I agree on the "type" of train that makes them similar (which is
Large, Medium/Standard, & Small). But I'm talking about the actual
design.

For example, Tokyo's Type 2000 train bodies are more sleek and have a
subtle curve to the windshield. The Palm trains have noses that are
more stretched out (or pointed). Same categorized trains, but no
Large, Standard, or Small trainsets from different systems are
exactly alike.

I hope that makes sense. And I feel this is a smart choice on the
projects' part because if more than 1 system shared the exact design,
that wouldn't be very appealing. I don't imagine any 2 mass transit
train systems in existence today have the exact same design.

Speaking of the similar trains proposed from Cascadia, I sure hope
they didn't plan on using purple! Seattle = blue, teal, aqua, and
green!

Daren

P.S. Daegu's Official Page is very interesting. I hope Asia in
general would stop mixing up monorail with light rail! Some personal
vids on Youtube show the Chongqing monorail but are titled "light
rail."


--- In friendsofthemonorail@yahoogroups.com, "Greg & Christine
Vassilakos" <greg_christine@...> wrote:
>
> --- In friendsofthemonorail@yahoogroups.com, "Daren D" <cooldster@>
> wrote:
> >
> > I've never heard/seen of any 2 cities having potentially the same
> > train sets. All the ones Hitachi has made are different for every
> > city/system.
> >
>
> Several cities use the same Hitachi Large Type monorail trains
> including Tama, Kitakyushu, Osaka, and Chongqing. Daegu, Tokyo
> Disnyland, and the Palm Monorail in Dubai will all use the Hitachi
> Standard Type monorail trains. Shonan and Chiba use the same
> Mitsubishi suspended monorail trains.
>