Monorail
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A monorail is a form of urban rail transit in which trains run on or are suspended from a single rail or beam. Monorails typically provide intermediate transport capacity, generally greater than trams
Monorail on concrete columns in Chongqing, China
Gyroscopically balanced monorail (1909) by Brennan and Scherl
"Popular Science" February 1934, p. 41: "A new Russian type of monorail that runs in a chute on large spheres."
Seattle Monorail, built in 1962 and still using the original ALWEG trains
Chiba Urban Monorail
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The Chiba Urban Monorail is a two-line suspended, SAFEGE-type monorail system located in Chiba, Japan. It is owned and operated by Chiba Urban Monorail Co., Ltd., a third-sector company established on
Monorail
…1950s, dominates modern installations; suspended systems remain in service on the Wuppertal Schwebebahn (1901, the oldest monorail in operation) and the Chiba Urban Monorail (the largest suspended network). Monorail systems are most frequently implemented in large cities, airports, and theme parks. Early monorail experiments…
Type 0 train approaching Chiba station
An original 1000 series train traverses a track switch near Chishirodai Station