Las Vegas Monorail

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The Monorail travels the 4-mile, seven-station route in 15 minutes.
It reaches speeds of up to 50 miles per hour.
It is capable of moving 3,200 passengers per hour in each direction.
It operates 365 days a year, 19 hours a day during the week and 20 hours a day Friday through Sunday.
It eliminates 4.4 million car trips and 135 tons of carbon monoxide each year.
Each train seats 72 passengers and offers standing room capacity for over 150 persons.Celebrated 20 millionth passenger mark in March 2007.

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Colorado Monorail

The Service Out of state visitors will be able to book a ticket from their origination to their destination, London to Vail, for instance, with a change of "flights" at DIA, the last "flight" being the monorail. Visitors would collect their baggage in Vail, and on their return will check in at Vail and check their bags all the way back to London. The cost of a ticket from DIA to Vail will be competitive with a bus or shuttle. The express trip will take little more than an hour.

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Shanghai China (Maglev)

Construction began in April 2001 of the first commercial Transrapid system. Despite the fact that the maglev was the first revenue-producing point-to-point high-speed maglev in the world, the system was up and running by 2004. The 30-km line runs between Pudong Shanghai International Airport and the Shanghai Lujiazui financial district. An end-to-end ride takes about eight minutes. A world record for commercial maglev systems was set on November 12, 2003. A five-section train achieved the top speed of 501 km/h (311 mph) while another vehicle passed at 430 km/h on the adjacent track. The Transrapid in Shanghai has a design speed of over 500 km/h (310 mph) and a regular service speed of 430 km/h (267 mph). Shanghai Maglev is the fastest railway system in commercial operation in the world. Other maglev lines are under consideration in China.

Visit the Shanghai Monorail web site.