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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
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06-22-2017, 06:51 AM
(06-21-2017, 10:22 AM)BrianT Wrote:
(06-21-2017, 07:26 AM)jamincan Wrote: I suppose you could consider it a dual-monorail system where the vehicles travel on two parallel monorails?

It was more like a mini-Montreal subway on rubber tires and guided on the guideway by side tires that ran along the lip of the guideway.
http://transit.toronto.on.ca/spare/0022.shtml

Oh the memories I have coming back as a child! Absolutely loved that monorail!

Question, though, someone here mentioned the subway in Montreal, on tires. Why isn't this done more often?
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