Week 4 - 26 March 2013 – Sydney Monorail


26 March 2013 – Sydney Monorail

The Metro Monorail of Sydney City connects Darling Harbour, Chinatown and the Sydney central business and shopping districts. There are eight stations with the total length of 3.6 kilometres of track, with four trains working every day except Christmas. Although this type of transportation will soon be taking down, it used to contribute this city a lot. First of all, monorail requires minimal both vertical and horizontal space. Secondly, as the length of monorail is smaller than traditional elevated rails, it is more attractive than it. And it only blocks a minimal amount of sky. Thirdly, it is much quieter than other trains as it uses rubber wheels on a concrete track. Fourthly, the speed and safety of monorail is much higher than the traditional ones. Lastly, the cost of build and maintain the monorail is much less than underground metro system. However, it also has some negative effects. The most important point is it needs its own guide way, and the footprint is very small and useless. In summary, monorail used to bring a lot of benefits to this city, due to many reasons, it will be taken down.

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