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[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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 42 points 7 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 16 points 7 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@szmer.info 4 points 7 months ago

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

I would love to ride this.

[-] Fal@yiffit.net 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Mono = one
Rail = rail

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