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The Palm Monorail is a monorail line on the Palm Jumeirah island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is operated by the UK-based Serco. The monorail connects the Palm Jumeirah to the mainland, with a planned further extension to the Red Line of the Dubai Metro. [2] The line opened on April 30, 2009 as the Palm Jumeirah Monorail. [3]
The Tokyo Monorail began accepting the contactless smart card Suica on 21 April 2002. [8]: 260 It began issuing its own "Monorail Suica" cards in 2009. [37] The monorail also accepts the regional Pasmo card and the Japan Rail Pass. [38] [39] Fares may be purchased from ticket vending machines at any monorail station. [40]
A Chongqing Rail Transit monorail train. Line 3 is the world's longest and busiest monorail line. A monorail is a railway system in which the track consists of a single elevated rail, beam or track with the trains either supported or suspended. The term is also used to describe the beam of the system, or the vehicles traveling on such a beam or ...
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) first proposed a monorail in 2005. [7]On 11 November 2008, Larsen and Toubro partnered with the Malaysian company Scomi Engineering Bhd, and the joint venture (JV) company was awarded a ₹ 24.6 billion (US$290 million) contract by the MMRDA to build, operate, and maintain the project of around eight monorail routes in Mumbai by the ...
Starting June 22, 2014, the monorail began operating on a different timetable in order to accommodate work to automate the system. Disney stated that the system would provide a more efficient service with enhanced safety, as well as more frequent dispatch of the trains, faster switching times, and monorail arrival information. [ 17 ]
The Las Vegas Monorail is a 3.9-mile (6.3 km) automated monorail mass transit system located adjacent to the Las Vegas Strip in Clark County, Nevada, United States.It connects several large casinos in the unincorporated communities of Paradise and Winchester, but does not enter the city of Las Vegas proper.
What it does not need is a monorail to Miami Beach that would cover just four miles while costing $1.3 billion and requiring anyone using the Metromover system to change transit systems.
The Marconi Express is a monorail line in Bologna, Italy. At 5.095 kilometres (3.2 mi) in length, it links Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bologna Centrale railway station, with an intermediate station and depot at Lazzaretto and a travel time of 7 minutes and 20 seconds. [1] The monorail trains have been provided by Intamin Transportation ...