12-11-2016, 05:42 PM
(12-11-2016, 05:37 PM)Drake Wrote: I would think that the obvious advantages for a monorail system would include speed of the trips and the safety of the system.
Those are absolutely the two greatest advantages! Total grade separation means no interaction at all with any other mode, so no delays, and no chance of collisions.
Monorails come in all different flavours, too - from the minimalist guideways of the Von Roll and Siemens systems, to Chongqing's massive 8-car ALWEG style trains that run "heavy metro" style.
You can't even play the "local content" thing here, either, since Bombardier's monorail test track is in Millhaven!
But, we're getting pretty far off track (or should I say, beam?).