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Home > Technology > Transportation > Monorails

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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.
http://www.aerobus.com/

Chiba Monorail
World's longest suspended monorail, built in 1988, 15.5km, 18 stations.
http://www.chiba-monorail.co.jp/

Futrex, Inc.
Charleston, SC. System 21 'monobeam'.
http://www.futrexinc.com/

Historic Seattle Monorail
Seattle's original monorail, built in 1962 for the World's Fair, still operating daily on its one-mile track.
http://www.seattlemonorail.com

Hull Monorail

http://www.skyrailuk.com/

Kuala Lumpur Monorail
Operating since 2003, 8.6km, 11 stations.
http://www.monorail.com.my/

Las Vegas Monorail
Originally opened in 1995, this system will be expanded to 6km in 2004.
http://www.lvmonorail.com/

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.
http://www.monorails.org/

Moscow Monorail
Opening in 2003 with 5km and 5 stations.
http://www.monorail.ru/

New Century Transportation, Inc.
Firm forming to propose, develop large, collective, top mount, high-speed, intercity, monorail, magnetically levitated, trains. Descriptions, images.
http://www.nctransportation.com/

Osaka Monorail
Osaka's monorail operating since 1990, 23.8km, 16 stations.
http://www.osaka-monorail.co.jp/

Owen Transit Group, Inc.
Engineering firm offering the HighRoad Monorail System: 1 beam, 2-way traffic.
http://www.OTG-Inc.com/

RUF: Rapid Urban Flexible
Proposed dual mode, hybrid 4 wheel road and monorail vehicles, car and bus, drive on and off roads and atop overhead tracks as needed.
http://www.ruf.dk/

Shonan Monorail
Japan's first suspended monorail, built in 1970, 6.6km, 8 stations.
http://www.shonan-monorail.co.jp/

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.
http://www.swedetrack.com/

Tama Monorail
Operating just outside Tokyo since 1997, 16km, 19 stations.
http://www.tama-monorail.co.jp/

The ALWEG Archives
History of the ALWEG monorail system.
http://www.alweg.com/

TriTrack
Proposed lightweight, dual mode, hybrid 3 wheel electric car/monorail: drives on and off roads and overhead tracks as needed. Road speed limited to non-lethal speed. Fiberglass body.
http://www.tritrack.net/

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