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Monorail Manufacturers
updated 12/07/07
Are you ready to order a monorail for your city? Or do you
need more specific details regarding different systems available?
Well then, contacting the manufacturers would be your next step.
The following list is compiled by the volunteers of TMS.
If you are just a monorail enthusiast, we request that you don't
contact them in a "souvenir hunt" for your collection.
We provide this list for those who are seriously interested
in producing or promoting monorail for transit.
Manufacturers are listed in alphabetical order...
Aerobus International, Inc.
7700 San Felipe St. Suite 330
Houston, TX 77063
Phone: 713-222-6655
Fax: 713-222-7501
E-mail:
Monorail Type: Suspended monorail, guideway cable supported.
Monorail Class: Medium to High Capacity & Peoplemover.
Systems in operation: none, one under construction-Weihei, China (temporary installations proven in Switzerland, Canada and Germany)
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Bombardier Inc. / Transportation
Systems Division
P.O.Box 220, Stn.A, Kingston
Ontario, CANADA K7M 6R2
Phone: 613-384-3100
Fax: 613-384-5240
E-mail:
U.S.A. Eastern Office:
Bombardier Inc. / Transportation Systems Division
5850 T.G. Lee Boulevard, Suite 520
Orlando, FL 32822 USA
Phone: 407-850-2717
Fax: 407-859-6447
E-mail:
U.S.A. Western Office:
Bombardier Transportation Corporation
1610 Arden Way Suite 290
Sacramento, CA 95815
Phone: 916-568-1796
Fax: 916-568-5206
E-mail:
Monorail Type: Straddle-beam, Rubber wheel on concrete &
steel beam.
Monorail Class: Medium to High Capacity & Peoplemover.
Systems in operation: Walt Disney World, Florida;
Tampa International Airport, Florida;
Jacksonville, Florida.
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Futrex System 21
5300 International Blvd., Suite 100
Charleston, SC 29418 USA
Phone: 843-760-4500
Fax: 843-760-4622
E-mail: futrex-info@futrexinc.com
Monorail Type: Monobeam, steel wheel on steel rail (bi-directional
on one beam).
Monorail Class: Medium Capacity & Peoplemover.
Systems in operation: 1/3 scale test track.
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Hitachi
Monorail
Overseas Marketing Dept.
Transportation Systems Sales Division
6, Kanda-Surugadai 4-Chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8010 Japan
Phone: 81-3-5295-5540
Fax: 81-3-3258-5346
E-mail: hitachi-rail@pis.hitachi.co.jp
Monorail Type: Straddle-beam, rubber tire on concrete/steel
beam.
Monorail Class: Peoplemover, Medium and High Capacity.
Systems in operation: Tokyo-Haneda, Japan;
Kitakyushu City, Japan; Osaka,
Japan; Tama, Japan; Okinawa,
Japan; Tokyo Disney Resort.
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Hytran Transportation Corporation
J. Michael Meissner Architects, P.C.
14 West Hinsdale Avenue
Hinsdale, IL 60521
Phone: 630-323-8373
Fax: 630-323-7177
E-mail: Michael@Hytran.us
Monorail Type: Suspended / Safege, rubber tires inside steel
beam.
Monorail Class: Medium to High Capacity.
Systems in operation: none.
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Intamin Transportation Ltd.
Verenastrasse 37 / Postfach 95
CH-8832 Wollerau, Switzerland
Phone: 41-1-786-91-11
Fax: 41-1-785-02-02
E-mail: info@intaminworldwide.com
Intamin Ltd.
8258 Veterans Highway, Suite 2
Millersville, MD 21108 USA
Phone: 410-987-5404
Fax: 410-987-5078
E-mail:
Intamin Japan Co. Ltd.
Dia Valore Bldf., 5 F
5-2, Kichijoji-Honcho 1-Chome
Musashino City, Tokyo 180, Japan
Phone: 81-422-20-43-45
Fax: 81-422-20-35-61
E-mail:
Monorail Type: Straddle beam, rubber tire on steel beam.
Monorail Class: Peoplemover.
Systems in operation: Taedok Science City,
South Korea; Lotte World, South Korea;
Shenzhen, China; Bangkok Mall, Thailand;
Barra Shopping Centre, Brazil; plus
several temporary Fair installations in Germany.
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Korea Monorail Corporation
135-832 Kangnam
Seoul, Korea
Phone: 82-2-546-2621
Fax: 82-2-546-1011
E-mail: monorail@monorail.co.kr
Monorail Type: Straddle on steel strip track, rack and pinion.
Monorail Class: Very small to medium scale freight and passenger; for forestry, farms, leisure, steep grade transport.
Systems in operation: several lines in Korea (over 33 km combined)
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Metrail
C/O Frazer-Nash Research Limited
Mytchett Place
Mytchett, Surrey, GU16 6DQ, England
Phone: 44 (0) 1252 520000
Fax: 44 (0) 1252 515401
E-mail: details@frazer-nash.com
Monorail Type: Straddle beam, rubber tire on steel beam, internally
powered.
Monorail Class: Peoplemover, Medium and High-Capacity.
Systems in operation: Full-scale test track in Malaysia.
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
2-3 Marunouchi, 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100 Japan
Phone: 03-3258-6471
Fax:
E-mail:
Monorail Type: Suspended/Safege, rubber tire inside steel beam.
Monorail Class: Medium to High Capacity, Peoplemover.
Systems in operation: Shonan, Japan;
Chiba City, Japan.
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Nikkari
Company, Ltd.
482-1 Otami, Okayama City, Japan
Phone: 81-86-279-1291
Fax: 81-86-279-1437
E-mail: monorack@nikkari.co.jp
Monorail Type: Straddle on steel strip track; for forestry,
farms, steep grade transport.
Monorail Class: Very small scale freight and passenger.
Systems in operation: several mini-lines in Japan
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Ride & Show Engineering, Inc.
P O Box 3240
San Dimas, CA 91773
Phone: 909-592-5575
Fax: 909-599-9837
E-mail: info@rideshow.com
Monorail Type: Straddle and suspended.
Monorail Class: Various, mostly in recreation applications.
Systems in operation: none (worked with others in monorail projects to this point, including Bally's-MGM, L.A. Fairplex and Disneyland).
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Scomi Rail BHD
(formerly MTrans International Ltd)
5th Floor, Wisma Chase Perdana,
Off Jalan Semantan, Damansara Heights,
50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Phone: 603 2080 6222
Fax: 603 2080 5011
E-mail: info@scomigroup.com.my
Monorail Type: Straddle-beam, rubber tire on concrete/steel beam.
Monorail Class: Medium and High Capacity.
Systems in operation: Kuala Lumpur
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Severn-Lamb
Ltd.
Tything Road
B496 ET Alcester, Warwickshire, England
Phone: 011-44-1789-400140
Fax: 011-44-1789-400240
E-mail: sales@severn-lamb.com
Monorail Type: Straddle-beam, rubber tires on steel or concrete
beam.
Monorail Class: Medium Capacity & Peoplemover.
Systems in operation: Alcester, England (test track); Sunway
City, Kuala Lumpur; Miribilandia
Amusement Park, Italy.
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Siemens Transportation
Systems
Ackerstr. 22
D-38126 Braunschweig, Germany
Phone: 49 531 226 2025
Fax: 49 531 226 4015
E-mail: h-bahn@ts.siemens.de
Monorail Type: Suspended/Safege, rubber tire inside steel box
beam.
Monorail Class: Peoplemover.
Systems in operation: Dortmund University,
Germany; Dusseldorf International Airport,
Germany.
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Sky Train Corporation
2599 Dolly Bay Drive, Suite T308
Palm Harbor, Florida 34684
Phone: 727-939-2177
Fax: 727-939-1271
E-mail: information@skytraincorp.com
Monorail Type: Suspended / Safege, steel wheels inside steel
beam.
Monorail Class: Medium to High Capacity.
Systems in operation: none (computerized scale model built and tested).
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Taxi 2000 Corporation
8050 University Avenue N
Fridley, MN 55432 USA
Phone: 763.717.4310
Fax:
E-mail: info@taxi2000.com
Monorail Type: Straddle, rubber tires in steel beam.
Monorail Class: "Skyweb Express" Personal Rapid Transit,
on demand point-to-point "taxi" on monorail track.
Systems in operation: none.
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Tekray
ODTÜ Teknokent
Silikon Binasy No: 21
Ankara, Turkey
Phone: +90-312-210-17-72
Fax: +90-312-210-17-73
E-mail:
Monorail type: Straddle, polyamid wheels on steel beam
Monorail class: Peoplemover
Systems in operation: Full-scale test track: Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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Attention Manufacturers: please e-mail
TMS if the above information is incomplete or needs updating.
We want monorails to be purchased from YOU, so having the correct
contact information is vital. Thank you for your efforts.
Note: only monorail manufacturers that have proven hardware, either in revenue systems or test tracks are included above. "Cad-drawings-only" concept monorails, such as Hytran and Sky Train, are limited to systems that are based on already-proven monorail technologies.
Note: cable-driven shuttle systems are not included in The Monorail Society listings. Maglevs are covered in our Maglev
Monorail section.
