Monorail
50 million
people use the monorail each year, making this world’s busiest
monorail system in the world.
337 individual track beams were used on the original monorail loop
that consisted of the resort hotels and Magic Kingdom. Each track
beam is 85 to 110 feet in length, and weighs 55 tons.
3 monorails were in operation on opening day in 1971, they were
orange, green, and gold.
$1,000,000 per mile is the estimate cost to build the monorail
system back in the 1970's cost.
12 Mark VI monorails trains are in service today each train is
identified by a color, the following colored trains are still in
service, black, blue, coral, gold, green, lime, orange, pink,
purple, red, silver, and yellow.
6 cars per every Mark VI monorail train.
203’ 6” is the overall length of the Mark VI Monorail trains. With
a height of 10 feet 10.5 inches tall.
124 tires are on each train of Mark VI monorail train and can carry
360 passengers.
300-372 guests are the capacity of a Mark VI 6-car monorail.
15 miles is the total length of monorail track at WDW
4,200 feet of track was originally installed, and has been expanded
since that original track was installed.
171 feet is the total length of a 5 car monorail train.
201 feet is the total length of a 5 car monorail train.
50 miles per hour is the maximum speed of the monorail, but they
typically don’t exceed 40 miles per hour.
50 tons is the gross weight of an empty 6-car monorail train.
14 monorail trains are currently used; they include (1 five-car
train, 9 old 6-car trains and 4 Mark VI six-car trains).
10 selections are on the Monorail Master Control Unit (MCU), 5
forward, 1 center, and 4 back. The 5 forward positions are
propulsion selections labeled P-1 through P-5. They correspond to
speed traveled as follows: P-1- 15 mph, P-2= 20 mph, P-3= 25 mph,
P-4= 30 mph, P-5= 40 mph. The 4 back are labeled B-1 to B4; they
correspond to breaking the higher the number the harder the brakes.
The 1 center is a neutral.
8 electric motors are on each monorail train.
113 horsepower are delivers from each monorail motor.
600 volts of DC power is generated from each electric motor.
99.9% up time for the monorail system. Each train is strict
maintenance schedule to keep these running as well as they
do.
4 million plus miles is the approximate total miles the monorail
has traveled since 1971.
200,000 use the monorail each day between Epcot, Magic Kingdom and
the 3 Resorts
26 inches is the width on the Monorail track
40 MPH is the average speed of the Monorail
77,427 feet is the total track length
10,000 guests ride per hour
65 feet is the highest point of the track
300 guests can ride on the Mark IV monorail
400 beams were used to construct the original track
110 feet long is each section (beam) of track
1 million dollars were need to extend the monorail in
1982