• ComradeSharkfucker
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    8 months ago

    Fucking love the concept of monorail tbh. Why does everyone shit on it? (I’ve never actually been on a monorail)

    • @alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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      428 months ago

      They accomplish the same thing as a train, while being more expensive, easier to kill via vendor lock, and more expensive to expand.

      They do have a place similar to guided buses, when you need an elevated rail, but have too many hills for steel on steel.

    • @chuckleslord@lemmy.world
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      168 months ago

      Monorail takes all of the concepts of trains, makes it harder to implement, places a max speed on it, and introduces a thousand more little complexities. Just build trains.

    • @Ludrol
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      48 months ago

      Photo of Gyroscopically balanced monorail (1909) by Brennan and Scherl

      I would love to ride this.