort | ? | |||||||||
Chiang Mai (Province) | Huay Kaew Road, Chiang Mai Zoo | 2.0 km | 4th | 2005 | Chiang Mai Zoo Monorail | ||||||
Turkmenistan | |||||||||||
Ashgabat | Saddle ( intamin ) | 5.2 km | 8th | 2016 | Ashgabat monorail | ||||||
Saudi Arabia | |||||||||||
Riad | King Abdullah Financial District | km | 2015? | Riyadh monorail | |||||||
United Arab Emirates | |||||||||||
Dubai | Gateway Palm to the hotel complex " The Palm Atlantis Dubai " | Saddle ( Alweg ) | 5.4 km | 4th | 30-04-2009 | Marubeni | Serco Group plc | Dubai monorail | Supplementary and feeder system for the equally driverless Dubai Metro |
Australia
city | place | Type | SPU ren |
length | holding place |
drive | Eröff- voltage |
closing clothes |
Manufacturer | operator | items | comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brisbane | Sea World | saddle | 2.0 km | 3 | August 15, 1986 | From roll | ||||||
Brisbane | World Expo 88 next to the Brisbane River | Saddle ? | 2.3 km | 2 | April 30, 1988? | October 30, 1988? | ||||||
Broadbeach | Oasis Shopping Center | 3 | 1989 | 29-01-2017 | Bombardier | |||||||
Sydney | Downtown | saddle | 3.6 km | 8th | 21-07-1988 | 30-06-2013 | From roll | Veolia Transport Sydney |
Former systems
Europe
city | place | Type | SPU ren |
length | holding place |
drive | Eröff- voltage |
closing clothes |
Manufacturer | operator | items | comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Germany | ||||||||||||
Berlin | Gleisdreieck underground station - Kemperplatz | saddle | 2 | 1.6 km | 3 | magnet | 28-06-1984 | 31-07-1991 | Berlin transport company | M-train | Passenger transport from August 28, 1989 | |
Bestwig | Fort fun | 1994 | 2007 | Park lift "Silent Move", conversion of the panorama lift from Stuttgart | ||||||||
Bruehl | Phantasialand | saddle | Direct current |
1974 | 2008 | Anton Schwarzkopf | Phantasialand jet | |||||
Gelsenkirchen | Federal Garden Show | 1997 | 1997 | |||||||||
Groß-Gerau Wallerstädten | Safariland | 1971 | 1985 | Schwingel park railways | ||||||||
Hagen vestibule | 1.9 km | 6th | 6 Sep 1973 | July 1981 dismantled | Cabin taxi | |||||||
Hamburg | International Transport Exhibition 1979 | 1979 | 1979 | Transrapid -distance | ||||||||
Hamburg | Wilhelmsburg and Georgswerder , International Garden Show 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | 8 trains with 13 wagons (78 seats); 16 km / h; 290 supports up to 8 m high | ||||||||
Cologne - Fühlingen | Saddle ( Alweg ) | 1957 | 1960 | Test facility | ||||||||
Mannheim | Federal Garden Show 1975 | Hanging ( Aerobus ) | 1975 | 1975 | ||||||||
Stuttgart | International Horticultural Exhibition 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | Panoramabahn | ||||||||
Ziegenhain (Schwalmstadt) | Hospital main building - auxiliary building | 0.6 km | 2 | 29-03-1976 | 2002 | Demag and Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm | Cabin lift | connected two parts of a hospital building. | ||||
Austria | ||||||||||||
Vienna | WIG 74 (Vienna International Garden Show 1974) | 1974 | 1974 | today Kurpark Oberlaa | ||||||||
Switzerland | ||||||||||||
Basel | Brüglinger Ebene , Grün 80 Exhibition for gardening and landscaping 1980 | |||||||||||
Lausanne | Expo64 | Swiss National Exhibition 1964 | ||||||||||
Belgium | ||||||||||||
Ypres | Bellewaerde Park | 1983 | 2007 | Mahieu | ||||||||
France | ||||||||||||
Feurs and Panissières | saddle | 1895 | 1899 | Lartigue monorail | no start of operations due to financing difficulties | |||||||
Limours to Gometz-la-Ville | Saddle ( Aérotrain ) | |||||||||||
Saran to Artenay | Saddle ( Aérotrain ) | |||||||||||
Châteauneuf-sur-Loire | Hanging (Safege system) | 1.4 km | Test track, built from 1959 at the site of the Baudin Chateauneuf company and immortalized in François Truffaut's feature film Fahrenheit 451 (1966) The track was dismantled at the end of the 1960s, the cabin car sold to a scrap dealer was still used as a chicken coop for a time. | |||||||||
Great Britain | ||||||||||||
Blackpool | Blackpool Pleasure Beach | saddle | 1966 | 2012 | used to drive in Lausanne in 1964 | |||||||
London | London Gatwick Airport Terminal North - South | 2 | 2010 | iB | Bombardier Transport | |||||||
Birmingham | Airport | ? | ? | |||||||||
Brierley Hill | Merry Hill Shopping Center | June 1991 | before 1996 | From roll | ||||||||
Chessington | Chessington World of Adventures | saddle | 1986 | 31-07-2015 | Mack Rides | Safari Skyway | ||||||
Milngavie near Glasgow | Hanging | 1929/30 | 1930/31 | Bennie Rail Plane | ||||||||
Skegness | Butlin's Skegness Camp | 1964 | 2003 | |||||||||
Ireland | ||||||||||||
Listowel | Listowel to Ballybunion | saddle | 1 | 14.4 km | steam | 29-02-1888 | 1924 | Lartigue monorail | ||||
Italy | ||||||||||||
Turin | Turin monorail | |||||||||||
Portugal | ||||||||||||
Larmanyat | 80.0 km | steam | 1870 | 1877 | ||||||||
Russia | ||||||||||||
1898 | ? | Monorail parking train (?) | ||||||||||
before Moscow | Horse (!) | 1820 | ||||||||||
Ramenskoye near Moscow | 0.2 km | 1970 | 1990 | Test track for a magnetic levitation train | ||||||||
Spain | ||||||||||||
Seville | Expo 92 |
America
city | place | Type | SPU ren |
length | holding place |
drive | Eröff- voltage |
closing clothes |
Manufacturer | operator | items | comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brazil | ||||||||||||
Poços de Caldas | Ferreira | saddle | 6 km | 11 | 1990 | 2000 | J. Ferreira Ltda | Canceled in 2003 | ||||
Rio de Janeiro | Barra Shopping to the parking lot | ? | ? | |||||||||
Guatemala | ||||||||||||
saddle | Lartigue monorail | Test track | ||||||||||
Peru | ||||||||||||
saddle | Lartigue monorail | Test track | ||||||||||
Canada | ||||||||||||
Crystal Beach (Fort Erie, Ontario) | amusement park | 2.4 km | 1896 | 1898 | Ontario Southern Railway (Ontario) | |||||||
Montreal |
Blue line : Île Notre-Dame Yellow line : Saint Helen's Island La Ronde : Saint Helen's Island theme park Expo 67 |
Blue line : 6.8 km Yellow line : 1.8 km La Ronde : 2.1 km |
Blue line : autumn 1973 Yellow line : autumn 1981 La Ronde : in operation in 2017 |
Yellow line : and La Ronde : Mojan Ltée |
Minirail | |||||||
Toronto | Toronto Zoo | saddle | 5.6 km | 1976 | 1994 | Toronto Zoo | Toronto Zoo Domain Ride | |||||
Vancouver | Expo 86 | |||||||||||
United States | ||||||||||||
Florida | ||||||||||||
Miami | Miami Seaquarium | Hanging | 0.7 km | 1 | 1963 | 1991 | Miami Seaquarium Spacerail | |||||
Tampa | Busch Gardens Tampa | ? | 1999 | |||||||||
California | ||||||||||||
Trona (California) | over the rough terrain of the Salinas Valley. | saddle | 1924 | 1926 | Sierra Salt Corporation | Mine train ( magnesium ) | ||||||
Escondido (California) | San Diego Zoo Safari Park | 8.0 km | ? | March 2007 | Wgasa Bush Line | |||||||
Pomona (California) | Fairplex | 1990? | 1999? | American Crane and Hoist Company | ||||||||
Lake Arrowhead, California | Santa's Village | ? | 1998 | American Crane and Hoist Company | ||||||||
Santa Clarita - Valencia | Six Flags Magic Mountain | 1971 | 2000? | |||||||||
southwest of Death Valley | Epsom salt mine | saddle | 45 km | 1924 | June 1926 | Epsom Salts Monorail | ||||||
Massachusetts | ||||||||||||
Cambridge, Massachusetts | saddle | 0.07 km | steam | 1886? | 1894 | Meigs Elevated Railway | Trial operation | |||||
Michigan | ||||||||||||
Dearborn | from the Dearborn Hyatt Regency Hotel to Fairlane Town Center | ? | ? | |||||||||
Minnesota | ||||||||||||
Apple Valley, Minnesota | Minnesota Zoo | 1979 | 2913 | |||||||||
New Jersey | ||||||||||||
Smithville and Mount Holly | saddle | human | 1892 | 1897 | Hotchkiss Bicycle Railroad | also set up in other places | ||||||
new York | ||||||||||||
Brooklyn | saddle | 3.4 km | steam | Summer 1890 | Summer 1890 | Boynton Bicycle Railroad | ||||||
new York | New York World's Fair | System AMF | 1964 | 1965 | ||||||||
new York | City Island (New York) - Bartow Train Station | saddle | 1 | horse | 16-07-1910 | 03-04-1914 | Pelham Park and City Island Railroad | |||||
new York | Flushing Meadows Park , 1964 New York World's Fair | 1 | 1964 | 1964 | ||||||||
North Carolina | ||||||||||||
Charlotte, North Carolina and Fort Mill , South Carolina | Carowinds amusement park | 3.2 km | 1 | 02-June-1973 | August 1994 | Universal Mobility Incorporated | ||||||
Ohio | ||||||||||||
Aurora (Ohio) | Geauga Lake (theme park) | 1969 | 2006 | Bel-Aire Express | ||||||||
at Cincinnati | Jungle Jim's International Grocery Store | ? | ? | |||||||||
Mason (Ohio) | Kings Island | 1974 | 1993 | Universal Mobility, Inc. | sold to Fairfield | |||||||
Oklahoma | ||||||||||||
Oklahoma City | Oklahoma State Fair | 1964 | 2005 | |||||||||
Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
Bradford | Bradford to Gilmore | saddle | 8 kilometers | steam | January 1878 | January 1878 | Bradford and Foster Brook Railway | |||||
Philadelphia | Fairmount Park , from horticultural to agricultural pavilion | saddle | 0.15 km | 1876 | 1876 | Centennial Monorail | Double-decker train | |||||
Philadelphia | Philadelphia Zoo | 1970s | 1980s | |||||||||
Texas | ||||||||||||
Dallas | Dallas Love Field | 2.8 km | 3 | 18-04-1970 | 1974 | Braniff International Airways | Jetrail | |||||
Houston | Arrowhead Park | Hanging | 1 | 4.8 km | 2 | 18-02-1956 | September 1956 | Monorail Inc | Trailblazer | Trial operation, later in Dallas | ||
Dallas | Fair Park | Hanging | 4.8 km | 2 | October 1956 | 1964 | Texas Skyways | Trailblazer | previously trial run in Houston | |||
Virginia | ||||||||||||
James City County | Busch Gardens Williamsburg | ? | 1990s | |||||||||
near Richmond (Virginia) | Kings Dominion (Amusement Park, Lion Country Safari) | 1993 | ||||||||||
Washington | ||||||||||||
Seattle | West Seattle to Ballard | 2014: The monorail proposal was rejected | ||||||||||
Mexico | ||||||||||||
Acapulco | Vidafel Mayan Palace resort |
Asia
city | place | Type | SPU ren |
length | holding place |
drive | Eröff- voltage |
closing clothes |
Manufacturer | operator | items | comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
China | ||||||||||||
Hong Kong | Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park | 1902 | 1908 | |||||||||
Hong Kong | Kai Tak Amusement Park | |||||||||||
India | ||||||||||||
Munnar | 1902 | 1908 | Kundala Valley Railway | re-tracked to 610 mm in 1908, existed from 1908 to 1924 | ||||||||
Patiala (State) | Ewing system | 80 km | Mule steam |
February 1907 | 1927 | Patiala State Monorail Trainways | ||||||
Margao | Hanging | 1.6 km | 2004 (before Sept 25th) | 2013 | Konkan Railway | Skybus Metro | ||||||
Indonesia | ||||||||||||
Jakarta | PT. Jakarta Monorail | Jakarta Monorail | Construction started in June 2004, unfinished | |||||||||
Iran | ||||||||||||
Tehran | Tehran monorail | only 3% of the route was built | ||||||||||
Japan | ||||||||||||
Himeji | Lockheed system | 1965 | 1974 | |||||||||
Inuyama | Japan Monkey Park to Inuyama-yūen Station | saddle | 1500 V direct current |
21-03-1962 | 27-12-2008 | Nagoya Tetsudō | ||||||
Kawasaki | Mukōgaoka-Yūen Station - Mukōgaoka-Yūen-seimon | Lockheed system | 1.1 km | 2 | 600 V direct current |
23-04-1966 | 13-02-2000 | Odakyū Dentetsu | Mukōgaoka-Yūen monorail | |||
Nagoya | Higashiyama Park | Hanging (Safege system) | 1964 | 1974 | ||||||||
Nara | Nara Dreamland | Saddle ( Alweg ) | 1961 | 2006 | ||||||||
Tokyo | Yomiuriland | Hitachi-Alweg | 1964 | 1988 | ||||||||
Yokohama | Yokohama Dreamland to Ōfuna Station | saddle | 1 | 5.3 km | 2 | 1500 V direct current |
May 1966 | September 1967 | Dream transportation | Yokohama Dreamland Monorail | ||
Malaysia | ||||||||||||
Malacca | 21-10-2010 | December 2010 | Malacca monorail | |||||||||
Genting Highlands | saddle | 1.0 km | 2 | 1994 | 01-07-2013 | Genting Monorail | ||||||
Subang Jaya | Bandar Sunway | 3.2 km | 2000 | 2007 | Sunway monorail | Replacement by express bus line | ||||||
Singapore | ||||||||||||
Singapore | Sentosa | saddle | 1.6 km | 7th | 23-02-1982 | 16-03-2005 | Sentosa Development Corporation | Replacement by the Sentosa Express | ||||
Singapore | Jurong Bird Park | saddle | 1.7 km | 3 | April 1991 | April 2012 | Jurong Bird Park Panorail | |||||
Thailand | ||||||||||||
Bangkok | Fashion Island shopping center | ? | ? | |||||||||
Bangkok | LeoLand Freizeitpark - water park | ? | ? | Tuk-tuk monorail | Track is still available on the 6th floor of CentralPlaza Bangna |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monorotaia page on the Italia in Miniatura homepage ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Plaza Imperial Monorail - a Photo Essay. The Monorail Society, accessed September 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated July 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.globim.com/enugu.html
- ↑ http://www.globim.com/onitsha.html
- ↑ Nasrec Development - Stage 2: Business Plan. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Johannesburg Development Agency, September 2005, archived from the original on October 6, 2006 ; Retrieved December 12, 2008 .
- ^ Sun City Transport. Retrieved October 21, 2009 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ 8.8 km in the first construction phase (commissioning on February 2, 2014). Later expansion to a total of 20 km is planned. Source: Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA): Mumbai Monorail Project. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
- ↑ Technical data ( Memento from March 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.gleismann.de/15.cabinentaxi/c11.html
- ^ Expo 64 in Lausanne . In: Die Zeit , No. 3/1964
- ↑ a b (...) La métro suspendu SAFEGE . (French). In: safege.free.fr , accessed August 8, 2011.
- ↑ Fahrenheit 451 (1966) . (English). In: youtube.com , November 5, 2006, accessed August 8, 2011.
- ↑ Bennie Rail Plane ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Michael Guerin: The Lartigue: Listowel and Ballybunion Railway . Lartigue Centenary Committee, Listowel 1988, ISBN 0-9513549-0-6 .
- ↑ http://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2008/10/when-monorail-came-to-houston/
- ↑ http://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2008/10/when-monorail-came-to-houston/
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ [3]
- ^ Monorail News