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monorail

[mon-uh-rayl] / ˈmɒn əˌreɪl /
NOUN
people mover
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“I don’t think there’s any other option but to move forward with the project,” said Daisuke Hasegawa, a 23-year-old monorail driver in Naha, Okinawa’s capital, referring to the Futenma relocation plan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Theme park operator Flamingo Land believed it would be given the go-ahead to build a £40m resort called Lomond Banks, featuring a waterpark, monorail, hotel and restaurants.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2025

Theme park operator Flamingo Land wants to build a £40m resort called Lomond Banks, featuring a waterpark, monorail, hotel and restaurants.

From BBC ● May 16, 2025

Bob Gurr, the designer of the monorail, the Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Haunted Mansion ‘doom buggies’ and more, isn’t slowing down.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025

Lenina, meanw hile, had turned her eyes away and was looking perpendicularly downwards at the monorail station.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

But he has waxed publicly about his admiration for monorails.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022

With the exception of Japanese cities and Disney resorts, monorails didn’t proliferate worldwide.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2022

Most U.S. monorails run in short loops around amusement parks or between airport terminals.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2021

Still, attention overwhelmingly turned to single-mode PRT and more traditional automated "people movers" like monorails.

From The Verge ● Feb. 24, 2016

The aircraft, the high-speed auto-trucks over modern speedways, the aeroplane-motored monorails, the rocket-trains—all these shortened distance.

From Astounding Stories, June, 1931 by Various


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