Posted December 31, 200915 yr I saw this website on the High-Tech Monorail program (here's a clip) and saw there wasn't a dedicated monorail thread. http://www.monorails.org/
December 31, 200915 yr How many amusement parks in Ohio have a monorail? "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 31, 200915 yr Kings Island had one, but they sold it to Jungle Jim's. As far as I know, it's currently not operating. I'm not even sure if it was a true monorail, as I think it was more of an airport-style people mover.
December 31, 200915 yr I cant believe they list the Lost Wages monorail. It's a joke. It take 15 minutes to go between stations. IIRC there are six stations. Stations that are as close at Shaker Sq. - Drexmore or Shaker Sq. and Coventry. And it crawls. It's like a broken down waterfront line.
December 31, 200915 yr None, Cedar Point's was taken out in the 60s (bought second hand from Summit Beach Park); the King's Island monorail was dismantled in the late 90s (Now at Jungle Jim's Fairfield, OH); and the Geauga Lake monorail was taken out several years before the park was shuttered.
June 1, 201015 yr Bombardier to supply monorail to Saudi Arabia Tuesday, June 01, 2010 Bombardier Transportation has won a $241 million contract to supply, install, operate, and maintain a 3.6-kilometer (2.2-mile) INNOVIA Monorail 300 system for the King Abdullah Financial District, the new financial and business center under development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Bombardier was awarded the contract by Saudi Oger Ltd., a Saudi Arabian construction company responsible for turnkey construction of the system. Full story at: http://www.railwayage.com/breaking-news/bombardier-to-supply-monorail-to-saudi-arabia.html
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