The Xi'an Qujiang Sightseeing Monorail () is a

monorail A monorail is a Rail transport, railway in which the track consists of a single rail or beam. Colloquially, the term "monorail" is often used to describe any form of elevated rail or people mover. More accurately, the term refers to the style ...

line in the Qujiang New District of

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, China. The line is a broken loop on the edge of the Nanhu (南湖) public park. The system was completed in 2012, but did not receive approval for operations until 16 January 2015. After three months of operation service was suspended due to piles from the piers interfering with construction of metro line 4. In 2018, the western section of the route including two stations have been demolished. The single track had previously formed a closed loop. After being re-furbished for bi-directional traffic, installing a

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between stations ''City-wall Relic Park East'' and ''Changguan Lou'', the line was re-opened to public on 1 May 2023.

Technical Information

The three trains were built by

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, of the variety P8/48. Each train can carry 48 passengers. The line has a support column every 15 meters.

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