Fri, 21 Nov 2003

Monorails of Asia

Location Note Opening

Sentosa Island, Singapore -- Long loop system through a lot of greenery. To be replaced with Hitachi Small Monorail. Opening 1981

Lotte World, Korea, -- Indoor-outdoor minirail. 1986

Jurong Birdpark, Singapore -- Visitors enjoy aerial view with birds. 1991

Taedok, Korea, -- Former World's Fair site, now a tourist site. 1993

Window on the World, China, -- First monorail in China. 1993

Bangkok, Thailand, -- Shopping center to indoor theme park. 1994

Shenzhen, China, -- Intamin's first urban system 1998

Sunway City, Malaysia, -- Major element of large development area. 1999

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, -- Asia's largest monorail outside Japan. 2003

Putrajaya, Malaysia, -- New system for an all-new city. 2004

Sentosa, Singapore, -- Hitachi's first "small monorail." 2005

Chongqing, China, -- China's first major Alweg-type monorail system. 2005

Source: www.monorails.org