suspended monorail

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• Monorail — For other meanings, see Monorail (disambiguation). Moscow Monorail in Russia A monorail is a rail based transportation system based on a single rail, which acts as its sole support and its guideway. The term is also used variously to describe the …   Wikipedia

• Monorail history — The term monorail or industrial monorail is used to describe any number of transport systems in which a chair or carrier is suspended from, or rides on, an overhead rail structure. Unlike the well known duo rail system, there are many rail guided …   Wikipedia

• Monorail de Chiba — Chiba Urban Monorail Situation Chiba, Japon Type Monorail Entrée en service …   Wikipédia en Français

• monorail — [män′ə rāl΄] n. 1. a single rail serving as a track for cars suspended from it or balanced on it 2. a railway with such a track …   English World dictionary

• List of monorail systems — Monorail systems have been built in many countries around the world, many of them on elevated tracks through crowded areas that would otherwise require the construction of expensive underground lines or have the disadvantages of surface lines.… …   Wikipedia

• monorail — /mon euh rayl /, n. 1. a single rail functioning as a track for wheeled vehicles, as railroad or other cars, balanced upon or suspended from it. 2. a railroad or other transportation system using such a rail. 3. a vehicle traveling on such a rail …   Universalium

• monorail — mon·o·rail || mÉ‘nəʊreɪl / mÉ’ n. railroad on a one railed track, suspended railroad (from one rail); one rail track …   English contemporary dictionary

• monorail — noun a railway in which the track consists of a single rail, typically elevated and with the trains suspended from it …   English new terms dictionary

• monorail — mon•o•rail [[t]ˈmɒn əˌreɪl[/t]] n. 1) trs rai a single rail functioning as a track for wheeled vehicles, as railroad cars, balanced upon or suspended from it 2) trs rai a transportation system using such a rail • Etymology: 1895–1900 …   From formal English to slang

• monorail — n. a railway in which the track consists of a single rail, usu. elevated with the train units suspended from it …   Useful english dictionary

• Chiba Urban Monorail — 千葉都市モノレール Info Locale 　Chiba, Chiba Prefecture Transit type …   Wikipedia