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Sir Eoin O Fada Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3408 New England, NSW Gender:	Remnants of Sydney’s Monorail Jan 27^th, 2026 at 5:21pm Just saw this on YouTube, it might surprise people to know that there was never a monorail in Sydney; apart from materials handling models in factories and warehouses. The passenger carrying one was not a monorail; just another example of people being told what to think and blindly doing just that.
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 149867 Gender:	Re: Remnants of Sydney’s Monorail Reply #1 - Jan 27^th, 2026 at 5:32pm
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freediver Gold Member Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 52205 At my desk.	Re: Remnants of Sydney’s Monorail Reply #2 - Jan 28^th, 2026 at 9:31am Brisbane had one.
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Sir Eoin O Fada Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3408 New England, NSW Gender:	Re: Remnants of Sydney’s Monorail Reply #3 - Jan 29^th, 2026 at 11:07am freediver wrote on Jan 28^th, 2026 at 9:31am: Brisbane had one. Brisbane never had a monorail, like the Sydney one it was a fake and people called it a monorail because they were told that it was one.
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freediver Gold Member Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 52205 At my desk.	Re: Remnants of Sydney’s Monorail Reply #4 - Jan 29^th, 2026 at 11:10am I saw it and rode on it. It was on a single rail. It is still in use at Sea World.
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Re: Remnants of Sydney’s Monorail
Reply #5 - Jan 29^th, 2026 at 11:18am

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 11:07am:

freediver wrote on Jan 28^th, 2026 at 9:31am:

Brisbane had one.

Brisbane never had a monorail, like the Sydney one it was a fake and people called it a monorail because they were told that it was one.

I rode on both of them and I only ever saw one rail.

So, if you don't think they're monorails, what are they?

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Re: Remnants of Sydney’s Monorail
Reply #6 - Jan 29^th, 2026 at 9:45pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 11:18am:

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 11:07am:

freediver wrote on Jan 28^th, 2026 at 9:31am:

Brisbane had one.

Brisbane never had a monorail, like the Sydney one it was a fake and people called it a monorail because they were told that it was one.

I rode on both of them and I only ever saw one rail.

So, if you don't think they're monorails, what are they?

They are elevated narrow gauge railways that use flat rails and side guide wheels in lieu of flanges on the load bearing wheels.
Note the distinct marks from the wheels on both sides of the track.

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Re: Remnants of Sydney’s Monorail
Reply #7 - Jan 29^th, 2026 at 9:55pm

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 9:45pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 11:18am:

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 11:07am:

freediver wrote on Jan 28^th, 2026 at 9:31am:

Brisbane had one.

Brisbane never had a monorail, like the Sydney one it was a fake and people called it a monorail because they were told that it was one.

I rode on both of them and I only ever saw one rail.

So, if you don't think they're monorails, what are they?

They are elevated narrow gauge railways that use flat rails and side guide wheels in lieu of flanges on the load bearing wheels.
Note the distinct marks from the wheels on both sides of the track.

Looks like a monorail to me.

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Re: Remnants of Sydney’s Monorail
Reply #8 - Jan 29^th, 2026 at 10:41pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 9:55pm:

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 9:45pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 11:18am:

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 11:07am:

freediver wrote on Jan 28^th, 2026 at 9:31am:

Brisbane had one.

Brisbane never had a monorail, like the Sydney one it was a fake and people called it a monorail because they were told that it was one.

I rode on both of them and I only ever saw one rail.

So, if you don't think they're monorails, what are they?

They are elevated narrow gauge railways that use flat rails and side guide wheels in lieu of flanges on the load bearing wheels.
Note the distinct marks from the wheels on both sides of the track.

Looks like a monorail to me.

Then have a look at the depot where the train carriages are stabled and worked on, two distinct rails.
Monorail vehicles run on one set of in line wheels on a single rail, either suspended or gyroscopically stabilised on top of a single rail.

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Re: Remnants of Sydney’s Monorail
Reply #9 - Jan 29^th, 2026 at 11:56pm

I loved the monorail - got a few tokens for it still.... all you had to do was rise a floor and enter a carriage and off you went around Darling Harbour.

I think people just wanted to hate it.

Not sure I could afford a good meal in Chinatown these days, though ... not even sure if all the top spots are still there... lobster at Coogee... Balmain Bugs in Leichhardt ... the best Chinese..... Japanese chefs in the City who could do that fast samurai chop of food and make it magical and a work of art ..... fabulous Thai in Drummoyne and the bloke with the two lovely book-end daughters ... the old days.

Place has gone to pot...

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Sir Eoin O Fada Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3408 New England, NSW Gender:	Re: Remnants of Sydney’s Monorail Reply #10 - Yesterday at 11:10am Here’s another‘’monorail’’, I’ve had a ride on this in the museum [which is well worth visiting, I spent the best part of a day there]. Ride was a bit rough but fun. Can’t post pic. Here’s a link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patiala_State_Monorail_Trainways
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Re: Remnants of Sydney’s Monorail
Reply #11 - Yesterday at 12:05pm

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 9:45pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 11:18am:

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 11:07am:

freediver wrote on Jan 28^th, 2026 at 9:31am:

Brisbane had one.

Brisbane never had a monorail, like the Sydney one it was a fake and people called it a monorail because they were told that it was one.

I rode on both of them and I only ever saw one rail.

So, if you don't think they're monorails, what are they?

They are elevated narrow gauge railways that use flat rails and side guide wheels in lieu of flanges on the load bearing wheels.
Note the distinct marks from the wheels on both sides of the track.

Correction, a single flat rail. Count them. You won't get past one. That's what mono means. It doesn't mean flanges wherever it is you want them to be.

It doesn't have to be a bicycle on a tight rope to count as a monorail.

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chimera Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 14432 Armidale Gender:	Re: Remnants of Sydney’s Monorail Reply #12 - Yesterday at 1:22pm Here we have a mono train bus tram wheelbarrow fake coalition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-tyred_metro
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Re: Remnants of Sydney’s Monorail
Reply #13 - Yesterday at 3:16pm

freediver wrote Yesterday at 12:05pm:

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 9:45pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 11:18am:

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 11:07am:

freediver wrote on Jan 28^th, 2026 at 9:31am:

Brisbane had one.

Brisbane never had a monorail, like the Sydney one it was a fake and people called it a monorail because they were told that it was one.

I rode on both of them and I only ever saw one rail.

So, if you don't think they're monorails, what are they?

They are elevated narrow gauge railways that use flat rails and side guide wheels in lieu of flanges on the load bearing wheels.
Note the distinct marks from the wheels on both sides of the track.

Correction, a single flat rail. Count them. You won't get past one. That's what mono means. It doesn't mean flanges wherever it is you want them to be.

It doesn't have to be a bicycle on a tight rope to count as a monorail.

See photos of depot, the cars are clearly stored on two rails as on the traverser which seems to have a non slip coating on the rails.
When I first saw the depot the first storage bay was completely open between the rails to allow work/inspection from underneath; probably at a later date than the photo.
As they can run on two rails in the depot then they can run on two rails anywhere, monorails they are not.

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Re: Remnants of Sydney’s Monorail
Reply #14 - Yesterday at 3:22pm

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 10:41pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 9:55pm:

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 9:45pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 11:18am:

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Jan 29^th, 2026 at 11:07am:

freediver wrote on Jan 28^th, 2026 at 9:31am:

Brisbane had one.

Brisbane never had a monorail, like the Sydney one it was a fake and people called it a monorail because they were told that it was one.

I rode on both of them and I only ever saw one rail.

So, if you don't think they're monorails, what are they?

They are elevated narrow gauge railways that use flat rails and side guide wheels in lieu of flanges on the load bearing wheels.
Note the distinct marks from the wheels on both sides of the track.

Looks like a monorail to me.

Then have a look at the depot where the train carriages are stabled and worked on, two distinct rails.

No.

The 'rail' is the entire concrete structure/beam, and there is only one of those. Thus, mono.

A monorail track consists of a single, rigid, elevated beam—usually made of concrete or steel—that acts as both the support and guide for the train.

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