BY:AMIT AGGARWAL & LAKSHAY DEV

IT IS A RAILROAD IN WHICH THE TRACK CONSISTS OF A SINGLE RAIL,TYPICALLY ELEVATED,WITH THE TRAINS SUSPENDED FROM IT OR BALANCING ON IT. MONORAILS ARE LIGHT TRANSIT PUBLIC SYSTEM, SIMILAR TO A TRAIN,CARRIAGES RUN ON A SINGLE RAIL,HENCE MONORAIL,AND ARE DRIVEN BY ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE.

THE FIRST ELECTRIFIED MONORAIL WAS INVENTED BY RONALD J. RILEY. RONALD J. RILEY WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 11 IN MICHIGAN,U.S.,IN 1950. HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF RILEY AND ASSOCIATES,INC.

MONORAILS IN INDIA ARE GENERALLY CONSIDERED AS FEEDER SYSTEM FOR THE METRO.THE MUMBAI MONORAIL WILL BE THE FIRST MONORAIL IN INDIA.

THE THIRUVANATHAPURAM MONORAIL IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WILL START OPERATING IN 2016. MANY OTHER INDIAN CITIES HAVE MONORAIL PROJECTS, AS A FEEDER SYSTEM TO THE METRO, IN DIFFERENT PHASES OF METRO ARE:-

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MUMBAI MONORAIL THRIVANAT HAPURAM MONORAIL CHENNAI MONORAIL

CITY
MUMBAI THRIVANAT HAPURAM CHENNAI

OPENING YEAR
2012 2014

SYSTEM LENGTH(KM)
20 22.50

NUMBER OF LINES
2 2

2016

57

BANGLURU MONORAIL
DELHI MONORAIL INDORE MONORAIL KANPUR MONORAIL

BANGLURU
DELHI INDORE KANPUR 2017

60
90

3
6

63

KOLKATA MONORAIL
KOZHIKODE MONORAIL NAVI MUMBAI MONORAIL PATNA MONORAIL

KOLKATA
KOZHIKODE NAVI MUMBAI PATANA 2015 2013

63
72 35

2
1 2

38

PUNE MONORAIL
AIZAWL MONORAIL

PUNE

52
2015 5

2
1

AIZAWL

INDIAS FIRST PROJECT STARTED IN MUMBAI.

OF

MONORAIL

WAS

COMPLETED ITS FIRST TEST RUN FROM WADALA TO BHAKTI PARK IN MUMBAI ON 18 FEBUARY 2012(LENGTH IS 4.3 KM). BUILD TO PROVIDE MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM TO THE PEOPLE.

IT WAS BEING CONTRACTED BY THE MUMBAI METROPOLITAN REGION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY(MMRDA).

IT DOES NOT POLLUTE,UNLIKE CARS AND BUSES. THERE IS NO RISK OF CARS,GETTING SRUCK ON CROSSINGS.IT REDUCES THE RISK FOR PEDESTRAINS.

THE SYSTEM REQUIRES LESS MAINTAINANCE THAN A ROAD OR A TRAIN TRACK.

THE MONORAIL CAN RUN WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM OTHER TRAFFIC. CREATING LESS NOISE AND VIBRATION. ANY

NOT COMPATIBEL WITH ANY OTHER TYPE OF RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE. IN A EMERGENCY,PASSENGERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY EXIT. IF A SECTION OF TRACK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN RESULTING IN NO SERVICE RATHER THAN REDUCED SERVICE. IT IS A COSTLY AFFAIR.

MONORAIL CAN GO IN CONGESTED SHORT STREETS. MONORAIL CAN BE BUILT FASTER WITH LESS COST THAN METRO RAIL.

METRO RAIL CANNOT GO IN BUSY,OVERCROWDED STREETS. METRO RAIL NEEDS MORE TIME TO BUILT IN COMPARISON TO MONORAIL AND IT IS MORE COSTLY. METRO RAIL CAN TRAVEL AT 80KMPH SPEED. METRO RAIL TRAVELS IN DUAL TRACKS.

MONORAIL CAN GO AT 85KMPH SPEED.

MONORAIL TRAVELS IN SINGLE TRACK.

MONORAIL CAN CARRY 700 PEOPLE AT ATIME.

IT CONSUMES MINIMUM SPACE.

METRO RAIL CAN CARRY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

IT CONSUMES SPACE MORE THAN MONORAIL.

MONORAIL

METRO RAIL

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METRORAIL