About:
- Monorail can be described as a railway or vehicles travelling on such a railway of which the track consists of a single rail. It is typically elevated, but they can also run at grade, below grade or in subway tunnels.
- Monorails are mostly used in airport transfers and medium capacity metros.
Monorail vs Metro Rail:
Monorail and metro rail are two popular forms of transport in the world today. They are both railways and are capable of transporting large numbers of people at once. However, they are different from one another.
- Metro rail uses two rails to run. Monorail only uses one.
- In terms of capacity, metro rail can carry more people as compared to monorail.
- Metro rail is much faster than the monorail.
- Monorail consumes minimal space as a result of its smaller size. Thus, Monorails can travel even in short, congested streets whereas Metro Rail is not able to travel in overcrowded, busy streets.
