Wolmido Monorail
Incheon, South Korea

A 6.3 kilometer monorail is being built at South Korea's tourist destination, Wolmido Island. Groundbreaking took place on July 4, 2008. Rowin built the four-station system utilizing Urbanaut monorail technology. Urbanaut was developed by Einar Svensson, a one-time engineer for the Alweg Company. Svensson helped engineer the iconic Seattle Center Monorail. From the experience he gained with Alweg, he then developed Urbanaut. Rowin's monorail cars will have a capacity of 70 passengers. The system cost is 83 billion Korean Won (65 million USD). The system opening has been delayed several years. According to Urbanaut (as of Nov. 2011), testing will continue through the first quarter of 2012.

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