List of monorail systems

Summary

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 track. Many monorail systems run through crowded areas that would otherwise require expensive tunneling or dangerous level crossings. Aside from mass transit and people mover systems, a large number of smaller monorails have been built in amusement parks and at zoos.

A Chongqing Rail Transit monorail train. Line 3 is the world’s longest and busiest monorail line.

Operational monorails edit

These are lists of operating monorails that are open to the public. Only true monorails (vehicle wider than track) are included; see people mover for a list of monorail-like systems. There are also other monorail type systems used for human transportation not included, such as slope cars, mining monorails and farm monorails.

Operational monorails - transit, people movers edit

Systems used primarily for passenger transportation, characterised by enclosed cars, multiple stations and open on a regular basis. Ordered by system length (click headings to re-sort). Monorails associated with amusement parks that have enclosed cabins and multiple stations are generally included here.

Operational monorails – sightseeing, amusement park rides, zoo monorails edit

Systems characterised by one station and/or open cabins and that are not primarily for point-to-point transportation. Ordered by country (click headings to re-sort).

Location Country Name Opened Stations Length Type
Lichtaart   Belgium Bobbejaanland Monorail[8] 1961 3 1.85 km (1.15 mi) Amusement park
Rio Grande do Sul   Brazil Aldeia do Papai Noel Monorail[9] 2009 2 Amusement Park
Montreal   Canada La Ronde (amusement park) Minirail 1967 2 2.1 km (1.3 mi) Amusement park
Granby   Canada Granby Zoo monorail 1980 1 2.1 km (1.3 mi) Zoo
Vaughan   Canada Treetop Adventure, Canada's Wonderland 1998 1 Other
Shenzhen   China Window of the World Monorail 1993 3 1.7 km (1.1 mi) Amusement park
Shenzhen   China Happy Line 1998 7 3.88 km (2.41 mi) Other
Liupanshui   China Yeyuhai Monorail 2019 2 5.5 km (3.4 mi)[10] Other
Ningbo   China Romon U-Park monorail 2015[11] 2[12] 1.1 km (0.68 mi)[13] Amusement Park
Zhangjiajie   China Zhangjiajie National Park monorail[14][15] 2 Other
Xi'an   China Xi'an Qujiang Sightseeing Monorail 2015 11 9.6 km (6.0 mi) Other
Xishui   China Xishui Forest Train 2020 5 11.5 km (7.1 mi)[16] Other
Shanghai   China "Ocean Shinkansen" (海洋新干线), Happy Valley Shanghai 1 Amusement park
Shanghai   China Jinjiang Action Park (two rides) 1 (x two) Amusement park
Lingshui   China "Flying to the Sea", Hainan Ocean Paradise[17] 2020 3 1.5 km (0.93 mi) Amusement park
Fenggang   China [18] 2 km (1.2 mi) Other
Billund   Denmark Legoland Billund monorail 1 Amusement park
Helsinki   Finland Linnanmäki Monorail (Maisemajuna) 1979 1 0.5 km (0.31 mi) Amusement park
Rang-du-Fliers   France Parc Bagatelle Monorail 1983 1 Amusement park
Sélestat   France Walygator Parc monorail[19] 1989 1 Amusement park
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre   France Voyage over the World, Le Pal 1996 1 Amusement park
Dolancourt   France Dragons Volants, Nigloland 1996 1 Amusement park
Plailly   France Espions de César, Parc Astérix 1998 1 Amusement park
Les Avenières   France Monorail, Walibi Rhône-Alpes 2017 1[20] Amusement park
Dennebroeucq   France Xotic, Dennlys Parc 2020 1 Amusement park
Lower Saxony   Germany "Einschienenbahn", Rasti-Land 1978 1 Amusement park
Soltau   Germany Heide Park 1985 1 1.6 km (0.99 mi) Amusement park
Rust   Germany monorail, Europa-Park 1990 2 Amusement park
Heroldsbach   Germany "Suspension Railway", Thurn Castle Adventure Park 1[21] Amusement park
Brühl   Germany Würmling Express, Phantasialand 2010 1 Amusement park
Rust   Germany Volo da Vinci, Europa-Park 2011 1 Amusement park
Indramayu Regency   Indonesia Indramayu Monorail 2018 1 Amusement park
Listowel   Ireland Lartigue Monorail, (Lartigue restoration) 2003 1 1 km (0.62 mi) Other
Ravenna   Italy Mirabilandia Monorail 1992 1 1.5 km (0.93 mi) Amusement park
Lazise   Italy Panorama Tram, Movieland park 2006 1 Amusement park
Iya Valley   Japan Oku Iya Valley Tourist Monorail 2006 1 4.6 km (2.9 mi)[22] Other
Malacca City, Malacca   Malaysia Melaka Monorail 2010 1 (2 closed) 2.5 km (1.6 mi) Other
The Hague   Netherlands Drievliet Amusement Park Monorail 1968[23] 1 0.2 km (0.12 mi) Amusement park
Hellendoorn   Netherlands Hellendoorn Amusement Park 1977 1 Amusement park
Rhenen   Netherlands Ouwehands Zoo 1978[24] 1 Zoo
Kaatsheuvel   Netherlands The People of Laaf Monorail 1990 1 0.45 km (0.28 mi) Amusement park
Hardenberg   Netherlands Slagharen Amusement Park 1978 1 Amusement park
Zator   Poland Dragon Adventure, Energylandia 2019 1 Amusement Park
Zator   Poland Magic Flying, Energylandia 2017 1 Amusement Park
Zator   Poland Planes, Energylandia 2014 1 Amusement Park
St Petersberg   Russia Around the World, Divo Ostro 2016 1 Amusement Park
Yalta   Russia/  Ukraine Dandelion Drift, Dreamwood 2018 1 Amusement Park
Salou & Vila-seca   Spain Coco Piloto, Port Aventura 2011 1 Amusement Park
Seville   Spain Zum-Zum: Las Abejitas, Isla Mágica 2012 1 Amusement Park
Johannesburg   South Africa Johannesburg Exhibition Centre monorail[25] 2010 1 Other
Daejon   South Korea National Science Museum Maglev Train 1993 1[26] 1 km (0.62 mi)[27] Other
Mudeungsan   South Korea Mudeungsan Monorail[28] 2 Other
Guanxi   Taiwan Flying Horse, Leofoo Village Theme Park 1 Amusement park
Dashu District, Kaohsiung   Taiwan E-DA Theme Park Monorail 2010[29] 2 Amusement park
Bangkok   Thailand Dream World Monorail 1 Amusement park
Pattaya   Thailand Pattaya Park Beach Resort Monorail 1 Amusement park
Dubai   UAE Adventure Time - The Ride of OOO, IMG Worlds of Adventure 2016 1 Amusement park
Beaulieu, Hampshire   UK National Motor Museum Monorail 1974 2 1.6 km (0.99 mi) Amusement park
Flamingo Land   UK Flamingo Land Zoo Monorail[30] 1984 1 Zoo
Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach   UK Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach Monorail 1987[31] 1 Amusement park
Flamingo Land   UK Flamingo Land People Moover[32] 1990 2 Amusement park
Ingoldmells   UK Toucan Tours, Fantasy Island 1995 1 Amusement park
Windsor, Berkshire   UK Sky Rider, Legoland Windsor Resort 1996 1 Amusement park
Staffordshire   UK Get Set Go Tree Top Adventure, Alton Towers 1996 1 Amusement park
Romsey   UK Queen's Flying Coach, Paultons Park 2018 1 Amusement park
Fazeley   UK Winston's Whistle Stop Tour, Drayton Manor Theme Park 2013 1 Amusement park
Lancaster, Pennsylvania   US Dutch Wonderland[33] 1966 1 Amusement park
Ocean City, New Jersey   US Gillians Wonderland Pier MonoRail[34] 1965 1 Amusement park
Sacramento, California   US Cal Expo Monorail 1968 2 4 km (2.5 mi) Amusement park
Hershey, Pennsylvania   US Hersheypark Monorail 1969[35] 1 Amusement park
New York, New York   US "Wild Asia Monorail" Bronx Zoo 1977 1 2.6 km (1.6 mi) Zoo
Marshall, Wisconsin   US Little Amerricka monorail 1990s[36] 1 Amusement park
Wildwood, New Jersey   US Flying Galleons, Morey's Piers 1997 1 Other
Gilroy, California   US "Sky Trail Monorail", Gilroy Gardens 2001[37] 1 Amusement park
Jefferson, New Hampshire   US The Skyway Sleigh, Santa's Village 1 Amusement park
Fairfield, Ohio   US Jungle Jim's International Market Monorail 2014[38] 2 0.55 km (0.34 mi) Other
Amarillo   US Sky Rider, Wonderland Park (Texas) 1 ~800 ft (240 m)[39] Amusement park
Allentown, Pennsylvania   US Snoopy's Rocket Express, Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom 2011 1 Amusement park
Kansas City, Missouri   US Snoopy's Rocket Express, Worlds of Fun 2011 1 Amusement park
Shakopee   US Snoopy's Rocket Express, Valleyfair 2011 1 Amusement park
Doswell   US Snoopy's Rocket Express Kings Dominion 2013 1 Amusement park
Da Nang   Vietnam "Sun World Monorail", Asia Park 2016[40] 1 1.8 km (1.1 mi) Amusement Park
Ho Chi Minh City   Vietnam Đầm Sen Park monorail 1 2 km (1.2 mi) Amusement Park

 
Von Roll monorail at Alton Towers, UK, originally built for Expo 86 in Canada
 
Chongqing Rail Transit Line 2, Zoo station in Chongqing, China
 
The Walt Disney World Monorail System.
 
The Moscow monorail

Under construction edit

Physical construction work has started on the following monorails (sorted by opening dates):

Africa edit

Country City Name of system Opening References
  Egypt Cairo Cairo Monorail Line 1 opens 2023[needs update] [41]
  Egypt Cairo Cairo Monorail Line 2 opens 2024 [41]

Americas edit

Country City Name of system Opening
  Brazil São Paulo Line 17 2024
  Brazil Bahia SkyRail Bahia 2022[needs update]
  Brazil Gramado Line 1 2009[needs update]
  Brazil Porto Alegre Line 1 2013[needs update]
  Mexico Monterrey Metrorrey Line 4 2026[42]
  Mexico Monterrey Metrorrey Line 5 2025
  Mexico Monterrey Metrorrey Line 6 2024[43]
  Panama Panama City, Panama Line 3, Panama Metro 2025[44]
  Dominican Republic Santiago de los Caballeros Sistema Integrado de Transporte de Santiago 2024[45]

Asia edit

Country City/Region Name of systems Opening References
  China Qingyuan Qingyuan Maglev 2021[needs update]
  China Enshi Enshi Qingyunya Sightseeing Railway 2021[needs update] [46][47]
  China Chengdu Dayi Air-Rail 2021[needs update] [48][49]
  China Liuzhou Liuzhou Metro 2022[needs update]
  China Bengbu Bengbu Metro 2023[needs update]
  India Dholera Ahemdabad Dholera SIR Monorail 2024 [50]
  China Guilin Guilin Metro 2025
  Saudi Arabia Riyadh KAFD monorail unknown [51]
  China Hancheng Simaqianci to Guchengnanmen unknown (construction began November 2016) [52]
  China Shandong Qufu to Zoucheng construction halted 2018, 50% complete [53][54]
  China Guang'an Guang'an Metro unknown, was scheduled for 2020 [55][56]
  Iran Qom Qom Metro Line M unknown (construction halted 2016) [57]

Proposed monorails edit

Maglev proposals can be found on the list of maglev train proposals.

Americas edit

Cayman Islands edit

In 2022 a monorail was proposed by members of the public to the island administration that monorail could be a method to help with traffic problems gripping the U.K. Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands.[58]

Mexico edit

  • Metrorrey Lines 4, 5 and 6, Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo Leon. In August 2022, the acting Secretary of Mobility and Urban Planning of Nuevo Leon announced via press conference that an elevated monorail system was being considered for lines 4, 5 and 6 of the Metrorrey metro system.[59] He also said that the procurement process is currently open to all types of mass transportation options and that there are currently 34 companies interested in submitting a formal proposal. Construction of the new lines is expected to begin on August 31, 2022.[60]

United States edit

Panama edit

  • Panama Metro Line 9, Panama. Announced in 2016 as part of master plan. In 2018 it was reported the line will be built.[66]

Venezuela edit

  • TELMAG, Line Caracas – La Guaira, Venezuela. The TELMAGV is an ongoing research project which was born in the Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC) in 1967, and later continued by the Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela. The TELMAG is a ground mass transport system that does not require mechanical friction for drive and guidance as conventional trains do.

Asia edit

China edit

  • Zunyi rapid transit system. Approved in 2019. Two lines with 19 stations (22.86 km (14.20 mi)) and 19 stations (27 km (17 mi))

India edit

Philippines edit

Taiwan edit

  • 臺南捷運藍線, Tainan. Feasibility study currently being conducted.

Thailand edit

Vietnam edit

  • Ho Chi Minh City Metro. Two lines are included in the 2007 and 2013 master plans for the city, with route lengths of 27.2 km (16.9 mi) and 16.2 km (10.1 mi), respectively.
  • Da Lat Monorail, currently under planning

Europe edit

United Kingdom edit

Denmark edit

  • MCH Skybus, Herning. Proposed in 2010 as part of MCH's 2025 vision, a monorail system would run between the exhibition centre and the town centre.[78]

Poland edit

  • Rzeszów. 2010 proposal for system of 7 km (4.3 mi).[79] As of 2020 there are still suggestions a monorail may be built.[80]
  • Katowice and Sosnowiec to Pyrzowice Airport. In August 2020 it was reported an 18-month study had commenced. The project was opposed as being too expensive.[81]

Ukraine edit

The Netherlands edit

Oceania edit

Decommissioned edit

Americas edit

Brazil edit

  • Rio de Janeiro had a private monorail that linked Barra Shopping mall to its parking lot. Only one part of the track and the platform still remain, in the parking lot (second floor, behind the Fnac dome).[citation needed]
  • The Poços de Caldas Monorail was the very first monorail system in Brazil. It operated for 9 years when it went privatized and closed by its buyer. Today[when?] the system remains dead.[87]

Canada edit

United States edit

  • The Boynton Bicycle Railroad was a monorail on Long Island, New York, which ran on a single load-bearing rail at ground level with a wooden overhead stabilising rail engaged by a pair of horizontally opposed wheels.
  • Tampa International Airport monorail had a 1 km (0.62 mi) from 1991 to 2020 which connected the main terminal on Level 7 to the long-term parking garage. It was replaced by a conventional people mover.
  • Busch Gardens Tampa Bay had a monorail, the Veldt Monorail. It shut down in 1999.
  • Busch Gardens Williamsburg had a monorail, Eagle One, that connected the theme park with the nearby Anheuser-Busch brewery. Park visitors could tour the brewery and return via monorail. Eagle One was dismantled in the 1990s.
  • Busch Gardens California also had a monorail for the brewery tour. It was dismantled upon park closing however the supports still exist to support brewery piping.
  • Carowinds operated the Carowinds Monorail from 1973 through 1994.[90]
  • The Centennial Monorail was demonstrated at the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, which was held in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
  • Dallas Zoo Adventure Safari monorail operated from the 1990s[91] with three 13-car units from Von Roll. It was mothballed in March 2014. It was refurbished and restarted operations in 2016. It closed in 2020, though the cars were still stored on site at November 2023.
  • The Epsom Salts Monorail was "the fastest moving monorail in the world" when it was built from 1922 to 1924 by Thomas Wright, a florist from Los Angeles, who had discovered magnesium salts southwest of Death Valley.
  • HemisFair '68 had a monorail that carried visitors around the pavilions during the six-month event. Over 1 million riders[92] used the monorail, which was designed by Universal Design, Ltd. A collision between two trains on September 15, 1968, resulted in one death and 48 injuries.
  • Hermitage Landing (now known as Nashville Shores), a lakeside camping and water recreation park in Nashville, Tennessee operated the "Cloud Cruiser Monorail" to transport guests between the camping and recreation facilities of the park beginning in 1982. The open air monorail cars were cloud shaped and ultimately ceased operation after a guest jumped from one of the cars and suffered a broken leg in the late 1980s.
  • Geauga Lake operated a monorail from 1969 to 2006, named the Bel-Aire Express
  • Jetrail, a suspended monorail, was the world's first fully automated monorail system during operation at Dallas Love Field (1969–1974)
  • The Trailblazer suspended monorail ran from October 1956 until 1964 at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. The single monorail car was used in Houston for a demonstration prior to its relocation to the State Fair of Texas.[93]
  • Kings Dominion near Richmond, Virginia had a monorail as the conveyance for visitors to its Lion Country Safari attraction, which was removed after the 1993 season.
  • State Fair of Oklahoma Monorail, Oklahoma City (1964–2005)
  • The Pelham Park and City Island Railroad in the Bronx, New York operated a short-lived monorail system in 1910. It ceased operation after an accident.[citation needed]
  • The Philadelphia Zoo had a monorail in the 1970s and 1980s, but was discontinued in the 1990s.
  • Miami Seaquarium Spacerail, Miami Seaquarium (1963–1991)
  • The Wgasa Bush Line at the San Diego Wild Animal Park near Escondido, California was shut down in March 2007.
  • Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York had a monorail during the 1964 New York World's Fair. It was a proof of concept with only one station. It was sponsored by American Machine and Foundry.[94]
  • Six Flags Magic Mountain operated a monorail since the park's opening in 1971 and shut down in 2001 and removed in 2007.
  • Fairplex operated a monorail built by the American Crane and Hoist company. The middle 90s saw a new station and new cars built by Arrow Dynamics. The new cars were far heavier than the original and caused it to last only a couple of years more until it was dismantled.
  • A short-lived monorail ran from the Luxor Casino to the Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, built by Arrow Dynamics. After opening in 1994 it was closed and dismantled in 1995 after a number of major issues.[95] It was replaced by a cable hauled tram.
  • Rich's, a department store in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, operated a child-scaled indoor monorail seasonally at Christmastime beginning in 1956. In 1965 the monorail was moved to the store's roof with the front car remodeled to look like a pig's head and was joined by a second pig-themed monorail with the two rooftop monorails becoming known as the Pink Pig Flyers. These two seasonal pig-themed children's monorails, known as Pricilla and Percival, operated until the downtown store closed in 1991.
  • Santa's Village in Skyforest had another American Crane and Hoist monorail that shut down when the park went defunct.
  • The Hotchkiss Bicycle Railroad ran from Smithville to Mount Holly, New Jersey from 1892 to 1897
  • The Minnesota Zoo operated a monorail around the grounds of its Apple Valley, Minnesota site from 1979 until 2013.[96]
  • Midtown Plaza (Rochester, New York) had an indoor, novelty, suspended monorail, which closed in 2007.[97]
  • Riverside Park (now Six Flags New England) in Agawam, Massachusetts, operated a Universal Design Limited[98] monorail from 1959 to 1996, with demolition in February 2017.[99] It had open windows on one side and a metal grill on the other.[100]
  • Zoo Miami operated a four-station, 5 km (3.1 mi) monorail from 1984 to 2022.[101]

Asia edit

Hong Kong edit

India edit

Indonesia edit

  • Monas Amusement Park in Jakarta Has a Monorail System, However, Due To The Closure in 1992, The Monorail System Was Dismantled.[105]

Japan edit

Malaysia edit

Singapore edit

Thailand edit

  • Fashion Island Monorail, Bangkok, Thailand. Short indoor amusement park monorail in Fashion Island shopping center. Decommissioned due to an accident that killed 2 riders.[citation needed]
  • Tuk-Tuk Monorail, Bangkok. Half indoor-outdoor monorail tour operated between LeoLand amusement park and the water park. The track survives in the 6th floor of Central City Bang Na.
  • Chiang Mai Zoo monorail. The 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) opened in 2005 and ceased operations in 2014.[106]

Europe edit

United Kingdom edit

 
Monorail built in Gatchina, Russia (1900)
  • Liverpool to Manchester Bher monorail, circa 1900[107][108]
  • Blackpool Pleasure Beach (relocated from 1964 Lausanne fair in Switzerland, closed in 2012)[109][110]
  • Milngavie, near Glasgow, had an experimental high-speed propeller-powered monorail, the Bennie Railplane, built during 1929–30 and abandoned during the Great Depression.
  • Butlins Skegness Camp, Skegness, United Kingdom (1964–2002) – the first commercial monorail in the UK. Closed at the end of the 2002 season after the track was deemed to be structurally unsafe due to deterioration in the support foundations on the ground. It was then dismantled and removed in March 2003.
  • Butlins Minehead Camp, Minehead, United Kingdom (1967–1996) – closed in the summer of 1996 following an accident when one train ran into the back of another due to the track signals being disconnected and ran by an inexperienced monorail controller, who was at the time, 20 years old and on the first day of his job. The crash caused minor injuries to seven people, and in March 1997, Butlins were fined £22,500 for poor safety standards. After the accident, because the monorail system was deemed too expensive to upgrade, the monorail remained standing but not operating until the winter of 1998, when it was finally torn down to make way for the Skyline Pavilion.
  • Birmingham Airport had a magnetic levitation train which had to be closed down because it became life-expired and lacked spare parts. It was replaced by the cable-propelled Air-Rail Link.
  • Lartigue Monorail in Ireland (and France). A restored 1-kilometre (0.62 mi) section now operates in Listowel.
  • Safari Skyway, Chessington, United Kingdom (1986–2015). Operated in Chessington World of Adventures.
  • Merry Hill Shopping Centre, Brierley Hill, West Midlands had a Von Roll Mk III Series monorail which opened in June 1991 but only worked for a short while before finally being sold off in 1996. The rolling stock then operated in Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia. Reasons for the closure of this system include a combination of technical problems and safety concerns (especially the difficulty of evacuation), exacerbated by a dispute between the owners of Merry Hill and The Waterfront which at this time were owned separately.
  • Chester Zoo monorail 1.4 km (0.9 mi), operational 1991 to 2019.[111]

Continental Europe edit

Oceania edit

  • Sydney Monorail (also known as Metro Monorail), Sydney, Australia (closed on 30 June 2013)[112]
  • Brisbane, Queensland had a Von Roll Type II monorail built for World Expo '88. Four sets, consisting of nine carriages each, operated in a continuous loop throughout the Expo site. A single train set and some track was sold to Sea World, Gold Coast, in 1989 for expansion of its monorail system. The remainder of the sets and track were bought back by Von Roll.
  • Oasis Shopping Centre, Broadbeach, Queensland ran between the shopping centre and Conrad Jupiters Casino. The Von Roll Mark III monorail, owned by the Oasis Shopping Centre, consisted of two 4-carriage trains. Two spare carriages that were removed when the system switched from 5-carriage to 4-carriage trains were also kept with the two trains. Most components were original to the Oasis Monorail, but some were sourced from the UK Merry Hill Shopping Centre's former monorail that closed in 1993. As of July 2017, most of the monorail system has been removed (closed on 29 January 2017).[113]
  • Sea World Monorail System (1986–2022)[114]

Cancelled or lapsed proposals edit

Americas edit

South America edit

Canada edit

  • Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada. A 2007 proposal for a 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) monorail to connect the beach front to a carpark. Plans were abandoned after a fire at the end of 2007.

United States edit

Central America and the Caribbean edit

Asia edit

Bangladesh edit

Hong Kong edit

India edit

Iran edit

Indonesia edit

Malaysia edit

Sri Lanka edit

Turkey edit

Europe edit

  • Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 'Tren Vertebrado'; Construction commenced but the project was abandoned. Disassembled 1975[133]
  • Thessaloniki Monorail, Greece, was a proposed monorail line that will start at Mikra Station and end at Makedonia International Airport. An extension of the metro to the airport is now being planned.
  • Manchester Monorail, a 16-mile (26 km) SAFEGE-type monorail proposed in 1966 for Manchester, UK, to run across the city to Manchester Airport[134][135]
  • Preston Monorail, United Kingdom[136]
  • Southampton Rapid Transit System, a "People Mover" proposed c.1989, to run over a three mile long "horseshoe" route around the City Centre, but later abandoned.[137]

Africa edit

  • Aba, Nigeria. A 2012 proposed. The plan was criticised as potentially a scam since the private company had no experience in developing monorails.[138] The same private firm was to develop the Onitsha monorail (see below). As of 2021 there is no information that the proposal progressed passed the signing of a memorandum of understanding.
  • Lagos, Nigeria. Proposed in 2008.[139] The Red line on the Lagos Rail Mass Transit was built as a railway instead
  • Onitsha, Nigeria. A 2011 proposal with the first stage of producing a feasibility study.[140][141] As of 2021 no further developments appear to have occurred.
  • Rivers Monorail in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Construction abandoned[142]

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External links edit

  • The Monorail Society
  • Light Rail Transit Association fact sheet on Monorails