Nevada

(Monorail Capital of the US)


Circus Circus' monorail monorail
Dopplemeyer's new Mirage Hotel tram, opened 1999

Las Vegas

Current "systems" include the Bellagio-Monte Carlo tram, the Circus Circus monorail, the MGM-Bally's monorail, the Mandalay Bay Dopplemeyer shuttle, the Primmadonna's 2 APM's, and Masquerade Village's Show in the Sky.  In 2004, a 3.9 mile seven station monorail built and run by Bombardier will open, taking passengers between 8 properties and the Las Vegas Convention Center. A 4.8 km extension of the still being constructed monorail to downtown was approved in 2002.
 

  • Las Vegas Monorail Company
  • Monte Carlo Hotel APM 2400 foot dual lane monorail
  • Mirage Hotel APM
  • Dopplemeyr's Las Vegas APM project
  • Light Rail Vs. Monorail - The Las Vegas Transportation Wars
  • Monorails.org's Las Vegas monorail page
  • KVBC-TV/Channel-3  Las Vegas's Tom Hawley has a really cool page on fixed guideway systems in Nevada
  • Transportation in Las Vegas
  • Rail technology's report on the Mandalay Bay peoplemover
  • Article regarding the possible 2004 expansion of the current monorail project

    • Tahoe

    Home of the mysterious subway ski lift. If anyone has any photos of this rare bird, please email me!