Walt Disney World Monorail System

"Please stand clear of the doors" ; "Por favor mantengase alejado de las puertas"

Well it looks like WDW Transportation got the go ahead to get the 12th monorail back in service. They will be re-building two cabs with old and new parts, and using the 6 passenger cars that have been repaired from the accident in 2009.

Maintenance Spur completed. This will be used to store one of the tow tractor vehicles on the Epcot line.

The twelfth monorail will be going thru its testing phase and will be back online in the fall. It will have the color designation of PEACH.

Each train has eight electric motors operating on 600 volts DC to produce 112 hp each

The max speed Disney allows is 40mph, it can do 45 before the sensor shuts it down

The monorail have been using nitrogen in their tires since the accident of 85

Mark IV trains began transit service at the Walt Disney World Resort in 1971. When Epcot was added to the resort in 1982, a new loop was added with additional trains. By 1989, most of the Mark IV's had traveled around 67,500 miles each year. Having accomplished nearly ten million miles of travel with a reliability rate of 99.9% in eighteen-hour-a-day operations, it was time for a new set of trains. Bombardier, licensed by the Walt Disney Company, improved the design and debuted 12 new Mark VI trains beginning in 1989.

The different models of the monorails over the years of the two US parks

The Mark I built by Alweg

Disneyland, CA 1959 - 1961 One blue and red monorail

3 car configuration

The Mark II built by Alweg

Disneyland, CA 1961 - 1969 the two original monorails lengthened by one car (4 cars) plus one yellow added to the system

The Mark III built by WED/WDI

Disneyland, CA 1969 - 1987 four brand new monorails with 5 cars each (137')

The Mark IV built by Martin Marietta

Walt Disney World, FL 1971 - 1988/91

5 (171') and 6 (201') car configurations

(two of these monorails were reworked for the Las Vegas system until the new model was built. They now sit rotting away)

The Mark V rebuilt by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm

Designed by WDI

Disneyland, CA 1989 - 2008/09

The Mark VI built by Bombardier

Walt Disney World 1989 - present

6 car configuration (206.5')

The Mark VII built by Dynamic Structures

Designed by WDI, Burke Design, & TPI Composites

Disneyland, CA 2008/09 - present

TRONORAIL (these have been removed now 6-2011)

For the new Tron movie coming out 2010

Monorail being used as a cargo truck as Hurricane Frances gets closer 09-03-2004 (monorails did not come back
online for three days)

Monorail leaving the Contemporary lobby. The monorail is ideal for groups looking to reach the conference
building which also resides in the Contemporary.

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Purple - retired - parts used to rebuild Teal
Black
Gold
Silver
Coral
Lime
Pink - retired - parts used to build Teal

The Mark IV's monorails were retired for numerous reasons. Guest capacity, aging fleet, a/c issues, and the big reason, safety.

Mark IV near the Contemporary before they built the conference center - 1971

An interesting bit of trivia here. When Las Vegas decided to build a monorail system they used two refurbished WDW Mark IV monorails before their own were completed

the monorails at this park are not very tall at all, duck or you'll see stars.

A bit of a rust problem right next to the monorail. The old people mover track....or rocket rods as they were called before closing it forever.

The Tokyo Monorail was built (2001) by a Japanese company (to their transportation standards and hold 571 passengers)

(remember Disneyland Tokyo is not fully owned by Disney, its a franchise owned by the Oriental Land Company, so things are done a bit different there)

HK Disneyland does not have it's own monorail system within the park. Instead the MTR has a spur with added service within it's mass transit system.

As you can see in the picture they did make sure it would blend in with Disney.

The MTR train on the Sunny Bay station- Not a monorail but at least they have something.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing some of the pics I have taken or collected. I have thousands more but will add more as always.

I want to thank all the cast members (past and present) that have helped on the site.


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