Genting Monorail | |
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Overview | |
Owner | Genting Group |
Locale | Genting Highlands |
Transit type | straddle-beam monorail (Steel-tracked). |
Number of lines | 1 |
Number of stations | 2 |
Operation | |
Began operation | 1994 |
Ended operation | 1 July 2013 |
Operator(s) | Genting Highlands |
Number of vehicles | 5 working gondolas |
Technical | |
System length | 1 km |
Average speed | 1 m/s (3.6 km/h) |
Genting Monorail was the first monorail service in Malaysia and a former theme park monorail service at Genting Highlands, which was designed to look like a caterpillar. The trains of the monorail were used at the Dutch Floriade in 1992, before they were sold to the Malaysian theme park and operated from 1994 until 1 July 2013. [1] [2] It is a steel-tracked or straddle-beam monorail service with a 1-km long track, 5 working gondolas with an average speed of 1 m/s (3.6 km/h) and 2 stations. [3]
3°25′26.2″N 101°47′37.4″E / 3.423944°N 101.793722°E