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Monorail

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 and less than heavy metro systems. The term is often applied colloquially to any elevated rail or people mover, though it refers more precisely to the…

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Types and technical aspects

Monorail systems

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Monorail

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Triples270
Avg. degree1.99
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Monorail

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related to 1950s–1980s · 31
Monorail → Alejandro Goicoechea-Omar, ALWEG, ALWEG's, Anaheim, Bombardier, California, DE1755198, Disneyland, Florida, Germany, Gran Canaria, Hitachi Monorail, Houston, However, In, In March, Japan, Las Palmas, Later, Monorails
related to 1900s–1950s · 23
Monorail → Air Carrier, Alaska, Also, Brennan, Early, FR, French Patent Office, Germany, Henri Coanda, In, In June, India, Lartigue, Liverpool, Manchester, New York City, One, Patiala State Monorail Trainways, Punjab, The Ewing System
related to Public perception as mass transit · 19
Monorail → ALWEG, America, AMF Monorail, At, California, From, General Motors, Interstate Highway System, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County Board, Monorails, One, Ray Bradbury, Standard Oil, Supervisors, There, This, World War II, World's Fair
related to 1980s–present · 18
Monorail → ALWEG, Bengbu, Bombardier Innovia Monorail-based, BYD, China, Cloudrail, From, Guang'an, Guilin, Istanbul, Japan, Liuzhou, Malta, Modern, Monorails, Since, Tokyo Monorail, Wuhu
related to Monorail systems · 18
Monorail → Alstom, Bombardier, Bombardier Transportation, BYD, China Railway Science, CRRC Nanjing Puzhen, CRRC Qingdao Sifang, EMTC, Hitachi Monorail, Industry Group, Intamin, Manufacturers, Other, PBTS, Scomi, SkyWay Group, Woojin, Zhongtang Air Rail Technology
related to history · 17
Monorail → Beck, Bradford, Centennial Monorail, Central Java, Foster Brook Railway, Foster Township, Grobogan, In, Inspired, It, McKean County, Monorails, Northern Surabaya, On, Pennsylvania, The, Ven
related to In popular culture · 13
Monorail → Brink, Châteauneuf-sur-Loire, Disaster, Fahrenheit, February, France, François Truffaut's, French SAFEGE, Orléans, Ray Bradbury's, The, Thunderbirds, Two
related to Types and technical aspects · 13
Monorail → ALWEG, Barmen, Elberfeld, Eugen Langen, German, Germany, It, Modern, Nicolaus Otto, The, The Chiba Urban Monorail, There, Wuppertal
related to Early years · 11
Monorail → Attempts, Based, Bradford, Centennial Exposition, Foster Brook Railway, Ivan Elmanov, January, Philadelphia, Russia, The, The Centennial Monorail
related to Magnetic levitation · 11
Monorail → Beijing Subway Line S1, Changsha Maglev Express, China, German Transrapid, However, Incheon Airport Maglev, Japan, Korea, Linimo, Magnetic, The Shanghai Maglev Train

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monorails systems system suspended rail used transit also first beam transport use built line two vehicles one train single elevated

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Monorailis aform of urban rail transit in which trains run on or are suspended from a single rail or beam0.90text
Monorailis aworld's largest suspended network.PowerAlmost all modern monorails are powered by electric motors fed by dual third rails0.90text
Monorailis aAMF Monorail that was used as transportation around the 19640.90text
the Docklands Light Railwayinstance ofsometimes leading to confusion with other elevated systems0.80text
Vancouver SkyTraininstance ofsometimes leading to confusion with other elevated systems0.80text
the AirTrain JFKinstance ofsometimes leading to confusion with other elevated systems0.80text
cable-propelled systems like the Cable Liner people moverinstance ofsometimes leading to confusion with other elevated systems0.80text
which run on two railsinstance ofsometimes leading to confusion with other elevated systems0.80text
monorails can collide only with other vehicles on the same systeminstance ofgrade-separated rights-of-way0.80text
with far fewer opportunities for collisioninstance ofgrade-separated rights-of-way0.80text
Guang'aninstance ofsystems developed by BYD are under construction in cities0.80text
Liuzhouinstance ofsystems developed by BYD are under construction in cities0.80text

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