zabadoh@ani.social to Trams, Trolleys and Streetcars@lemmy.blahaj.zone · edit-23 months agoFujisawa Shonan Monorail, Japanani.socialimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up155arrow-down1imageFujisawa Shonan Monorail, Japanani.socialzabadoh@ani.social to Trams, Trolleys and Streetcars@lemmy.blahaj.zone · edit-23 months agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
The Fujisawa Shonan Monorail that runs between the Shonan Station and the Ofuna Station. See a clip of it moving here
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months agoCalling a schwebebahn a monorail is quality trolling.
minus-squarehsdkfr734rlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoTo be fair, it is not really floating. Hanging maybe. Hängebahn?
minus-squarezabadoh@ani.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months ago“Monorail” is literally what this particular system is named in Japanese katakana. Other suspension track systems in Japan also have “monorail” in their names. According to Wikipedia, suspension railway systems are a subset of monorail systems. The Schwebebahn systems in Germany were the first of these.
Calling a schwebebahn a monorail is quality trolling.
To be fair, it is not really floating. Hanging maybe. Hängebahn?
“Monorail” is literally what this particular system is named in Japanese katakana.
Other suspension track systems in Japan also have “monorail” in their names.
According to Wikipedia, suspension railway systems are a subset of monorail systems. The Schwebebahn systems in Germany were the first of these.