Monorails
Monorails, and a few related transport oddities. An eternally on-going project.

Africa

Egypt
Two maglev lines have been proposed, one linking Alexandria with Borg El Arab city and one from Giza to the Sixth of October city.

Fantazy Land
This decrepit theme park has/had a cute suspended monorail running around it. Looking at the place, it seems to have closed, though it was sort-of open in April 2006.
Amusing review at Theme Park Review, including monorail pictures.

Giza - 6th October City maglev
A proposed line in Egypt

Giza

6th of October City

Alexandria - Borg El Arab maglev

Borg El Arab
A new town which would be the terminus of a proposed maglev line.

Alexandria

South Africa

Sun City Sky Train
A monorail links the parking area with the main entertainment complex.

Sun City Sky Train: Car park station

Sun City Sky Train: station

Sun City Sky Train

Sun City Sky Train: train on track

Nasrec Monorail
A small monorail that apparently operates during exhibitions, although the track does not appear to be continous here. Recently repainted yellow.

Nasrec Monorail

Nasrec: white train

Nasrec: red train

Nasrec: station

America

Canada

Grand River Monorail
An ambitious proposal linking Cambridge Kitchener, Waterloo and Woolwich in Ontario. It would be built in several stages and use Bombardier trains.
Grand River Monorail official website

Grand River Monorail: site of proposed monorail beam casting plant

Grand River Monorail HQ

Grand River Monorail

Grand River Monorail: Arthur station

Grand River Monorail: First station

Grand River Monorail: Whippoorwill station

Grand River Monorail: Listowel station

Grand River Monorail: Spring station

Grand River Monorail: Printery station

Grand River Monorail: Farmer's Market station

Grand River Monorail: Bridge station

Grand River Monorail: Northland station

Grand River Monorail: Conestoga Mall station

Grand River Monorail: Weber station

Grand River Monorail: Wes Graham station

Grand River Monorail: University station

Grand River Monorail: Seagram station

Grand River Monorail: Caroline station

Grand River Monorail: Union station

Grand River Monorail: Victoria station

Grand River Monorail: Charles station

Grand River Monorail: Cedar station

Grand River Monorail: Ottawa station

Grand River Monorail: Rockway station

Grand River Monorail: Franklin station

Grand River Monorail: Fairview Park Mall station

Grand River Monorail: River station

Grand River Monorail: Freeport station

Grand River Monorail: Deer Ridge station

Grand River Monorail: Gateway Park station

Grand River Monorail: Highway 401 station

Grand River Monorail: King station

Grand River Monorail: Speedsville station

Grand River Monorail: Queen station

Grand River Monorail: Pinebush station

Grand River Monorail: Langs station

Grand River Monorail: Cambridge Centre station

Grand River Monorail: Can-Amera station

Grand River Monorail: Delta station

Grand River Monorail: Beverly station

Grand River Monorail: Ainslie station

Grand River Monorail: Water station

Grand River Monorail: Myers station

Dundas Street, Toronto
A Wuppertal-style suspended monorail running along this street was proposed in the 1950s. [Source: Transit Toronto]

Scarborough RT
Originally planned as a maglev, it got changed into the current weird system where a linear induction motor is used to drag the train along a metal strip laid between the conventional rails.
This article which mentions this also proposes that a SAFEGE monorail would have been a better idea, as the the rail and power would have been protected from the snow - a major problem with the system adopted.

Scarborough RT

Scarborough RT: Kennedy station

Scarborough RT: Lawrence East station

Scarborough RT: Ellesmere station

Scarborough RT: Midland station

Scarborough RT: Scarborough Town Centre station

Scarborough RT: McCowan station

Scarborough RT: depot

The Peg Leg Railway
The Ontario Southern Railway built a monorail connecting Ridgeway with an amusement park at Crystal Beach. It ran on a single rail, with two guide rails, which were mounted on poles between three and nine metres high. The name "Peg Leg Railway" is the nickname given by locals.
It only operated for 3 summer seasons between 1896 and 1898. The first two seasons it was battery operated; the last it used a system like that used by trams.
Photos
An article about the park with a good description of the monorail.
Ontario Southern Railway on Wikipedia.

Peg Leg Railway

Peg Leg Railway: Crystal Beach

Peg Leg Railway: Ridgeway

USA

Meigs Elevated Railway
Opened by entrepreneur Josiah V. Meigs in 1886, this unusual, steam-powered, demonstration line ran for 6 years. A plaque marks the site.
Contemporary Scientific American article

California

Bumble Bee monorail at Santa's Village
Whimsical ride at a theme park which closed in 1998. Opened in 1962, as a testbed for the 1964 World's Fair monorail, the cars originally had flapping wings, but they proved to be unreliable and were removed. The track is still extant and visible from the road, complete with the bright yellow cars.
A collection of postcards, including several of the monorail.
People mourn the passing of the park and the ride at Roadside America
Some history of the monorail
Video of the rides at Santa's Village. Monorail footage starts at 4:18.

CalExpo monorail
A trip around the State Fair grounds.

CalExpo monorail: station

CalExpo monorail

CalExpo monorail: depot

Disneyland Monorail
Opened in 1959, this famous monorail connects the Disneyland Hotel with Tomorrowland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland_Monorail_System
http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/Dsnylnd.html

Disneyland Monorail: depot spur

Disneyland Monorail

Disneyland Monorail: Tomorrowland station
With train!

Disneyland Monorail: depot

Disneyland Monorail:red train on track!

Disneyland Monorail: Downtown Disney station

Felts' Suspended Auto Motor Railway
A proposal for a suspended monorail linking San Francisco and Oakland.
Zipping from San Francisco to Oakland in 5 Minutes, Paleofuture.

Felts' proposal: Oakland City Hall
The Oakland end of the proposed line.

Felts' proposal: Call Tower, San Francisco
One end of the proposed line.

Felt's proposal

Gilroy Gardens Sky Trail
The monorail provides a bird's-eye view of the gardens below and goes through the butterfly house.
List of attractions on official site.

Gilroy Gardens Sky Trail

Gilroy Gardens Sky Trail: station

Gilroy Gardens Sky Trail: Train on track.

Magic Mountain Monorail
Built in 1971, this three-station system meanders around the amusement park. One of the stations is under the mountain.
http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/MgcMtn.html

Magic Mountain monorail: depot

Magic Mountain monorail: depot spur

Magic Mountain Monorail: station

Magic Mountain monorail

Wgasa Bush Line
Wikipedia (and several tourist sites) states that the raised train that used to give tours of the San Diego Animal Park was a monorail but even though this is a perfect application for monorail, it's not clear whether it was one. The Monorail Society does not mention it. It looks like it might be, the track being a single rail, but it was mounted on a wider concrete platform on which the trains appear to rest. The vagauely African name was coined by chief designer Chuck Faust, and is said to be an acronym for "who gives a shit anyway."
Wikipedia article.

Nevada

Primm Valley Resort
Is it a monorail, or a people mover? It uses people mover technologies, and is wider than the track, but it is one rail or two?

Robert N. Broadbent Las Vegas Monorail
A private-enterprise project based upon a pre-existing monorail and opened in 2004. The stations are sponsored to reduce fares. There are plans to expand the system, including a link to the airport.
http://www.lvmonorail.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Monorail
http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/LasVega.html

Las Vegas Monorail: proposed extension

Las Vegan monorail

Las Vegas Monorail: Thomas and Mack station (proposed)

Las Vegas Monorail: McCarran Terminal 1 station (proposed)

Las Vegas Monorail: McCarran Terminal 2 station (proposed)

Las Vegas Monorail: Las Vegas Outlet Center station (proposed)

Las Vegas Monorail: MGM Grand station

Las Vegas Monorail: depot

Las Vegas Monorail: Sahara station

Las Vegas Monorail: train on track!

Las Vegas Monorail: Las Vega Hilton station

Las Vegas Monorail: Las Vegas Convention Center station

Las Vegas Monorail: Harrah's/Imperial Palace station

Las Vegas Monorail: Flamingo/Caesar's Palace station

Las Vegas Monorail: Bally's and Paris station

Las Vegas Monorail: the end, for now.

New Jersey

Airtrain Newark
A monorail connects Newark International Airport with the railway station and car parks.
Official website.
My own video, thanks to a fortuitous diversion.

Airtrain Newark: depot spur

Airtrain Newark

Airtrain Newark: P1 station

Airtrain Newark: P2 station

Airtrain Newark: depot

Airtrain Newark: P3 station

Airtrain Newark: Terminal A station

Airtrain Newark: Terminal B station

Airtrain Newark: Terminal C station

Airtrain Newark: train on track!

Airtrain Newark: Newark International Airport railway station

Smithville Bicycle Railroad

Mount Holly and Smithville Bicycle Railroad
The idea of a bicycle monorail being used for public transport goes back to at least the early-1890s. Arthur Ethelbert Hotchkiss arranged with a local firm to build a line connecting Mount Holly, his place of residence, with nearby Smithville, location of a factory which was a significant source of employment. It went into service on September 13th 1892 and cost 7¢ to ride, but had a number of problems. The main one was that it was a single track, so if two riders met going in opposite directions, one of them would have to remove their "bicycle" to allow the two to pass. There were also hinged parts of the track for the local farmers to pass, yet they were not always diligent in closing the track afterwards, which caused accidents. Within 6 years it had been dismantled and future implementations were limited to amusement parks and seaside resorts. A second railroad to the same design was built for this purpose at Atlantic City. Parts of the railroad are on display in a museum in Smithville.
A revised design, with the bicycles suspended beneath the track, was built at Ocean City and Gloucester (NJ) for amusement purposes. These lasted a little longer, though most of the claimed pictures of it seem to be of Eugen Langen's test track in Deutz, which led to the development of the Schwebebahn.
He sold the UK rights to his invention to William George Bean, founder of Blackpool Pleasure Beach, who built examples at Great Yarmouth (later moved to Huddersfield) and Blackpool, but again the idea never went further than amusement. Perhaps the gentlemen were ahead of their time for in 2010, Google made a substantial grant to a New Zealand based company to develop their bicycle monorail as public transport.
The Mount Holly and Smithville Bicycle Railway - 1892-1898 at Smithville Conservancy. Lots of photos, maps etc.
Blackpool History, including a lot of information on the development of Hotchkiss' idea.
The Jersey Bicycle Railroad at Lost in Jersey.

New York

Pelham Park and City Island Railway
A suspended monorail connected Pelham Bay Park with the City Island Bridge between 1910 and 1914. Its operation was unreliable, especially in bad weather, and it had an unauspicious first day, when several people were killed in an accident.
Wikipedia entry

Bronx Zoo Wild Asia Monorail
A single station loop providing a 20 minute tour around an area where the animals are kept in close to wild conditions. Trains run anti-clockwise.

Bronx Zoo monorail: siding

Bronx Zoo monorail: train on track!

Bronx Zoo monorail: depot

Bronx Zoo monorail

Bronx Zoo monorail: station

Ohio

Jungle Jim's International Market
The cars from the monorail at King's Island were bought and thoroughly restored, and now run on a new track. There are plans to expand it to a complete loop.
Article about the restoration.
YouTube video of the train running

Jungle Jim's: station

Jungle Jim's Monorail

Jungle Jim's: train on display

King's Island
Theme park which used to have a monorail running through a safari park which formed part of it. The monorail cars now run at Jungle Jim's International Market.

Pennsylvania

Saddleback Railroad
This temporary monorail has the strongest claim to be the first one in the United States. It was a novelty at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876, where it ran over a valley between the Horticultural Hall and a café close to the Agricultural Building.
There are a few photographs of it, but not many contemporary plans showing it. The exception is a detailed bird's eye view of the exhibition made by R. Newell and T.R. Davis for Harpers Weekly, which shows it labelled "ELEVATED R.R.".
Brief account at the Centennial Exhibition Digital Catalogue..

Saddleback Railroad

Saddleback Railroad: Agricultural Building end

Saddleback Railroad: Horticultural Hall end

Position of Horticultural hall

Bradford and Foster Brook Peg Leg Railroad
A short-lived monorail with a design derived from the Centennial Monorail. Opened in 1878, the four mile (6km) line served a number of local oil towns. In 1879, a locomotive exploded and the train ran into a creek, killing five. The railway was closed shortly afterwards.
Source for route details: Kilmer, Lawrence W., 1974 Bradford & Foster Brook Peg Leg Railroad, Olean, New York.
The Bradford Monorail

Bradford & Foster Brook Railroad: Red Rock station

Bradford & Foster Brook Railroad: Gilmore station

Bradford & Foster Brook Railroad: Derrick City station

Bradford & Foster Brook Railroad: Babcock's Mill station

Bradford & Foster Brook Railroad: Foster Brook station

Bradford & Foster Brook Railroad: Tarport station

Bradford and Foster Brook Railroad

Bradford & Foster Brook Railroad: Bradford station

Capital BlueCross Monorail, Dutch Wonderland
At Dutch Wonderland, a theme park near Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
http://www.dutchwonderland.com/rides/detail.asp?id=84

Capital BlueCross Monorail, Hersheypark
A 6-minute loop of the park built in 1969.

Hersheypark: station

Hersheypark: train on track!

Hersheypark: depot?
A 6-minute loop of the park built in 1969.

Capital BlueCross Monorail, Hersheypark

Wanamaker Monorail
This children's monorail ran around the 8th floor of a Philadelphia department store from 1946 to 1984. It is now on display in the Please Touch museum, located close to the site of the Saddleback Railroad.
Details on the Please Touch museum site

Please Touch Museum
Home of the Wanamaker Monorail

Wanamaker's
Original home of the Wanamaker Monorail

Hotchkiss Bicycle Railroad
According to Lost in Jersey, Hotchkiss moved the wherwithal to rxhibit his human-powered monorail to the Midway site of the 1893 World Colombian Exposition in Chicago, but does not appear to have exhibited. The author of Blackpool4Fun, on the other hand, says it was there, but grossed a mere $185.
The exposition had another pioneering no-show in the form of a "sliding railway" - basically a pneumatic railway using water pressure instead of air. The main site to the east featured an elevated railway which became the prototype for Chicago's distinctive public transport system.

King's Dominion Lion County Safari
From approximately 1978 until 1993, this theme park featured a monorail which went through a safari park.

Meier & Frank Santaland Monorail
A children's ride around the 10th floor of a department store discontinued after over 50 Christmases of service when Macy's took over. It was the last of nearly 30 "Supertrack Kiddie Monorails" made by Loudon. Two of the cars are on display in the basement.
It was officially called "Santa's Skyway", and colloquially known as "the upside down train".
Information and photos at Kavanagh Transit Systems.
Video made during its last year of service.

Memphis Mud Island Monorail
Short suspended monorail opened in 1982 to connect the city centre with an entertainment complex. Officially known as the Memphis Suspension Railway.
Official website (JavaScript required for basic functionality)
Wikipedia entry

Mud Island Monorail: Mississippi River Museum Station

Mud Island Monorail: Front Street Station

Mud Island Monorail

Original Disney World Monorail
The cab from the original Disney World monorail was auctioned off on eBay and is now on display here in Tyrone, Georgia. Source: Roadside America

Seattle Center Monorail
Built in 1962 for the World's Fair, and the only two ALWEG-built trains still running.
Official website
Wikipedia entry
Monorail Society page.

Seattle Center Monorail

Seattle Center Monorail: Westlake Center Mall station

Seattle Center Monorail: Seattle Center station

Pearlridge Monorail
Connecting two halves of a shopping centre. The only monorail in Hawaii.
Monorail information on the official website
Monorail Society description
Video taken from the maintenance/inspection vehicle (YouTube)

Pearlridge Monorail: Uptown station

Pearlridge Monorail: Downtown station

Pearlridge monorail

Brazil

Barra Shopping monorail
A small Intarmin monorail served this shopping centre near Rio de Janiero from 1971 till 1997. This appears to be the remains of a station, and the walkway looks as if it was built using the disused track as a foundation.
This site, in Portuguese, has some nice pictures if you scroll down.

Asia

China

Shenzhen Happy Line Monorail
Built to connect the Window on the World theme park and other tourist attractions, to the city's public transport system.
Monorail Society description

Shenzhen Monorail: depot spur

Shenzhen Monorail

Shenzhen Monorail: station

Shenzhen Monorail: train on track!

Shenzhen Monorail: depot

Shenzhen Monorail: station?

Window on the World
This theme park features miniature versions of the world's monuments, such as the Eiffel Tower, and a mini-monorail.
Monorail Society description

Window on the World monorail: depot spur

Window on the World: station

Window on the World monorail

Window on the World: train on track!

Window on the World: depot

Window on the World: trains on track!

Shanghai Maglev
The first commercial system built by Germany's Transrapid, opened in 2004. The 30km line connects Pudong International Airport with Shanghai's financial district. Plans have been approved to extend it to Hongqiao Airport (via Shanghai South Railway Station and the Expo 2010 site, with a continuation towards Hangzhou), allowing transfers between them in 15 minutes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Maglev_Train
http://www.smtdc.com/
http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/MagShang.html

Shanghai Maglev: Proposed extention to Hongqiao airport

Shanghai Maglev: proposed extension to Hangzhou

Shanghai Maglev depot spur

Shanghai Maglev

Shanghai Maglev: Hangzhou
Plans have been approved to extend the maglev to Hangzhou.

Shanghai Maglev: Jiaxing
Plans to extend the maglev include a station in this city.

Shanghai Maglev: Shanghai South railway station
Plans to extend the maglev include this location as a station.

Shanghai Maglev: Expo 2010 site
Plans to extend the maglev include this site as a station.

Shanghai Maglev: Hongqiao Airport
Plans to extend the Maglev to here have been approved.

Shanghai Maglev: Longyang Road station Metro Line 2

Shanghai Maglev: depot

Shanghai Maglev: Pudong International Airport station

Chongqing Metro Line 2
Hitachi-ALWEG monorail opened here in 2005. There are 18 stations on a 19.15km line, three of which are underground.
Official site

Chonqing Metro: line 2

Chongqing Metro: Jiaochangkou
Underground station - approximate location

Chongqing Metro: Linjiangmen station
(approximate)

Chongqing Metro: Huanghuayuan station

Chongqing Metro: Daxigou station

Chongqing Metro: Zengjiayan station

Chongqing Metro: Niujiaotuo station

Chongqing Metro: Liziba station

Chongqing Metro: Fortuguan station

Chongqing Metro: Daping station
(approximate)

Chongqing Metro: Yuanjiagang station

Chongqing Metro: Xiejiawan station

Chongqing Metro: Yangjiaping station

Chongqing Metro: Dongwuyuan station

Chongqing Metro: Dayancun station

Chongqing Metro: depot

Chongqing Metro: Mawangchang station

Chongqing Metro: Ping'an station

Chongqing Metro: Dadukuo station

Chongqing Metro: Xinshancun station

Chongqing Metro: extension under construction

Gulf States

Gulf Express
Germany, Bahrain and Qatar are in negotiations to build a link between Bahrain and Doha using Transrapid technology. The line could be extended to take in the UAE.

Gulf Express: Dubai

Gulf Express: Abu Dhabi

Gulf Express: suggested extension
The Gulf Express maglev could be extended to Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

Gulf Express: Al Manamah - Doha
The first section of a proposed maglev link between several Gulf states.

Gulf Express: Doha

Gulf Express: Al Manamah

Palm Jumeirah Monorail
A driverless monorail connecting major points on an artificial island in the UAE. Opened in May 2009, it was built by Hitachi and is operated by Serco. An extension to the east is planned to connect the monorail with the red line of the Dubai Metro.
Video of the view the driver would get if there was one!< br /> Promotional video.

Palm Jumeirah Monorail: Palm Mall Station

Palm Jumeirah Monorail: Atlantis Resort Station

Palm Jumeirah Monorail: Trump Tower station

Palm Jumeirah Monorail: Gateway Towers station

Palm Jumeirah Monorail: Tecom Station

Palm Jumeirah Monorail

Palm Jumeirah Monorail: proposed extension

India

Mumbai maglev
According to the Guardian:
India's financial capital, Mumbai, is considering a £3.75bn futuristic magnetic levitation high-speed train network as a part of a radical overhaul of the infrastructure of the city whose transport system is bursting at the seams.
The Maharashtra state government wants up to six maglev routes, of between 16 to 30 miles, linking the port city to the suburbs. The role model appears to be Shanghai's maglev train, which links the Chinese city's underground with the international airport and runs at up to 268mph.
Mumbai plans prestige maglev train to combat overcrowding—The Guardian, 19th December 2007.

Patalia State Monorail Tramway
The locomotive and track from this unusual and pioneering system are preserved (and operated) at the National Railway Museum in New Delhi. Built in 1909, it originally ran 10km between Bassi and Sirhind in the Punjab. A bit of a cheat, it features a single rail, and an outrigger running along the ground to stop it toppling over!
National Railway Museum website, with full description and photos.
YouTube video.

Indonesia

Jakarta Monorail
An on-off project troubled by funding, disagreements over technology and delays. Two lines planned, integrating with existing public transport.

Jakarta Monorail: Green Line

Jakarta Monorail: Blue Line

Jakarta Monorail Blue Line: Taman Anggrek station

Jakarta Monorail Blue Line: Tomang station

Jakarta Monorail Blue Line: Kyup Caringin station

Jakarta Monorail Blue Line: Cideng station

Jakarta Monorail Blue Line: Tanah Abang station

Jakarta Monorail Blue Line: Kebon Kachang station

Jakarta Monorail Blue Line: Menara Batavia station

Jakarta Monorail Blue Line: Surdiman WTC station

Jakarta Monorail Blue Line: Ambassador station

Jakarta Monorail Blue Line: Kampung Melayu station

Jakarta Monorail Blue Line: Tebet station

Jakarta Monorail Blue Line: Dr. Sanarjo station

Jakarta Monorail Blue Line: Menteng Dalam station

Jakarta Monorail Green Line: Asia Afrika station

Jakarta Monorail Green Line: Gelora Bung Kamo? station

Jakarta Monorail Green Line: SCBD station

Jakarta Monorail Green Line: Komdak station

Jakarta Monorail Green Line: Satria Mandala station

Jakarta Monorail Green Line: Gatot Subroto station

Jakarta Monorail Green Line: Gran Melia station

Jakarta Monorail: Casablanca Interchange station

Jakarta Monorail Green Line: Taman Rasuna station

Jakarta Monorail Green Line: Kuningan Sentral station

Jakarta Monorail Green Line: Setla Budi Utara station

Jakarta Monorail Green Line: Surdiman Dukuh Atas station

Jakarta Monorail: Karet Interchange station

Jakarta Monorail Green Line: Pejomoongan? station

Jakarta Monorail Green Line: Palmerah station

Jakarta Monorail Green Line: Stadion Madya station

Japan

Chiba Urban Monorail (千葉都市モノレール)
Opened in 1979, this is the world's most extensive suspended monorail system, with 18 stations on 2 lines. An extension to Chiba University is under construction (and has been for some time). The photograph shows a car featuring the line's mascot Monorail-chan (モノレルちゃん) - one of the stations (Tsuga, I think) has a shrine to Monorail-chan!
Official site (日本語)

Chiba Urban Monorail: extension to Chiba University

Chiba Urban Monorail: Chiba - Kencho-mae

Chiba Urban Monorail: Chiba Minato-Chisirodai

Chiba Urban Monorail: construction work
Work in progress on a 2km extension to Chiba University.

Chiba Urban Monorail: Chishirodai station

Chiba Urban Monorail: Chishirodai-kita station

Chiba Urban Monorail: Oguradai station

Chiba Urban Monorail: Sakuragi station

Chiba Urban Monorail: Tsuga station

Chiba Urban Monorail: Mitsuwa-dai station

Chiba Urban Monorail: depot

Chiba Urban Monorail: Dobutsu-koen station

Chiba Urban Monorail: Supo-tsusenta- station
i.e. "Sports Centre"

Chiba Urban Monorail: Anagawa station

Chiba Urban Monorail: Tendai station

Chiba Urban Monorail: Sakusabe station

Chiba Urban Monorail: Kencho-mae station
A bright yellow maintenance vehicle lives here:

Chiba Urban Monorail: Yoshikawa-koen station

Chiba Urban Monorail: Sakae-cho station

Chiba Urban Monorail: Chiba-koen station

Chiba Urban Monorail: Chiba Minato station

Chiba Urban Monorail: Shiyakusho-mae station

Chiba Urban Monorail: Chiba station
Photograph:

Himeji Monorail
A Nihon-Lockheed system built in 1966 and closed in 1979, apparently the result of much politicking. The rolling stock still exists, stored within the station at the terminus.
モノレルのしおり (in Japanese, misencoded, but has pictures and a map)
Japanese Wikipedia entry
Japanese news report on the monorail, with lots of vintage footage and an exploration of the remaining track, station and rolling stock.
This video might be of a monorail ride within the amusement park.

Himeji Monorail

Himeji Monorail: terminus (approximate location)

Himeji Monorail: remains

Himeji Monorail: visible track

Himeji Monorail: station
With track still visible.

Himeji Monorail: terminus

Hiroshima SkyRail
This unusual system is a cross between a suspended monorail and a cable car. The route is short - only 1.3km, but navigates some steep slopes. Instead of trains, there are 25 gondolas hanging from the single rail, which are pulled along by ropes. Linear induction motors are also used to slow and accelerate the cars. The design is said to be particularly good in windy conditions. http://www1.u-netsurf.ne.jp/~ichiban/skyrail/index.html http://faculty.washington.edu/~jbs/itrans/jakes1.htm

Hiroshima SkyRail

Hiroshima SkyRail: Midori-guchi station

Hiroshima SkyRail: Midori-nakamachi station

Hiroshima SkyRail: Midori-chuo station

Inuyama Monkey Park Monorail
Opened in 1962, this short monorail connected a nearby railway station with the Japan Monkey Park, via a temple. It was the first Hitachi-ALWEG system to be built - at the time, the Monkey Park was the Inuyama Rhine Park. It was closed in 2008
Specs at the Hitachi website.
Monorail Society description.
The History of Hitachi-ALWEG.
Pictures (with Japanese captions).
Video

Inuyama Monkey Park monorail

Inuyama Monkey Park Monorail: depot

Inuyama Monkey Park Monorail: Dobūtsuen station

Inuyama Monkey Park Monorail: Naritasan station

Inuyama Monkey Park Monorail: Inuyamayūen station

Kitakyushu Monorail
Opened in 1985, the first monorail built in Japan in 20 years.
Specs at the Hitachi website< br /> Wikipedia entry

Kitakyshu Monorail

Kitakyushu Monorail: depot

Kitakyushu Monorail: Kikugaoka station

Kitakyushu Monorail: train on track!

Kitakyushu Monorail: Shii station

Kitakyushu Monorail: Tokuriki Arashiyamaguchi station

Kitakyushu Monorail: Tokuriki Kodanmae station

Kitakyushu Monorail: Moritsune station

Kitakyushu Monorail: Keibajo-mae station

Kitakyushu Monorail: Kitagata station

Kitakyushu Monorail: Jono station

Kitakyushu Monorail: Katano station

Kitakyushu Monorail: Kawaraguchi Mihagino station

Kitakyushu Monorail: Tanga station

Kitakyushu Monorail: Heiwadori station

Kitakyushu Monorail: Kokura station

Mukogaoka Monorail
A Nihon-Lockheed system ran down busy streets between a railway station and a nearby amusement park between the 1960s and 2001.
http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/Mukoga.html

Mukogaoka Monorail
This is the approximate route, based on a mixture of evidence on the ground, and guesswork.

Possible amusement park terminus
This ruined amusement park could have been the monorail's destination.

Mukogaoka-Yuen station

Nihon-Lockheed Monorail test track
Was somewhere in Gifu.

Okinawa City Monorail (Yui Rail)
The only functioning public railway on the island on Okinawa, at the southernmost end of Japan opened in 2003 and connects the airport with Shuri.
Official Site
Specs at the Hitachi website.

Okinawa City Monorail

Okinawa City Monorail: Shuri station

Okinawa City Monorail: Gibo station

Okinawa City Monorail: Shiritsubyoin-mae station

Okinawa City Monorail: Furujima station

Okinawa City Monorail: Omoromachi station

Okinawa City Monorail: Asato station

Okinawa City Monorail: Makishi station

Okinawa City Monorail: Miebashi station

Okinawa City Monorail: Kencho-mae station

Okinawa City Monorail: Asahibashi station
With what looks like a train entering the station from the south.

Okinawa City Monorail: Tsubogawa station

Okinawa City Monorail: train on track!

Okinawa City Monorail: Ōnoyama Koen station

Okinawa City Monorail: Oroku station

Okinawa City Monorail: Akamine station

Okinawa City Monorail: depot

Okinawa City Monorail: Naha Kūkō station

Osaka Monorail (大阪モノレール)
The longest monorail in the world, running on an 23.8km elevated line between Osaka International Airport and Kadoma City.
Official site
Specs at the Hitachi website.

Osaka Monorail: Handai Byoin - "east centre" extension

Osaka monorail: Banpaku Kinen Kōen to Handai Byoin Mae

Osaka monorail: Osaka Airport to Kadoma-shi

Osaka Monorail: Kadoma-shi station

Osaka Monorail: Dainichi station

Osaka Monorail: Minami Settsu station

Osaka Monorail: Settsu station

Osaka Monorail: Sawaragi station

Osaka Monorail: Minami Ibaraki station

Osaka Monorail: Unobe station

Osaka Monorail: Saito-nishi station
Under construction. Due to open 19th March 2007. This line is being further extended, with two new stations, temporarily named 中部 (Central Part) and 東センタ (East Centre).

Osaka Monorail: Toyokawa station
Under construction. Due to open 19th March 2007.

Osaka Monorail: Handai Byoin Mae station

Osaka Monorail: Kōen Higashiguchi station

Osaka Monorail: depot

Osaka Monorail: Banpaku Kinen Kōen station

Osaka Monorail: Yamada station

Osaka Monorail: Senri-chuō station

Osaka Monorail: Shoji station

Osaka Monorail: Shibahara station

Osaka Monorail: Hotarugaike station

Osaka Monorail: Osaka Airport station

Shōnan Monorail (湘南モノレール)
Built in 1970, this was the first operational monorail using the French SAFEGE suspended monorail system (the sort of monorail seen in the film Fahrenheit 451).
Official site

Shōnan Monorail

Shōnan Monorail: Ofuna station

Shōnan Monorail: Fujimicho station

Shōnan Monorail: Shōnan Machiya station

Shōnan Monorail: Shōnan Fukusawa station

Shōnan Monorail: depot

Shōnan Monorail: Nishi-kamakura station

Shōnan Monorail: Kataseyama station

Shōnan Monorail: Meijiro-Yamashita station

Shōnan Monorail: Shōnan Enoshima station

Tama-Toshi Monorail Line (多摩都市モノレール線)
Opened in 1998, and extended two years later, the plan is for this monorail system to extend to 93km of track.
Official website.
Wikipedia entry.
Monorail Society description.
A rather impressive driver's eye video of the line.

Tama monorail: depot spur

Tama Monorail

Tama Monorail: Tamasenta- station
i.e. Tama Central Station.

Tama Monorail: Matsugaya station

Tama Monorail: Otsuka Teikyo-daigaku station

Tama Monorail: Chuo-daigaku Meisei-daigaku station
Serves as couple of universities.

Tama Monorail: a tunnel

Tama Monorail: Tama-dobutsukoen station
With a train departing to the south.

Tama Monorail: train on track!

Tama Monorail: Hodokubo station

Tama Monorail: Takahatafudo station

Tama Monorail: Manganji station

Tama Monorail: Koshukaido station

Tama Monorail: Shibasaki-taiikukan station

Tama Monorail: Tachikawa-minami station

Tama Monorail: Tachikawa-kita station

Tama Monorail: Takamatsu station

Tama Monorail: depot

Tama Monorail: Tachihi station

Tama Monorail: Izumi-taiikukan station

Tama Monorail: Sungawa-nanaban station

Tama Monorail: Tamagawajosui station

Tama Monorail: Sakurakaido station

Tama Monorail: Kamikitadai station

Tokyo Monorail
Built in time for the 1964 Olympics, this monorail connects Haneda Airport with Hamamatsuchō station in central Tokyo. An extension is under construction to the new terminal at the airport.
Official site (English)
Wikipedia Entry
TV adverts.

Tokyo Monorail: train on track!

Tokyo Monorail

Tokyo Monorail: Hamamatsuchō station

Tokyo Monorail: Tennōzuairu station
Tennouzu Isle

Tokyo Monorail: Ōi Keibajō Mae station
Ōi racecourse

Tokyo Monorail: Ryūtsūsenta- station
Ryuutsu Centre

Tokyo Monorail: more depot

Tokyo Monorail: Shōwajima station
Shouwa Island

Tokyo Monorail: depot

Tokyo Monorail: tunnel entrance

Tokyo Monorail: tunnel entrance
with train on track, entering tunnel.

Tokyo Monorail: Seibijō station
"Aircraft check ground"

Tokyo Monorail: Tenkūbashi station
Tenkuu Bridge

Tokyo Monorail: Shin Seibiijo station
"New aircraft check ground"

Tokyo Monorail: Haneda Airport Terminal 1 station

Tokyo Monorail: Haneda Airport Terminal 2 station

Tokyo Monorail: airport tunnel entrance

Tokyo Disney Resort Line
This 5km circuit runs anti-clockwise around Tokyo Disney Resort, but is a public railway - you don't need to enter the theme park to ride. The photo is a video still of a train approaching Resort Gateway station.
Official Tokyo Disney page, with fares.
Monorail Society page.

Tokyo Disney Resort Line

Tokyo Disney Resort Line: Tokyo Disneyland station

Tokyo Disney Resort Line: train on track!

Tokyo Disney Resort Line: Resort Gateway station

Tokyo Disney Resort Line: monorail depot

Tokyo Disney Resort Line: DisneySea station

Tokyo Disney Resort Line: Street View
A good view of the train, with its distinctive Mickey Mouse shaped windows, can be seen in this area.

Tokyo Disney Resort Line: Bayside station

Yokohama Dreamland Monorail
Opened in 1966 and closed 18 months later due to technical problems, this 5.3km straddle beam monorail connected Ofuna station with Yokohama Dreamland. There were plans to re-open it, possibly replacing it with a maglev, but the operating company finally gave up the right of way in 2002 when the theme park closed. There are plenty of visible remains in the 2002 imagery.
Pictures of the remains, including demolition of some bits:
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3

Yokohama Dreamland: site of park
Location of theme park - shown on 2002 imagery.

Yokohama Dreamland monorail: Ofuna station
Estimated location of terminus.

Yokohama Dreamland monorail
Nearly all of the route can be seen in the 2002 imagery, including plenty of visible remains.

Maglevs

HSST 5: YES 89
An experimental maglev gave rides at the Yokohama Exotic Showcase in 1989.
Picture (scroll down).

HSST 5

HSST 5: station

Linear Chūō Shinkansen
A proposed maglev between Tokyo and Osaka, which would include the Yamanishi test line in the route. Appears to have been cancelled.
http://www.pref.aichi.jp/kotsu/rinia/index_e.html
http://www.linear-chuo-exp-cpf.gr.jp/ (日本語)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D_Shinkansen

Linear Chūō Shinkansen: Nagoya station

Linear Chūō Shinkansen: Shiojiri
A station is proposed somewhere within Shiojiri-shi.

Linear Chūō Shinkansen: Kofu station
Stop on the proposed line

Linear Chūō Shinkansen: Tokyo station
One end of the proposed maglev line

Linear Chūō Shinkansen: Yamanishi - Osaka

Linear Chūō Shinkansen: Tokyo - Yamanishi

Linear Chūō Shinkansen: Shinjuku Station
Station on the proposed line

Miyazaki Maglev Test Track
A 7km track used to test a variety of maglev technologies.
Offcial website (日本語 /English)

Miyazaki Maglev test track

Miyazaki Maglev Test Track: Tsuno endpoint

Miyazaki Maglev Test Track: Turnout track
How do you do points on a maglev? Here's how.

Miyazaki Maglev Test Line: electricity substation

Miyazaki Maglev Test Track: test centre

Nagoya Linimo Maglev
Built to serve the 2005 Expo, but now part of the local transit system, this line is a fully-automated maglev system. As with any new technology, it's had issues.
Official site.
Wikipedia entry.

Linimo depot spur

Nagoya Linimo Maglev

Linimo: Fujigaoka station

Linimo: Hanamizukidoori station

Linimo: Irigaikekōen station

Linimo: Nagakutekosenjō station

Linimo: Geidaidoori station

Linimo: Kōenishi station

Linimo: Ai Chikyūhakukinenkōen station

Linimo: Tōjishiryosokanminami station

Linimo: Yakusa station

Nagoya Maglev test track
In 1989, the Chubu HSST Development Corporation built a 1.5km test track running between Oe Station and Nagoya port.
http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/MagNag.html

Nagoya Maglev test track

Nagoya Maglev test track: Nagoya Port station

Nagoya Maglev test track: Oe station

Tsukuba Expo 85 - HSST
The Tsukuba International Science and Technology Exposition in 1985 featured a couple of interesting transport systems - a "Vista Liner" monorail (see under "Amusement Park rides") from Senyo, and the HSST maglev.
Ephemera and photos from Expo 85.

Expo 85: HSST station

Expo 85: HSST

Yamanashi Maglev Test Line
A 42.8km line between Sakaigawa and Akiyama in Yamanishi province. Mostly in tunnels.

Yamanishi Maglev Test Track: visible track

Yamanishi Maglev Test Line

Yamanashi Maglev Test Line: approximate end point

Yamanashi Maglev Test Line: visible track

Yamanashi Maglev Test Line: Test centre and platform

Yamanashi Maglev Test Line: Electricity substation

Yamanashi Maglev Test Line: Ogatayama Bridge

Yamanashi Maglev Test Line: approximate endpoint

Yamanashi Maglev Test Line: train stock depot

Amusement park rides
Monorails contained entirely within amusement parks and expos, and rides which are basically monorails.

Dreamworld Sky Jet
Amusement park monorail ride, visible from the Chiba Urban Monorail.
Dreamworld official web site

Dreamworld Sky Jet photo
Taken from the adjacent Chiba Urban Monorail

Dreamworld Sky Jet: station

Dreamworld Sky Jet

Expoland Vista Liner, Osaka
The amusement area of the 1970 Expo in Osaka was been turned into a funfair which closed in 2009 following a fatal accident. The Vista Liner was a small monorail built by Senyo, running round the park.
Expoland official website.

Expoland Vista Liner: station?

Expoland Vista Liner

Hanayashiki
The oldest amusement park in Japan has two monorail rides. English language web site

Hanayashi: helicopter

Hanayashiki: Helicopter
Fairground ride: a bicycle monorail with cars shaped like helicopters.

Hanayashiki: Sky Ship

Hanayashiki: Sky Ship
Fairground ride. A suspended monorail styled as a pirate ship.

Harmonyland Skyjet (スカイジェット)
Okay, so it's only a fairground ride, but it's a Hello Kitty Monorail! What more could you want?
Description on Harmonyland site (Japanese)

Harmonyland Skyjet

Harmonyland Skyjet: station

Japan World Exposition 1970, Osaka
A four-car Hitachi-ALWEG monorail ran around the edge of the site. The route is taken from contemporary photographs.
When the future was still the future: Osaka Expo 1970.
The History of Hitachi-ALWEG.

Japan World Expo 1970: monorail station
Main entrance

Japan World Expo 1970: monorail station
Behind the spectacular Soviet pavillion.

Japan World Expo 1970: monorail station
West entrance

Japan World Expo 1970 monorail

Nagoya Higashiyama monorail
This short 2km monorail connects two ends of a zoo and botanic gardens. Opened in the 1970s, it replaced an experimental SAFEGE monorail, parts of which are still on display in the park.
Monorail Society page

Higashiyama monorail: depot

Higashiyama monorail: spur to depot

Higashiyama monorail

Higashiyama monorail: Botanic Gardens station

Higashiyama monorail: Zoo station

Higashiyama: SAFEGE car and track
Display of the old, experimental SAFEGE car, and a section of track. This system was built by SAFEGE and Mitsubishi in 1963.
Article and photographs of the carriage (in Japanese).

Nara Dreamland Monorail
A figure-of-eight loop in an amusement park, built in 1961. Nara Dreamland closed at the end of August 2006.
There are many views of the track in this 2007 video, starting at about 5:30.

Nara Dreamland monorail

Nara Dreamland monorail: station

Nasu Highland Park: Superjet
A tiny monorail ride in the "Galazy and Star Plaza" section of the park.
Description and photo on official site (Japanese).

Osaka Exhibition of Transportation and Electricity
For a single week in 1928, a suspended monorail ran at this exhibition. It was the first monorail in Japan. Location unknown.
Wikipedia "Monorails in Japan" page.

Tobu Zoo Park Skylove
The "Skylove" (スカイラブ) ride is a suspended monorail, with small, four person cars dangling from the track. The ride is a little over a kilometre long and takes 6 minutes 30 seconds.
Ride description at Tobu Zoo web site (Japanese), with photos.

Tobu Zoo Park Skylove: station

Tobu Zoo Skylove

Toshimaen Park
Suspended monorail, with rocket-shaped carriages, installed in 1951 - the first in an amusement park.
A postcard showing the ride.

Tsukuba Expo 85 - Vista Liner
The Tsukuba International Science and Technology Exposition in 1985 featured a couple of interesting transport systems - a "Vista Liner" monorail from Senyo, and the HSST maglev.
Senyo's Transport Business page, featruring a potted history of their monorail systems.
Ephemera and photos from Expo 85.

Expo 85 Vista Liner: Expo Pavillion station

Expo 85 Vista Liner: North Gate station
Two stations - presumably one in each direction.

Expo 85 Vista Liner

Ueno Zoo monorail
Japan's oldest operational monorail, this 300m line was opened in 1957 and is based on the Schwebebahn at Wuppertal, Germany. An original carriage is on display at a carriage works in Toyokawa, where it was presumably made.

Original Ueno Carriage
One of the original carriages from the Ueno Zoo monorail is displayed at a carriage works in Toyokawa.
Photographs and description (in Japanese)/

Ueno Zoo: Street View
Look to the west in Street View to see a train.

Ueno Zoo monorail

Ueno Zoo Monorail: northern station

Ueno Zoo Monorail: southern station

Yomiuri Park Monorail
A Hitachi-ALWEG system built in 1963-64 and closed in 1978.
History of Hitachi-ALWEG.

Yomiuri Park monorail: possible station

Yomiuri Park monorail: track remains

Yomiuri Park Monorail: possible track remains

Yomiuri Park monorail: girder bridge

Slope Cars

Abaruyama Golf Course
29m long slope car built in 2004.

Aburagi Dam
A slope car runs for 87m. It was built in 2002.

Akagi Kōgen Highland Pasture Kronenberg
21m slope car opened in 2003 to serve the zorbing area of thie German-themed agricultural park.

Asukayama Park Monorail
A short slope car to take you up Tokyo's lowest mountain, opened in summer 2009. The aerial photo was taken during the cherry blossom viewing season, not January as claimed. Asukayama Park is a famous hanami venue.
My own video, with bonus tram.
Another YouTube video also with bonus trams.
Wikipedia page (Japanese)

Asukayama Park monorail route

Bukkokuji
A slope car taking visitors up the hill to a giant buddha. Well worth looking at in Street View.
Video from the bottom of the hill
Another, going uphill in the slope car
A third, from the top looking down

Bukkokuji

Kaihin Sōgō Park
This skate park, roller luge and zorbing facilty has two slope cars, each around 150m long.
Offical park website (Japanese).

Rusutsu Tower monorail
A short "slope car" monorail connecting two parts of an enormous hotel at a ski resort.
Definite video of the inside of this monorail
Probable video of this monorail.

Rusutsu Tower monorail

Rusutsu Tower monorail: resort end

Rusutsu Tower monorail: hotel end

Korea

KOROS Maglev
A 1.1km test track at the Korean Institute of Machinery and Materials at Taedok.
http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/MagTaed.html

Lotte World
A small monorail connects an amusement park with further attractions on an island.

Lotte World

Lotte World Monorail

Seorak Theme Tourist City Development Project
An ambitious project in Mount Seorak National Park involving the construction of three monorail lines at a cost of $113.8 million USD (this includes the cost of commercial development around the lines).
Project description on Gangwon Province web site.

Taedok
Built to serve the World's Fair in 1993, the site is now a tourist attraction and the monorail continues to run.

Taedok: suspected monorail

KOROS Maglev: outer loop

KOROS Maglev: inner loop

Taedok: Is this it?
The Monorail Society describe the system as a three station loop, but this is the only monoraily thing visible.

Malaysia

Genting Highland Resort
A small indoor and outdoor monorail runs around this theme park.

Johor Maglev
A medium speed maglev is planend for this city. It is expected to be around 50km long, and use Chinese technology.

Penang Monorail
A two-line monorail system is planned, with a total length of 37km.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_Monorail

Putrajaya Monorail
An extensive system is planned for this new city, but there have been considerable delays in its construction.

Putrajaya Monorail

Putrajaya monorail
Bits of construction are visible

Putrajaya Monorail: bridge

Putrajaya Monorail: Interchange station
Here you can see the main interchange station, with monorail tracks in place, but going nowhere.

SunTrek 2000 Monorail
Bandar Sunway City. An integral part of a large development near Kuala Lumpur, there were plans to extend the system to conenct with the KTM Komuter Setia Jaya Station. Occasionally plans ar announced to revive the system, but there doesn't appear to be any of it left now!

SunTrek 2000 monorail

SunTrek 2000 Monorail: station

SunTrek 2000 Monorail: depot

Malacca Monorail
A mini monorail connecting various historic sites has recently been approved by the Malaysian government

Kuala Lumpur Monorail
Opened in 2003, the 8.6km line connects 11 stations.

Kuala Lumpur monorail

Kuala Lumpur Monorail: depot

Kuala Lumpur Monorail: KL Sentral station

Kuala Lumpur Monorail: Tun Sambanthan station

Kuala Lumpur Monorail: Maharajahlela station

Kuala Lumpur Monorail: Hang Tuah station

Kuala Lumpur Monorail: Imbi station

Kuala Lumpur Monorail: Bukit Bintang station

Kuala Lumpur Monorail: Raja Chulan station

Kuala Lumpur Monorail: Bukit Nanas station

Kuala Lumpur Monorail: Medan Tuanku station

Kuala Lumpur Monorail: Chow Kit station

Kuala Lumpur Monorail: Titiwangsa station

Philippines

Starmall Alabang Skyrail
A fun suspended monorail running round the inside of a shopping centre and amusement park. Part of it can be seen outside over the pool.

Singapore

Jurong Birdpark Panorail
A 1.7km 3 station loop opened in 1991, and closed in April 2012.

Sentosa Monorail
A Von Roll system which circled the island and was in operation from 1981 to 2005.
Wikipedia entry.

Sentosa Monorail

Old Sentosa Monorail: station

Old Sentosa Monorail: station
And turning loop

Old Sentosa Monorail: depot

Sentosa Express
Opened in 2006, this system replaces an earlier one and uses Hitachi's technology.
Monorail Society description.

Sentosa Express: depot

Sentosa Express

Sentosa Express: Beach station

Sentosa Express: Imbiah station

Sentosa Express: Waterfront station

Sentosa Express: Sentosa Gateway station

Thailand

Rangsit Future Park Monorail
A small loop monorail connects various parts of this shopping mall and indoor amusement park. According to locals, it hasn't operated in a number of years.
http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/Bangkok.html

Bangkok Fashion Island Monorail
A monorail inside a shopping centre. Two girls were killed when a fire broke out on it in 2002.
http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/archive071402.html

Vietnam

Hanoi monorail
A final proposal for a 23km monorail system is being prepared by Scomi.
Newspaper article.

Australasia

Avalon Airport monorail
A proposed 5km link between the airport, popular with low-cost carriers, and a new Avalon railway station. Check-in and baggage drop would be available before boarding the monorail.
Monorail may link new Avalon station to airport - Herald-Sun article.

Avalon Railway Station

Avalon Airport Terminal

Avalon Airport Monorail

Brisbane Expo Monorail
Built to move people around the World's Fair in 1988, the equipment was removed at the end and used for the Sea World monorail.

Broadbeach Monorail
A short loop connecting a number of tourist attractions. The track from the Merry Hill monorail in England has been shipped over to expand this system.

Broadbeach monorail

Broadbeach Monorail: Mercure Hotel station

Broadbeach Monorail: Oasis station

Broadbeach Monorail: Jupiter Casino station

Sea World Monorail
The first monorail in Australia, a 2km loop with 3 stations.
Sea World website

Sea World Monorail

Sea World Monorail: Nara Resort station

Sea World Monorail: Mid station

Sea World Monorail: Main station

Sydney Metro Monorail
A single loop winding its way around the Darling Harbour area of Sydney, connecting a number of tourist attractions. This Von Roll system opened in 1988,
Official website
Monorail Society page and photo essay.

Sydney Monorail: train on track!

Sydney Monorail

Sydney Monorail: swing bridge
This bridge is a swing bridge, and the monorail can either continue to run while the bridge is open or, for very tall boats, the track can swing with the bridge.

Sydney Monorail: depot
The depot has a system whereby a section of track is moved sideways to bring trains on or off the line.

Sydney Monorail: City Centre station

Sydney Monorail: Galeries Victoria station

Sydney Monorail: World Square station

Sydney Monorail: Chinatown station
Station closed in September 2010.

Sydney Monorail: Paddy's Market station

Sydney Monorail: Convention station

Sydney Monorail: Harbourside station

Sydney Monorail: Darling Park station

Sydney Monorail: bits of spare track
These leftover pieces of track are visible from the road.

New Zealand

Fiordland Link Experince
A 41km monorail is the third stage of this proposed link between Queenstown and Lake Te Anau. Monorail was chosen because of its low envornmental impact in this sensitive area.
Promotional video on YouTube.
Official web site

Fiordland Link: Kiwi Burn Terminal

Fiordland Link Monorail

Fiordland Link: Best Western Terminus

Shweeb at Agroventures, Rotorua
The newest variation on the bicycle monorail, this system consists of a twin 200m track with up to two vehicles on each. The rider adopts a recumbant position to improve efficiency. Although only an amusement park ride at the moment, the developer has received money from Google towards turning it into a public transport system.
Official Shweeb website
Agroventures site
Video from an Australian travel programme (YouTube).

Shweeb at Agroventures Rotorua

Shweeb "station"

Europe

Belgium

Bellewaerde
A single-station loop around an amusement park.
Park website
Driver's view video.

Bobbejaanland
A theme park somewhere near Herentals includes a three-station monorail built in Germany in 1976. The track is 1.8km long.

Brussels International Exposition
Behr demonstrated his 150mph electric monorail at this World's Fair. He built an elliptical line of about 5km circumference in an inclosure adjoining Tervuren Park. The track was , so would have fit in an area of about 2km by 500m - rather substantial (the oval enclosing the golf course to the north is about half the required circumference). The monorail was operational every day carrying passengers, usually between 50 and 80 mph, though the fastest speed measured was 96 mph. Guests included the King of Belgium and the Mayor of London.
The carriage was built by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company:

Finland

Linnanmäki Maisemajuna
A single-station amusement park monorail.
Presumed ride description from official site. Note: does not work in Firefox or Safari.

Maisemajune: train on track!

Maisemajuna

Maisemajuna: Station

France

Le monorail de Duchamp
A 1km line built for the Exposition Universelle in 1872, it was operated by horses pulling cables and ran 4m above the ground. 3500 passengers per day rode the monorail. Contemporary images show it running along the river bank.
Some information (in French).

Monorail Larmanjat
The first monorail in France was opened in 1868 and ran between Le Raincy and Montfermeil. The single rail was only for guidance and the vehicle ran on three wheels, two of which were on the ground! There was some difficulty keeping it on the guide rail and it was not a success.
Some information with illustrations. at Loco Loco
Some information (in French) at Techno-science.net.

Monorail Larmanjat
Speculative route

Monorail Larmanjat: centre of Le Raincy
Presumed station

Monorail Larmanjat: Montfermeil station

Betin Aérotrain
A 1970s experimental air cushion train ran on an 18.5 km track, much of which remains. The remains of two of the vehicles are in the same shed in Saran as the remains of the SAFEGE monorail.
http://www.geocities.com/AMFMonorail/safege/
http://aernav.free.fr/Index.html
Photo essay by P.J. Skyman:
http://www.pjskyman.com/aerotrain.html

Aérotrain sculpture
A large sculpture by Georges Saulterre commemorating the Aérotrain has been installed on this roundabout. This looks like the base for it.
http://aernav.free.fr/Evenement/Saulterre/Saulterre.html

Aérotrain Gometz test track

Aérotrain: Gometz station
The main end of the first test track, which was 6.7 km long. Tests in December 1965, when only 1km of track was available, achieved speeds of 100kmh. The fastest speed acheived on this track was 422kmh in January 1969.

Aérotrain: Gometz test track
Probable other end of the first test track.

Aérotrain: Gometz test track
About as far as the track went for the December 1965 tests.

EDF Les Renardières
An experimental Aérotrain test track was built here. It included steep inclines, points etc.

Aérotrain: Domarville station
The northern end of the line.

Aérotrain: Chevilly station
This was the main complex associated with the Aérotrain. Only the platform remains, but there was a hangar at the northern end of the station, of which only the foundations are visible. There were workshops and offices here too.

Aérotrain: Saran station
The most southerly point of the test track.

Aérotrain

Châteauneuf-sur-Loire
The famous SAFEGE monorail test track, built in 1958, was near here. It featured in the 1966 film Fahrenheit 451.
Fan page with a good history (in French)

Cigoland
A 1km long monorail winds its way around this safari park and amusement park.
Cigoland website.
Video about the monorail.

Panissières Monorail
A Latigue system similar to that in Listowel, Ireland, was built between Panissières and Feurs in the late 19th century. Construction of the steep and winding route began in 1891 .
It does not appear to have gone into service.
http://panissieres.free.fr/panissieres/monorail.php

Feurs
One end of a 19th century monorail.

Panissières
One end of a 19th century monorail. A reproduction of one of the locomotives is located at the edge of town.
http://panissieres.free.fr/panissieres/2002_monorail.php

Panissières monorail

Saran
On a military base in Saran is a large shed containing the remains of the Aérotrain and SAFEGE monorail vehicles.

SAFEGE Livry-Gargan - Clichy-sous-Bois
In July 1964, a line to the north of Paris was proposed, running between Livry-Gargan and Clichy Sous Bois. The proposed route was 2870m long, had three stations, and would take 2 years to build.
There were two competing proposals: a conventional metro, running on viaducts, and the SAFEGE suspended monorail. In 1965, the SAFEGE solution was chosen, but the whole project was abandoned later that year when it was discovered the subsoil could support neither the pillars for the monorail nor the viaducts.
SAFEGE Transport history (in French).

SAFEGE Livry-Gargan - Clichy-sous-Bois

SAFEGE line 1

SAFEGE Charenton - Créteil
A line proposed by SAFEGE in 1965 as an alternative to extending the Paris Métro. It would be 3km long with stations every km. In the end, the Métro extension was built.

SAFEGE: Charenton Écoles station

SAFEGE: Créteil L'echat

SAFEGE line 2

Germany

Magnetbahn-Bayern
A proposed link between Munich Franz Josef Strauss airport and the city centre, using Transrapid technology. Eventually cancelled on cost grounds, despite the utter insufficiency of the trams.
Official website (auf Deutsch)

Magnetbahn-Bayern: Munich Hauptbahnhof

Magnetbahn-Bayern proposed route

Munich Franz Josef Strauss Airport

Berlin Zoological Gardens
August Scherl demonstrated his gyro-monorail here on Wednesday 10th November 1909.

Berlin M-Bahn
A short-lived experimental automatic train, which operated between 1989 and 1991. It was a maglev vehicle, though wheels were used to provide 25% of the support.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-Bahn

Berlin M-Bahn

Berlin M-Bahn: Kemperplatz station

Berlin M-Bahn: Bernberger Straße station

Berlin M-Bahn: Gleisdreieck station

Transrapid 06
Early 1980s maglev prototype on display outside the Deutsches Museum Bonn. There are exhibits inside relating to maglev technology, including a demonstration model track and train which visitors can play with.
Wikipedia entry (in German).

Eugen Langan's test tracks
Before he built his Dresden and Wuppertal Schwebebahns, Eugen Langan had a couple of test tracks in Cologne. A display at a funicular railway station in Dresden indicates that the first was a bicycle monorail system, derived from a design by Albert Charlier from tram manufacturer Van der Zypen & Charlier. In 2003, parts of the original track were discovered, in situ, in this building.
Later on, a full-size prototype was built
Photo of the extant track
A photo showing an exit built in the side of the building for the test Schwebebahn.
A close-up of the same.

ALWEG Fühlingen
ALWEG had two test tracks in this area between 1951 and 1967. The first was a 1:2.5 scale oval; the second a full scale track. The site was demolished in 1967 and the recreational lakes built. Very few traces remain today.
ALWEG COLOGNE FÜHLINGEN Development and Design Offices Construction Facilities / Test-Track at the ALWEG archives (in German and English
Die Alwegbahn (only in German)

ALWEG test track 1
A smaller-scale oval.

ALWEG test track 1

ALWEG Test Track 2
A full-scale track, with the famous road crossing.

ALWEG test track station

Cologne
An ALWEG monorail was proposed for the city in 1955.

H-Bahn Dortmund
Connecting the north and south campuses of the University of Dortmund, this 3km, 2 line Siemens system opened in 1984
Official website
Monorail Society page

H-Bahn Dortmund: train on track!

H-Bahn Dortmund: spur to Campus Nord

H-Bahn Dortmund

H-Bahn Dortmund: Campus Süd station

H-Bahn Dortmund: Eichlinghofen station

H-Bahn Dortmund: Campus Nord station

H-Bahn Dortmund: Frauenhofer-Institut Technologiezentrum station

H-Bahn Dortmund: Do-Universität S station

Schwebebahn Dresden
Nicknamed the "Blue Wonder", this claims to be the oldest suspension railway in the world. Work started in 1893, but it didn't open until 1903 (Wuppertal opened in 1901). Not a true monorail, even though the cars hang It's basically a suspended funicular railway, drawn by a cable.
There is an interesting museum at Oberloschwitz station, and some models in the transport museum in the city centre.
Some pictures
Detailed description (in German)

Schwebebahn Dresden

Schwebebahn Dresden: Oberloschwitz station

Schwebebahn Dresden: Loschwitz station

Verkehrsmuseum Dresden
Contains models and old vehicles from the Dreden Schwebebahn.

Schwebebahn Dresden Museum
A small but comprehensive museum containing all sorts of everything about the Schwebebahn.

Weiße Hirsch station
This station, at the top of a funicular railway, has a display of a bicycle monorail invented by Eugen Langan, of Schwebebahn fame, which ran on a test track in Cologne.

Sky-Train Düsseldorf
Driverless suspended monorail connecting the airport terminals with the railway station.
Description on airport website
Monorail Society page
Video.

Düsseldorf Sky-Train: depot

Düsseldorf Sky-Train: depot spur

Düsseldorf Sky-Train

Sky-Train Düsseldorf: Bahnhof Düsseldorf Flughafen station

Sky-Train Düsseldorf: Parkhaus 4 station

Sky-Train Düsseldorf: Terminal A-B station

Sky-Train Düsseldorf: Terminal C station

Europa-Park
Germany's largest theme park has two monorails: a large one, the EP-Express looping around the park conencting the different nationally-themed zones, and a smaller one in Chocoland.
Europa-Park website.
Driver's view video.

EP-Express: train on track?

Europa-Park Chocoland monorail

Chocoland monorail station

EP-Express: Griechenland station

EP-Express: Spanien station

EP-Express: Europa-Park Resort station

EP-Express

EP-Express: Haupteingang/Deutschland station
Main entrance and Deutschland

Frankfurt am Main
A two-line ALWEG system was proposed for Frankfurt in 1959. By 1961, the plan had expanded to five lines. The U-bahn was built instead.
Map showing the planned lines at Wikipedia.

Linie A: BB Heddernheim

Linie A: Niddabrüucke

Linie A: Am Weißen Stein

Linie A: Hügelstraße

Linie A: Am Dornbusch

Linie A: Adickesallee

Linie A: Grüneburgplatz

Linie A/B: Oper

Linie A/B: Platz der Republik

Linie A: Speyerer Straße

Linie A: Kriegkstraße

Linie A: Hornauer Straße

Linie A

Linie B: BB Bornheim

Linie B: Löwengasse

Linie B: Saalburgallee

Linie B: Habsburgerallee

Linie B: Zoo

Linie B: Konstablerwache

Linie B: Hauptwache

Linie B: Palmengarten

Linie B: Universität

Linie B: Messe

Linie B: Hauptbahnhof

Linie B: Gartenstraße

Linie B: Heimatsliedung

Linie B

Hamburg
An ALWEG monorail was proposed for this city in 1958 as an alternative to an underground railway.
Ist die Alweg-Bahn für Hamburg wirtschaftlich?—Hamburger Abendblatt article from Januwary 1958 summarising the pros and cons.

Magdeburg Panoramabahn
This monorail was originally built for the 1993 Internationalen Gartenschau-Ausstellung in Stuttgart, connecting the higher parts of Kiilesberg park with the exhibition in lower-lying areas. It had 5 stations at this point.
It was then dismantled in 1994 and re-appeared in 1997 when the Bundesgartenschau was held in Gelsenkirchen Nordsternpark. Again it came down, and found a new home here, in the Elbauenpark, where it has operated a 3km loop since 1999.
http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/Magde.html http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panoramabahn

Killesberg Park, Stuttgart
First home of the Magdeburg Panoramabahn, where it was a major attraction at an international garden show held here.

Nordsternpark, Gelsenkirchen
Former home of the Magdeburg Panoramabahn, which was part of the national garden festival held here in 1997.

Magdeburg Panoramabahn

Magdeburg Panoramabahn: Jahrtausandturm station

Magdeburg Panoramabahn: Seebühne station

Magdeburg Panoramabahn: train on track!

Phantasialand-Jet
A 6km monorail has wound its way around the park since 1974. The route finishes with a "magical time tunnel" through the "land of the dinosaurs".
http://www.phantasialand.de/phantasialand.html
http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/Phantasia.html

Phantasialand-Jet: tunnel section

Phantasialand-Jet: train on track!

Phantasialand-Jet

Phantasialand-jet: station

Transrapid Test Track

Transrapid depot spur

Transrapid Depot

Transrapid visitor centre

Transrapid test track

Schwebebahn Wuppertal
The oldest monorail operating as public transport in the world, opening in 1901.
Monorail Society Page
Film shot from the driver's cab when it was new.

Schwebebahn Wuppertal

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Vohwinkel station

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Hammerstein station

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Sonnborner Straße station

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Zoo/Stadion station

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Varresbeck station

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Westende station

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Pestalozzi Straße station

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Bruch station

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Ohligsmühle station

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Robert Daum Platz station

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Kluse station

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Hauptbahnhof station

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Loher Brücke station

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Völklinger Straße station

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Landgericht station

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Adlerbrücke station

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Wupperfeld station

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Alter Markt station

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Werther Brücke station

Schwebebahn Wuppertal: Oberbarmen station

Ireland

The Lartigue Monorailway
A claimant for first passenger monorail in the world (but really the sixth, or so), this railway opened on March 1st 1888 and ran between Listowel and Ballybunion until 1924. A modern reconstruction now runs on about 1km of track in a park which contains the remains of the original railway.
Old film of the original in action (YouTube)

Isle of Man

Monaglide Overground
A lightweight suspended monorail system proposed by Peel P50 inventor Cyril Cannell in 2007 to replace a railway closed in the 1960s. The idea died with him, and the documentation is in the Manx Transportation Museum.

Monaglide Overground: Douglas Station

Monaglide Overground

Monaglide Overground: Peel Station

Manx Transportation Museum
Materials about the Monaglide Overground system can be found here, and it appears to be in the same place that Peel Engineering, the company behind Monaglide, was based.

Italy

Turin 1961
A short ALWEG monorail was erected to transport visitors to a "Future of Italy" expo. Plans to extend it to Moncalieri did not come to fruition.
http://hometown.aol.com/alwegbahn/page3.html

Turin 1961: planned extension

Turin 1961

Turin 1961
Remains of the track, it appears.

Turin 1961:North Station
The former North Station of the monorail is a building of some architectural merit and is being converted for use as part of a children's hospital.

Mirabilandia Express
A theme park monorail
http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/Savio.html
http://www.mirabilandia.it/attrazioni_miraexpress_en.htm

Mirabilandia Express: station?

Mirabilandia Express

Mirabilandia Express: train on track

Mirabilandia Express station

Netherlands

RandstadRapid
A consortium consisting of Siemens Nederland, ABN AMRO, Koninklijke BAM Groep, Ballast Nedam and Fluor have proposed a Transrapid maglev to run between Schiphol, Amsterdam Centraal, and Almere. This is the first stage of a project which they hope would connect a number of major Dutch cities with an eventual route of (from approx SW to NE) Amersfoort - Utrecht - Rotterdam - Den Haag - Amsterdam - Almere - Lelystad.
RandstadRapid website.

RandstadRapid: phase 2

RandstadRapid: Leiden station

RandstadRapid: Den Haag station

RandstadRapid: Delft station

RandstadRapid: Rotterdam station

RandstadRapid: Gouda station

RandstadRapid: Utrecht (west) station

RandstadRapid: Utrecht (east) station

RandstadRapid: Amersfoort station

RandstadRapid: Lelystad station

RandstadRapid: phase 1

RandstadRapid: Amsterdam Schiphol station

RandstadRapid: station

RandstadRapid: Almere station

RandstadRapid: Almere east station

Avonturenpark Hellendoorn
Small fairground ride.
Park website.
Driver's view video.

Drievliet

Drievliet
Small amusement park monorail built in 1968. The park website claims it was the first monorail built in (continental?) Europe, which would surprise Monsieur Lartigue and Eugen Langer.
Photos on the official website.

Drievliet monorail

Russia

Schilkvsky Gyro Monorail: Petrograd
The Soviet government started work on a Schilovsky gyro monorail between Petrograd (St. Petersburg) and Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin). About 11 km of track were built before money ran out.
An account of Schilovsky's Gyrocar, with a description and pictures of the monorail at the foot of the page/

Schilovsky Gyro Monorail

Schilovsky Gyro Monorail: Tsarskoe Selo

Moscow Monorail
A new system built by Intamin and opened in 2004. The line is 5km long, and a 3km extension is planned.
http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/Moscow01.html
http://www.intamintransportation.com/news.asp

Moscow monorail: planned station

Moscow Monorail: planned extension

Moscow Monorail

Moscow Monorail: turning loop and depot

Moscow Monorail: Ulitsa Sergeya Eizenshteyna station

Moscow Monorail: Vystavochniy Centr station

Moscow Monorail: Ulitsa Akademika Korolyova station

Moscow Monorail: Telecentr station

Moscow Monorail: Ulitsa Milashenkova station

Moscow Monorail: Timiryazevskaya station

Moscow Monorail: turning loop

Spain

Barcelona Airport link
In the late 1960s, a monorail was proposed to link Bearcelona with its airport.

Sant Martí horse-drawn monorail
In 1880, lawyer Joan Marfà formed a company Tranvías Colgantes (Hanging Tram) and put forward a proposal for a horse-drawn suspended monorail in the Sant Martíi district of Barcelona. The plans were never realised.
El tranvía monoraíl de St Martí de Provençals. - detailed article in Spanish.

Expo 92 Monorail
Monorail built for the Expo 92 in Seville, and dismantled in 2006 after a fire. Probably a Von Roll system.
Panorama view
French site with pictures, including of the fire.

Expo 92: Monorail Station

Expo 92: Monorail Station?

Expo 92: Monorail depot

Expo 92 Monorail

El Magatzem de les Bruixes i els Bruixots, Tibidado

Tibidabo
Originally built in 1915, this suspended monorail still provides a spectacular ride through the Tibidado amusement park. Automatic operation was added in the 1970s, and the entire system was renovated in the 1990s. The current cars resemble a colourful flying carpet, and the ride has a magic and mythology theme.

Tibidabo

Plaza Imperial, Zaragoza
600m link between two halves of a shopping centre, opened in 2008. The trains were built by ISM Ingenieria y Servicios de Montana and the track by SENER.
SENER press release describing the project.
Monorail Society photo essay
Schweizer Electronic flyer describing the project (PDF)

Plaza Imperial station

Plaza Imperial monorail

Switzerland

Intamin AG
Manufacturer of monorails, both for public transportation and as fairground rides, based in Wollerau, Switzerland. The factory is in Germany.
Intamin built the Moscow monorail.
http://www.intamintransportation.com/

Swiss National Exposition 1964
The event, spread out along the shores of Lake Geneva, included a monorail. The monorail was dismantled after the event, and rebuilt in Montreal, Canada (or Blackpool, England, depending on who you believe).
An account of the event, with monorail picture:
http://members.cox.net/starview/swssfair.html
The track is very different from that at Blackpool, though the cars are similar.

Swissmetro
A project to develop an underground maglev running in low-pressure tunnels, perceived as particularly suitable for mountainous terrain. The company behind it is based in Bern.
http://www.swissmetro.ch/en/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swissmetro

Turkey

Istanbul monorail (Havaray)
A 3.1km proposal to relive traffic congestion. Construction is due to start in 2008 for completion in 2010. In a moment of utter genius, the monorail station car parks will be built on school playgrounds.
Article from Today's Zaman.

Tekray Monorail
A 1.5km monorail test track has been built at the Middle East Technical University. It will eventually become a peoplemover serving the university.
Tekray website (in Turkish).

Ukraine

Chernobyl tourist attraction
Architect Arina Ageeva thinks the Chernobyl area is now safe enough to consider turning it into a tourist attraction, and the plans include a monorail.
English-language information at English Russia
Original Russian language article, with many more monorail illustrations.

United Kingdom

Alton Towers
The monorail connecting a distant car park with the main entrance was brought from the Expo 86 site in Vancouver, Canada.

Alton Towers monorail

Alton Towers: Park entrance station

Alton Towers: car park station

Beaulieu Monorail
A monorail connects the National Motor Museum with Palace House in a loop. The track actually passes through the museum building.
Yet another monorail which claims to be the first in England, but it was only built on this site in 1974. It is said to have come from a Butlins camp, but it might be that it was done by the same people who did the Butlins ones, as both those monorails ran into the 1990s. The Butlins Memories forum discusses the matter.
Wikipedia page
YouTube video.

Beaulieu Monorail: South station
Serving Beaulieu Palace and Abbey.

Beaulieu Monorail: Motor Museum building

Beaulieu monorail

Birmingham International Airport Maglev
A short 600m connection between the airport terminal and railway station operated from 1984-1995, until obsolescence led to its replacement with a cable-drawn system.
Wikipedia article on maglevs, mentioning it.
Video by CityTransport.info

Railworld, Peterborough
Displays include a car from the Birmingham Airport maglev and the RTV31 Tracked Hovercraft vehicle.

Birmingham International Airport Maglev

Birmingham International Airport Maglev: Railway station

Birmingham International Airport Maglev: Airport terminal station

Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Allegedly built for the Swiss National Exposition in Lausanne in 1964 (though a monorail in Montreal has a much stronger claim to being that particular one), the monorail was bought and moved to Blackpool. Opened in 1967, this is claimed to be Britian's first commercial monorail, but Butlin's in Skegness had a monorail in 1962. It cost £100,000 to build and has four trains of different types. Which ones operate depends on the weather.
The monorail was upgraded in early 2004 with a new digital drive control system.
YouTube video (loud!)

Blackpool Pleasure beach monorail

Blackpool Pleasure Beach: monorail station

Blackpool Pleasure Beach: Horseshoe monorail station

Brennan Gyro-Monorail
In 1909, a car using gyroscopes to balance on a single rail was demonstrated at the Brennan Torpedo Factory in Gillingham, Kent. The idea was not developed due to fears over what would happen if a gyro failed.

Brentford monorail
A proposal from 2002 to link a number of sites, including a new stadium for Brentford FC. Nothing more has been heard of it since, and Omally was unavailable for comment.
Press release on Brentford FC website.

Brentford monorail
A guess at the route

Brentford Monorail: Western International Markets station

Brentford Monorail: Osterley station

Brentford Monorail: Kew Bridge/Brentford FC station

Brighton Bullet
A proposed monorail which would run alongside the beach connecting major attractions. The first stage would run from Brighton Marina to the pier, but the proposal seems unlikely to happen, as the council prefer to try and fit buses into the congested streets instead.

Brighton Bullet, stage 1

Brighton Bullet: Brighton Pier

Brighton Bullet: Brighton Marina

Butlins monorails
A couple of the famous holiday camps had monorails, which ran from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Butlins Monorails at Butlins Memories.

Butlin's, Skegness
Monorail opened in 1962 (or maybe 1965) and demolished in 2003. See http://www.butlinsmemories.com/21/id4.htm for demolition photographs.

Butlins Minehead
Holiday camp which had a monorail, built in 1967 and closed in 1996 after an accident. It was demolished in 1998.

The Cheshunt Railway
A horse-drawn monorail to carry bricks was opened in 1825, and carried passengers at its opening, making it the world's first passenger monorail. The design was the same one by Henry Robinson Palmer as used at Deptford.

Chessington World of Adventures: Safari Skyway
A theme park and zoo with a single station monorail giving a view of the animals. There are lots and lots of trains on the track, so where's the depot hiding?
Official website.
YouTube video.

Safari Skyway: station

Safari Skyway

Chester Zoo Zoofari monorail
A small monorail running anti-clockwise around the zoo, providing a bird's-eye view of the animals. Built by CPM in 1991.
Fares and details from the Zoo's website

Chester Zoo Zoofari: train on track!

Chester Zoo Zoofari: Monkey Island station

Chester Zoo Zoofari: Jubilee Square station
Complete with a train.

Chester Zoo Zoofari

Cleethorpes Pleasure Island
This theme park has both an "electric monorail" and a bicycle monorail for the more energetic.

Pleasure Island: Bicycle monorail?

Pleasure Island: Electric monorail station

Pleasure Island: Electric Monorail

Deptford 1824
A human-powered monorail, to a design patented by Henry Robinson Palmer in 1821, was built at the naval Victualing Yards in 1824. A horse-drawn version was later built at Cheshunt. This is acknowledged to be the world's first monorail.

Gateshead Garden Festival 1990
A monorail with caterpillar trains was built by Severn-Lamb for this event. It ran between Norwood and Eslington.
Severn-Lamb monorails, and gallery.
Video of Garden Festival transportation. Monorail coverage runs from 4:20 to 9:30, but there are some cool old trams too.

The George Bennie Airspeed Railway
a.k.a. the Bennie Railplane, this remarkable suspended monorail ran on a 130yd (120m) straight track, and forward propulsion was by means of propellers. The test track was officially opened on 8th July 1930, and plans were made for a line between Glasgow and Edinburgh. None of this came to pass. Bennie was declared bankrupt in 1937, but the railplane track could be seen for another 20 years until it was sold for scrap.

The George Bennie Airspeed Railway

George Bennie Airspeed Railway

Greater Birmingham Monorail
A proposal to link Birmingham New Street with the airport put forward early in 2009.
Plans for a monorail between New Street and Birmingham airport—Birmingham Post, 20th January 2009.

Greater Birmingham Monorail: Airport station

Greater Birmingham Monorail

Greater Birmingham Monorail: New Street Station

Gulliver's World
A chain of family entertainment parks, with rides aimed at children. All three parks include a suspended cycle monorail ride. Should go some way to relieving childhood obesity.
The company also operates an eco-park in Milton Keynes, which opened in May 2007. Stage 2 plans for this park feature a monorail linking it with Gulliver's Land nearby.

Gulliver's Land, Milton Keynes
Cycle monorail ride.
Official web site.

Gulliver's Land cycle monorail

Gulliver's Land and Gulliver's eco-park
A monorail will link the two parks, as well as travelling around the eco-park.

Gulliver's Eco-park monorail station

Gulliver's Kingdom, Matlock Bath
Suspended cycle monorail ride in theme park.
Official web site.

Gulliver's World, Warrington
This family entertainment park includes a suspended cycle monorail ride!
Official web site.

Gulliver's World cycle monorail

Hotchkiss's Patent Bicycle Railroad
A rather bizarre construction imported from the US and erected in Great Yarmouth in the late 1890s by Blackpool Pleasure Beach founder William George Bean. The Guardian describes it:
Bean brought a selection of merry-go-rounds and a pedal-bike monorail called Hotchkiss's Patent Bicycle Railroad, which he installed in Great Yarmouth, the Norfolk resort where his daughter was born. [Link]
The system consisted of two concentric loops, approximately 75m in diameter. Each bicycle could hold up to two people and a ride cost 2d. It spent 14 years in Great Yarmouth, and it was moved to a pleasure ground in Huddersfield in 1909. It was still there in 1936.
Great Yarmouth Mercury article, with photos.
A picture of the inventor and his railroad.

Hull Skyrail
A campaign for a monorail in Hull which seems to have fizzled.

Manchester
There have been a couple of proposals for monorails in the city. Neither of them came to anything. The UK Ultraspeed project also proposes stations in the area.

1960s Manchester monorail proposal
A Taylor-Woodrow proposal in 1966 was to link Manchester Airport and Middleton by monorail.
http://www.manchestercivic.org.uk/forum/33/F33_01.pdf

Trafford Centre link
A monorail was among a number of proposals to link the Trafford Centre shopping mall with nearby light rail. Nothing has come of it.
http://www.gmltp.co.uk/pdfs/ProvGMLTP/annex9_18.pdf

Merry Hill monorail
A Von Roll monorail opened in 1991 to serve a shopping centre, but closed in 1996 due to a disagreement with the company that owned the land, and concerns about evacuating such an elevated structure. The track and rolling stock were moved to Australia, where they will be used to expand the Oasis Shopping Centre monorail in Broadbeach, Queensland.
The remains of stations and parts of the track can still be seen.
The Merry Hill Monorail, part 1, a video by CityTransport.info on YouTube.
The Merry Hill Monorail, part 2.
A few pictures of it can be seen here: http://www.bescot.plus.com/misc.htm

Merry Hill monorail

Merry Hill monorail: Waterfront West station
The foundations of this station appear to still be in place.

Merry Hill monorail: Central station
This station, and some of the track, is still in place.

Merry Hill monorail: Times Square station
Remains of the station can be seen here.

Merry Hill Monorail: Boulevard station
The remains of the foundations are still visible.

Portsmouth
Plans for a monorail in Portsmouth have been spiked, despite 100% private sector funding being in place. The proposal is now to spend public money squeezing in trams, which the Transport Secretary will undoubtedly cancel at the earliest opportunity!

Preston monorail
The Chief Executive of Preston Council has proposed a monorail to connect a new shopping area in the city, inspired by the Sydney monorail. The Chamber of Trade seems quite enthusiastic.
Preston council chief proposes monorail service

Rhyl Monorail
Briefly, for one season, in the 1970s, Rhyl had an impressively futuristic monorail running from the town centre to the seaside attractions, or maybe along the seafront.
A picture:
Reminisciences:
http://235club.org.uk/forum/archive/index.php?t-650.html

Rhyl Suncentre
An indoor pool and leisure centre featuring a suspended monorail.
http://www.rhylsuncentre.co.uk/

Tracked Hovercraft
An experimental high speed train developed during the 1960s. It combined two British inventions, the hovercraft and linear induction motor, in an effort to produce a train system that would provide 250 mph inter-city service with lowered capital costs compared to other high-speed solutions. Substantially similar to the French Aérotrain, Tracked Hovercraft suffered a similar fate when it was cancelled as a part of wide budget cuts in 1973.
Tracked Hovercraft at Wikipedia

RTV 31 "hangar"

RTV31 test track

Tracked Hovercraft footings
Three footings and the ghost of a fourth can be seen here.

RTV31 vehicle
On display at Railworld

Tyne Tunnel monorail
A Kearney proposal from 1922 to link North and South Shields via a monorail running in a tunnel. The necessary bill passed the first reading in parliament but fell on the second in 1926.

UK Ultraspeed
A proposal for a 500km/h maglev system linking Scotland with Heathrow Airport, using Transrapid technology. A "local" maglev linking Edinburgh and Glasgow is also proposed, as well as a "Thames Gateway" link (connecting to Channel Tunnel services), and between Newcastle and Liverpool.
Instead, the government has opted for a conventional high-speed train line covering the vast distance between London and Birmingham. People in Scotland will continue to fly for the forseeable future.

UK Ultraspeed: Thames Gateway station

UK Ultraspeed: London Heathrow Airport

UK Ultraspeed: M1/M25 Parkway station

UK Ultraspeed: Birmingham International Airport

UK Ultraspeed: Wolverhampton station

UK Ultraspeed: Manchester Airport

UK Ultraspeed: Glasgow station

UK Ultraspeed: Edinburgh Turnhouse Airport

UK Ultraspeed: Edinburgh Parkway station

UK Ultraspeed: Newcastle Airport

UK Ultraspeed: Newcastle/Gateshead station

UK Ultraspeed: Tees Valley Parkway station

UK Ultraspeed: Leeds station

UK Ultraspeed: West Yorkshire Parkway station

UK Ultraspeed: East Manchester station

UK Ultraspeed: Liverpool John Lennon Airport

UK Ultraspeed: Thames Gateway link

UK Ultraspeed: main trunk

UK Ultraspeed: Liverpool link

London
Various visions for the capital.

London Airport link
In the late 1950s, monorail was proposed as a link between central London and London Airport (now Heathrow). A visit was made to the ALWEG test track in Cologne, and a proposal was put forward by a British company, Air-Rail Ltd., for monorail cars that could leave their tracks and run directly to aircraft.
Parliamentary Question to the Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation regarding the monorail proposal. 23rd January 1958
Jetzt auch Weichen auf der Alweg-Bahn—German language article metioning the visit to ALWEG by the British delegation.
Twenty minutes to L.A.P.?—Flight article about the proposal [PDF]

MonoMetro 2012
An ambitious proposal for a Schwebebahn type network spanning London. The inventor claims it is not a monorail, but the usual cliché about ducks applies.
Monometro web site

MonoMetro: Olympia loop

MonoMetro: Heathrow to Southall

MonoMetro: Uxbridge to Putney

MonoMetro: Shepherd's Bush station

MonoMetro: Ealing Broadway station

MonoMetro: Uxbridge station

MonoMetro: Heathrow to Liverpool Street

MonoMetro: Liverpool Street station

MonoMetro: Holborn station

MonoMetro: Marble Arch station

MonoMetro: Kensington High Street station

MonoMetro: Kensington Olympia station

MonoMetro: Hammersmith station

MonoMetro: Heathrow Terminal 5 station

MonoMetro: Heathrow Terminal 4 station

MonoMetro: Heathrow Terminals 1-3 station

The Mono-Rail Tramway, Canvey Island
Operational between 1901 and 1904, this horse-drawn monorail took tourists from Benfleet Ferry to the new pier, via the Winter Gardens. It was part of an attempt to massively develop the tourist potential of the Island by Frederick Hester.
The monorail was similar to a horse-drawn version of the Patalia State Monorail, with the horse walking to the side of the track, which was a single rail at ground level. There seem to have been three vehicles - a covered wagon, a similar one open to the elements and one which was like a bench on which passengers sat with their backs to the horse.
Plans were in place to replace it with an electric tram when the whole scheme went bust.
Canvey Island Archive, with pictures, ephemera, maps and lots of information.
Beyond the Point Monorail Walk, retracing the route.

Mono-Rail Tramway: Benfleet Ferry terminus

Mono-Rail Tramway: Pier Terminus

Mono-Rail Tramway: Winter Gardens

Mono-Rail Tramway