Development of air transport and various solutions to problem of ground transportation with particular reference to monorail and its advantages; its basic principles, defined as supported and suspended; comparison of 2 rival systems -- supported or " straddle" type Alweg monorail, developed by Axel Wenner-Gren, Swedish industrialist, and suspended system, developed by French SAFE GE (Soc Anonyme Francaise d'Etudes de Gestion et Entreprises); London airport route and impact on air travel.


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    Title :

    Monorail and city-centre-to-airport transport problem


    Additional title:

    Flight


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Flight ; 81 , n 2771


    Publication date :

    1962


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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