LAS VEGAS - The $650 million Las Vegas Monorail was shut down Wednesday after a mechanical problem caused a wheel to come off one of the cars, a company spokesman said.
Nobody was hurt in the incident, which happened as a train was traveling north toward the Las Vegas Convention Center, spokesman Todd Walker said.
The train limped slowly into the convention center station, and riders were let off, he said.
Walker said the monorail would reopen after inspectors deemed it safe. The company was offering refunds to people who bought tickets.
The monorail opened July 15 and averaged more than 30,500 passengers in its first 17 days of operation. The company has not released current ridership numbers.
The opening was delayed for nearly six months while officials worked out software glitches and other problems.
The monorail follows a Z-shaped, 3.9-mile route behind the Las Vegas Strip, stretching from the MGM Grand to the Sahara hotel-casino.
― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 3 September 2004 05:36 (twenty years ago)
Dammit you bastard thats the shit I was looking for... great minds etc etc ;)
― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 3 September 2004 05:39 (twenty years ago)
Of all the MILLIONS of monorail references he could have picked... spooky.
― Kim (Kim), Friday, 3 September 2004 05:42 (twenty years ago)
I dunno Kim, the first thing I think of when I hear 'Monorail' is that stupid LRT in Scarborough...
― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 3 September 2004 08:35 (twenty years ago)
Mentalism! It's never even crossed my mind to call that thing a monorail. I mean, it's stuck to the ground and I think it's got, like, TWO rails and stuff. Monorails are supposed to be sleek, silvery tubes on sky tracks. That thing is just the ugly old LRT (and thanks be that I only need to ride it occaisionally, maybe once a year.)
― Kim (Kim), Friday, 3 September 2004 22:04 (twenty years ago)