The Top 10 Coolest Monorail Systems in the World

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  • What are your most favorite monorail systems in the world? Is building a monorail system worth it?
    1:07 correction - 30km/h not 60
    A monorail is a railway in which the track consists of a single rail or a beam. The term is also used to describe the beam of the system, or the trains traveling on such a beam or track. The term originates from joining "mono" (meaning one) and "rail" from 1897, possibly from German engineer Eugen Langen, who called an elevated railway system with wagons suspended the Eugen Langen One-railed Suspension Tramway (Einschieniges Hängebahnsystem Eugen Langen).
    Colloquially, the term "monorail" is often used to describe any form of elevated rail or people mover. More accurately, the term refers to the style of track ~Wikipedia
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  • @timosha21
    @timosha21  2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    1:07 correction - 30km/h not 60

    • @Krasavellich92
      @Krasavellich92 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      By the way, the Moscow monorail was built by a company that builds an amusement rides. (Google Translate)

    • @trollface5084
      @trollface5084 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Moscow Monorail is about to be closed and there's can be a elevated tram line or park like High Lane Park from NYC. The reason of possible closure is high expenses and low income from this line (marked as line 13 in metro network)

    • @My-Opinion-Doesnt-Matter
      @My-Opinion-Doesnt-Matter ปีที่แล้ว

      And it's mph, not mp/h ^^

  • @douglasmoreira6358
    @douglasmoreira6358 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    SÃO PAULO MONORAIL is my favorite

  • @sunglassdubsteps5268
    @sunglassdubsteps5268 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Tokyo Monorail is my favorite. It is fast and reliable. It even has a rapid service that does non-stop service between Hamamatsucho station and Haneda Airport Terminal 3 station!

  • @tenreyes
    @tenreyes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    How could you forget the Chiba Urban Monorail in Japan....? 15km and 18 stations

  • @umusuarioqualquer9431
    @umusuarioqualquer9431 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Missed the 15-silver subway line in São Paulo, Brazil

    • @marcoscamara6740
      @marcoscamara6740 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      good

    • @carlosrivera3260
      @carlosrivera3260 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, maybe it's not one of the top 10 coolest.

    • @ale2mac
      @ale2mac 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@carlosrivera3260 I'm pretty sure it's cooler than some of those systems shown on video. ;-)

    • @calinfus80s
      @calinfus80s ปีที่แล้ว

      @@carlosrivera3260 it's way cooler than most of these, i can't believe Tim considers low capacity and failed systems as cool.
      In his defense, he just went to Sao Paulo recently, this is an old video.

  • @jimpern
    @jimpern 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've ridden the Seattle monorail the most. While very popular with tourists, there are people who park at Seattle Center (near the Space Needle) and commute to work downtown! The downtown terminal is at a four-story shopping mall and connects with the underground light-rail tunnel via elevator, so one can actually take the combination of the two systems to the airport.

  • @azharidris7092
    @azharidris7092 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    where's the san Paulo monorail in brazil and Chongqing in china that happens to be the longest in the world..

  • @lindavainomae3489
    @lindavainomae3489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Another enjoyable top 10 - I am always happy to see a new one :). I also like the suspended Shonan monorail in Japan. It covers 6.6 km between Enoshima and Ofuna. I has to go up and down a series of tree covered hills, which adds some extra interest to the trip. The Haneda Airport monorail in Tokyo and the long Osaka monorail (over 25 km I think) also come to mind.

  • @merccadoosis8847
    @merccadoosis8847 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wuppertal was the best BY FAR!
    Yes, it definitely is a worthwhile investment as it will reduce traffic congestion, pollution, speed up transportation, and thereby promote commerce & tourism.

  • @thomass4785
    @thomass4785 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Shonan Monorail (A.K.A roller coaster monorail ) in Japan.
    Skyrail Midorizawa Line( Considered suspended monorail), Hiroshima, Japan
    Chiba Urban Monorail , Chiba, Japan
    They are also cool monorails

  • @yagogomes6086
    @yagogomes6086 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My favorite is the São Paulo (Brazil).

  • @christalbot210
    @christalbot210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm curious about the lack of the Disney monorails. The Disneyland/Walt Disney World monorail systems were based off of the Alweg design (Disney purchased the rights to use the design, but built the train themselves). The Las Vegas monorail system started off using the old Walt Disney World Mark IV trains, so they use the same system, too.
    There's also a couple of maglevs that could be considered "monorails". One in Shanghai is the current fastest maglev, though Japan is currently working on a much faster one to replace their Bullet Trains. I don't think the latter can be considered a monorail since it sits in a U-shaped track (not really a "rail"). I know of a much older maglev in Japan (I _think_ it was for a World's Fair), but other than being a maglev, it doesn't seem to be very impressive.

  • @wonderfulfable
    @wonderfulfable 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks Timothy for featuring the KL Monorail from my home city of Kuala Lumpur. :D

  • @jessefavaro2322
    @jessefavaro2322 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    you missed São Paulo

  • @BoB4jjjjs
    @BoB4jjjjs 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Like the last one, it can be built over existing structures, like streets, rivers etc. I don't think any has ever reached anywhere near the speeds promised though.

  • @user-xu9ws9rj8r
    @user-xu9ws9rj8r 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice choice but I like Chongqing, Mumbai, Tokyo and Osaka more than Dubai's lmao

  • @scottyerkes1867
    @scottyerkes1867 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wuppertal gets my vote as number one!!
    Thanks Tim👍👍😄😄

  • @edisonz2006
    @edisonz2006 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Why didn't you include the Chongqing Monorail?

    • @simonmylak4112
      @simonmylak4112 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fr, it's like a normal metro in form of a monorail and has a huge ridership plus has a station inside a building. He should've include that.

  • @A2nthop
    @A2nthop 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    18 mph is closer to 30 kph. But yeah, that's slower than streetcar speed, which makes no sense given that it's isolated right of way.

  • @leeyixumoe9032
    @leeyixumoe9032 ปีที่แล้ว

    the Daegu subway line 3, monorail belgium, Wolmido Sea train and KL Monorail

  • @Jake-pu3fl
    @Jake-pu3fl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tokyo Monorail !!!! This amazing Alweg runs at the fastest 80Km/h and the longest 17.8km in Japan. It was made in 1964.

  • @ismawanschanel1042
    @ismawanschanel1042 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like this monorail 👍👍👍👍

  • @marciliomathias4525
    @marciliomathias4525 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wuppertal is amazing 😍

  • @JimWorthey
    @JimWorthey 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    In the summer of 1964 I lived in Wuppertal and rode die Schwebebahn or die Strassenbahn daily. My American friend and I wanted to say "monorail" or "Einschienenbahn" in German, but that word was not really used. Just before I left Germany, I got an invitation to visit the Alweg Bahn test track near Köln (aka Cologne). 50 years later, 2014, I rode the Alwegbahn in Seattle. At the other end from the Space Needle, the station is in a food court. I'll vote Seattle as #1 because of the Thai food in the food court. 😀

  • @kushagragupta8424
    @kushagragupta8424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mumbai monorail!!😍 is also good !!

  • @b4dr545
    @b4dr545 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey we're getting anew monorail in cairo could you do a video about and weather it's useful or a failure in your opinion

  • @leonciohernandez
    @leonciohernandez 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the seattle monorail because i use it but the Wuppertal sytem is the best of all.

  • @capitaldhaka1490
    @capitaldhaka1490 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Kuala Lumpur monorail is the best one.

  • @MauroTanaka
    @MauroTanaka 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lived in Naha before! It is called Yui Rail for the #2.

  • @GamerRobYT
    @GamerRobYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Only monorail I've ever seen was the Newark Airport one lol

  • @hassanalihusseini1717
    @hassanalihusseini1717 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wuppertal Monorail is really the coolest.... even when what you recognice first is the word "verboten" on the sign at the station. Very German indeed.

  • @arjunraj823
    @arjunraj823 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mumbai also has a monorail 🤣🤣. If India can have one its not expensive.

  • @AndrewPierre4534
    @AndrewPierre4534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh no, but why didn't you just make a video of the Cairo subway, huh?

  • @r4jpyr24us3
    @r4jpyr24us3 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    People’s Mover in Detroit, Miami are missing. Tama - Monorail in western Met of Tokyo is closest transportation for me.

  • @carzfanz010
    @carzfanz010 ปีที่แล้ว

    da Singapore one!!!

  • @rszmidke
    @rszmidke 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favorite monorail is the Tokyo-Nara monorail. It's launched in 1964 for the olympic games, has strechs in tunnel, achieve a 80km/h speed. One os it's strech was changed to launch a new station near the airport. Unfortunately this monorail didn't was mentioned in this video. Line 15 - Silver from São Paulo Metrô is very wonderful too!

  • @garytillman9380
    @garytillman9380 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Seattle Monorail I've two more than I like. Las Vegas one of course Disneyland. Only two I written on with Seattle and Disneyland

  • @dvferyance
    @dvferyance 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Disneyworld since it's the only one I have ever been on. I wonder why it didn't make this list.

  • @giddy1337
    @giddy1337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is the Seattle Monorail in the one?
    Edit: nvm. It is. It’s number 9 on the list.

  • @Fan652w
    @Fan652w 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Like other commentators, I share your view that Wuppertal is a worthey number one. But viewers not familiar with Wuppertal need to know that MOST of the line is built above the river. Your shots concentrate on the short street section in Vohwinkel..
    The line opened in 1901. In the intervening 120 years a number of other (usually short) monorails have opened. But i think we can now safely conclude that monorails are never going to make a large contribution to urban public transport.

  • @etindia7502
    @etindia7502 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mumbai monorail is my favourite

  • @user-or6we5ns6s
    @user-or6we5ns6s 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍👍👍👍

  • @californiahummus
    @californiahummus 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What about Ogdenville or North Haverbrook?

  • @LucasOliveira-dm8mb
    @LucasOliveira-dm8mb 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Faltou mostrar o monotrilho daqui de São Paulo no Brasil

  • @simondavies4834
    @simondavies4834 ปีที่แล้ว

    What about the one in North Haverbrook?!

  • @ALWH1314
    @ALWH1314 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    May want to check out the chongqing giant panda glass bottom monorail.

  • @waynefoxy6237
    @waynefoxy6237 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You may forget Chongqing Monorail(LRT)

  • @dutrajluis
    @dutrajluis 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You forgot the monirail silver line 15 in São Paulo, Brazil and so many others in Japan, Korea, China etc

  • @steelitrew2576
    @steelitrew2576 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    SINGAPORE MORNARAIL. I AM FORM SG

  • @PeterXiao1
    @PeterXiao1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chongqing China's monorail is spectacular

  • @emmanuellunda6343
    @emmanuellunda6343 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the best are hanging monorails : Dusseldorf or Chiba in Japan

  • @frankeljeff
    @frankeljeff 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Springfield Monorail gets no love?

  • @Nicky_TM
    @Nicky_TM 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    what about the shanghai maglev?

  • @nilscarson2256
    @nilscarson2256 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    18 mph for the moscow monorail is 28.8 km/h

  • @yogagsta
    @yogagsta 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You forgot about the chongqing monorail

  • @AndreiTupolev
    @AndreiTupolev 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you find 10? There's the Wuppertal Danglebahn of course, and some Japanese systems that look very interesting, but otherwise I'd be struggling to think of that many

  • @antoniojose8606
    @antoniojose8606 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aqui no Brasil os governantes pensam pra trás dando prioridade á transportes sobre pneus! 👀

    • @chou3595
      @chou3595 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      mas nós temos monotrilho em São Paulo, e o Estado está cointrundo mais 2 linjas kk

    • @antoniojose8606
      @antoniojose8606 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chou3595 infelizmente aqui no Rio a realidade é diferente. Tinha projeto de linha 3 do metrô que ligaria Niteroi, São Gonçalo e Itaboria. Provavelmente será substituído por corredor de ônibus o que é um retrocesso! 👀Ⓜ🚝

  • @MasterBait1
    @MasterBait1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ever been to Chongqing?

  • @eltorni
    @eltorni 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    And Brazil?

  • @atefeldib3092
    @atefeldib3092 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The best and the tallest..will be in Egypt...
    It's driverless..for more than 100kilometer!!

  • @kailichttrager229
    @kailichttrager229 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wahrscheinlich Wuppertahl! SHAMEFUL as most monorails systems offer end viewing for the public, Las Vegas has NO end viewing to see the single concrete track! They MUST install some windows in the bulkheads to allow for public end viewing!
    Years ago I tried to argue for Seattle to EXTEND their current Duewag monorail from their Science Centre to Seatac International Airport, but fell upon deaf ears. At least it has been preserved even though it has only two end stops. At least currently their light rail does go from downtown Seattle to Seatac.

  • @raytylicki9001
    @raytylicki9001 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Indianapolis IU Helalth center people mover

  • @singaporemrtbustransport6745
    @singaporemrtbustransport6745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Missed out Australia 🚝 and Korea Deagu 🚝

  • @DJWoody714
    @DJWoody714 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where's Disneyland's Monorail? :/

  • @sirindag2222
    @sirindag2222 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Тимоша. В германии это не монорельс. А подвесной трамвай.

  • @shaileshmkumarMSK
    @shaileshmkumarMSK 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where the F is Mumbai's monorail?

  • @ft6066
    @ft6066 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    it's less than 30 Km/h

  • @rfdebojyoteesanku6950
    @rfdebojyoteesanku6950 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Plz Mumbai monorail 😭😭😭😭

  • @clubdancer2000
    @clubdancer2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Disneyworld Fla,

    • @JimWorthey
      @JimWorthey 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alweg design but with electric motors etc from General Electric.

  • @archstanton5973
    @archstanton5973 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    *Did you say monorail?*

  • @metropolitantransit7276
    @metropolitantransit7276 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The driver is not protected. Seattle

  • @paulwilliams5208
    @paulwilliams5208 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    as Maglev are also one "track" and none are on this list therefore the two suspended ones disqualify

  • @chromebomb
    @chromebomb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    real talk Monorails are wack except for Disney. They are not real transit.

  • @comefresa
    @comefresa ปีที่แล้ว

    Los alemanes y su sobre ingeniería 🤦

  • @ft6066
    @ft6066 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Monorails suck; it's quite slow, just for fun

    • @JimWorthey
      @JimWorthey 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Wuppertal Schwebebahn follows a curving path over the river and over urban streets. The suspension design allows the cars to tilt in the turns and passengers feel no side forces. The ride is a lot more scenic than a subway. The length is 13.3 km and the maximum speed is 60 km/h = 37 mi/h.