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Old Posted May 24, 2011, 3:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Cirrus View Post
No, it's not. Compared to light rail monorails offer no discernable operational advantage, are considerably more expensive, and much less flexible.
Pretty sure they can climb grades better than LRT, which is why monorail is used rather than railed HRT in Chongqing.
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