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Innovia Monorail

🇨🇦 Canada ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 1989· rolling stock class

🚇 metro ✓ in service

M stock

2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. M stock: Governo de São Paulo· CC BY 2.0
2. Monotrilho SP (3): Governo de São Paulo· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

Innovia Monorail is a fully automated and driverless monorail system currently manufactured and marketed by Alstom as part of its Innovia series of fully automated transportation systems. Its straddle-beam design is based on the Alweg monorail, which was first developed in the 1950s and later popularized by Disney at their theme parks.

fun facts

First built 37 years ago, in 1989.
Still in service after 37 years.

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built: 1989
in service from: 1989
status: in service
number built: —
kind: metro
origin: 🇨🇦 Canada
builders: ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Von Roll Holding, Adtranz, Alstom, Bombardier
designer: Alweg, Bombardier, WED Enterprises
top speed: —
power: —

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

family

Sources: Wikidata Q20656760, Wikipedia: Innovia Monorail (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.