Incheon, South Korea

A 6.3 kilometer monorail is being built at South Korea's tourist destination, Wolmido Island. Groundbreaking took place on July 4, 2008. Rowin is building the four-station system utilizing Urbanaut monorail technology. Urbanaut was developed by Einar Svensson, a one-time engineer for the Alweg Company. Svensson helped engineer the iconic Seattle Center Monorail. From the experience he gained with Alweg, he then developed Urbanaut. Rowin's monorail cars will have a capacity of 70 passengers. The system cost is 83 billion Korean Won (65 million USD). Developers are aiming to have the monorail fully operational in 2010. The system is currently undergoing extensive testing and qualification operations.