Monorails

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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.

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 ALWEG Archives - History of the ALWEG monorail system.

Chiba Monorail - World's longest suspended monorail, built in 1988, 15.5km, 18 stations.

Futrex, Inc. - Charleston, SC. System 21 "monobeam".

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

Las Vegas Monorail - Originally opened in 1995, this system will be expanded to 6km in 2004.

Moscow Monorail - Opening in 2003 with 5km and 5 stations.

Osaka Monorail - Osaka's monorail operating since 1990, 23.8km, 16 stations.

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

Shonan Monorail - Japan's first suspended monorail, built in 1970, 6.6km, 8 stations.

STC: Sky Train Corp. - Proposed large, collective, suspended monorail from Florida. Descriptions, diagrams, book, news, consulting, TRDA grant.

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.

Sydney Metro Monorail - Operating as a tourist loop near the harbor since 1988, 3.6km, 7 stations.

Tama Monorail - Operating just outside Tokyo since 1997, 16km, 19 stations.

Walt's Toy Trains - Some pictures of Disneyland monorails.