Hitachi Footprint

Like the other Alweg-style monorails, the guideway is constructed as a beam-on-column method. The beam is .85m (33.5") wide and 1.5m (59") tall. In a dual-beam environment, the distance between the beams is 3.7m (12.14') on-center. The support columns are 30m (98.4') apart in some of the systems and 20m in others. A newer arched beam design was designed for the Kuala Lumpur monorail.

Hitachi's sleek Kuala Lumpur train and arched beamways.
Unfortunately, Hitachi lost the contract late in the construction phase.

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