MONORAIL VS METRORAIL

There are many in the world that have only heard about monorail and never seen it. On the other hand metro rail, which was available to commuters in very few countries till a few decades ago, is now a reality in dozens of countries around the world. there are few difference in both these rails beside of the purpose that they both carry passangers from one place to another :p

Here is the brief breakers that makes a mono rail different from metro rail:
- Mono rail can go in congested short streets whereas Metro Rail cannot go in busy, overcrowded street.
- Monorail can be built faster with less cost. It consumes minimal space.
- Monorail can carry upto 700 people at a time. Metro Rail can carry thousands of people
- Metrorail can travel at higher speed than Mono Rail.
- Monorail travels in Single track
-Monorail is eco-friendly because it doesn't produce higher noise compared with Metro rail.
-Monorail costs 140 crore per km while Metrorail costs 170 crore per km. (according to 2012 survey)                         
-Speed of Monorail is limited to 15-40 km per hour where as the speed of Metrorail can go upto 80-120 km per hour.
-Passanger capacity per hour of Monorail is restricted to 10000 which is only 25% of a Metrorail.



IN PICTURE1: 4 COUCH MONORAIL
IN PICTURE2:8 COUCH METRORAIL