The Tampa Airport Monorail

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Monorails are often seen as a novelty and a tourist attraction, probably due to the fact that Disney likes them a lot and that they have a few limitations in when it comes to changing tracks. Monorails work the best on short loop tracks and the monorail at the Tampa Airport in the video above is just that, a short loop around the parking garage into the terminal and back again. Built in the early 90’s most of this monorail is inside providing almost no touristy scenery for the user like most of the other monorails in the world do. This monorail is all about moving people from their cars to the airport terminal, so it is one of the few monorails about that fill a practical need perfectly. 

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