- Minirail
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Not to be confused with Expo Express.
The blue line exiting the Ontario pavilion, at right
The minirail entering the Ontario pavilionThe Minirail was an automated monorail system at Expo 67 in Montreal. The six-mile-long people mover system was composed of two separate loops. A shorter track, which remains in service, takes riders through the LaRonde amusement park. The longer and now-defunct Blue Line ran through the world's fair on both Saint Helen's Island and Île Notre-Dame, at one point passing through the Ontario pavilion as well as the geodesic dome of the United States Pavilion.[1][2]
Passengers rode in open cars that could each carry a maximum of 12 persons.[3]
Production
The Minirail incorporated track and rolling stock from the 1964 Swiss National Exhibition in Lausanne, supplemented by new cars from the manufacturer, Von Roll.[4][5][6] Other rolling stock and rail from Lausanne were purchased by the Blackpool Pleasure Beach.[7]
References
- ^ Michael McClelland & Graeme Stewart, ed (26 October 2007). Concrete Toronto: A Guide to Concrete Architecture from the Fifties to the Seventies. Coach House Books. pp. 107-109. ISBN 978-1552451939. http://books.google.ca/books?id=rqIay255ad0C&pg=PA109&dq=mini+rail+expo&hl=en&ei=SsG-ToLkM8XW0QGE25TGBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=mini%20rail%20expo&f=false.
- ^ "USA PAVILION AT EXPO video newsreel film". Newsreel. British Pathe. http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=44754. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ "Item - Expo 1967 - Mini-Rail". Saskatchewan Archival Information Network. http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/items/index.php/expo-1967-mini-rail;rad.
- ^ "Le monorail" (in French). Exposition nationale de Lausanne 1964. City of Lausanne. http://www.lausanne.ch/view.asp?docId=24956&domId=63937&Language=E. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ Gold, John Robert; Margaret M. Gold. Cities of Culture. Ashgate Publishing. p. 122. ISBN 978-1840142853. http://books.google.ca/books?id=StyJsEnqgd0C&pg=PA122&dq=expo+67+mini+rail&hl=en&ei=mxu-Tr_rCKbk0QHg5Yn5BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=expo%2067%20mini%20rail&f=false. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ Beauchamp (January 1997). Exhibiting Electricity. Institution of Electrical Engineers. p. 287. ISBN 978-0852968956. http://books.google.ca/books?id=GWsZNONuGk0C&pg=PA287&dq=expo+67+mini+rail+Lausanne&hl=en&ei=n1G9TszvHeLL0QHJh_DlBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=expo%2067%20mini%20rail%20Lausanne&f=false.
- ^ Beesley, Paul (2008-07-04). "Behind the scenes - A closer look at Blackpools Monorail". Ridemad. http://ridemad.com/behind-the-scenes-a-closer-look-at-blackpools-monorail. Retrieved 2008-10-09. "Pleasure Beach Blackpool bought the monorail in 1964 from the Lausanne expo in Switzerland and it was opened in Pleasure Beach in 1966."
Categories:- Expo 67
- Monorails
- Transportation in Montreal
- Railway lines opened in 1967
- Von Roll people movers
- Montreal stubs
- Canada rail transport stubs
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